Hackensack NJ school's gay-straight alliance club gets $10K grant

Contents:

• GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC
• NORTH JERSEY STUNTS NEED GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS IS WHY
• GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC
• GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC PUBLIC SCHOOLS: AGENTS OF EARLY ADOLCENT ALIENATN
• LGBTQ YOUTH’S VIEWS ON GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC: BUILDG COMMUNY, PROVIDG GATEWAYS, AND REPRENTG SAFETY AND SUPPORT

GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC

This name evolutn acknowledg the ways which LGBTQ+ young people already unrstand their sexuali beyond ‘gay’ and ‘straight’ and that their genrs are not nfed to a bary.

Ask any of the youth lears, and they’ll tell you that the work we do is no longer jt about gay or straight inti. The Gay Straight Alliance provid a safe space for anyone wh sexualy problems, but now the Genr Sexualy Alliance n brg stunts who have changed, or are transng, genrs unr their wg.

NORTH JERSEY STUNTS NEED GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS IS WHY

Member and junr Jenna Benzger mented, “So you don’t have to feel like you n’t jo the club if you’re not gay”. As peer support works, GSAs/QSAs help LGBTQ2S+ stunts overe feelgs of isolatn and alienatn that are a rult of homophobic and transphobic bullyg. Unfortunately, many LGBTQ2S+ youth live fear of beg rejected by their fay and peers and are aaid of homophobic and transphobic bullyg.

They help stunts learn about different life experienc while workg to end homophobia, transphobia and promotg equy and qualy for all. You n be lled the GSA or QSA or you n choose a different name such as, but not limed to Straight and Gay Alliance Club, Acceptance Club, Diversy Group or Spectm Club. Stunts schools wh GSAs are ls likely to hear homophobic remarks school than stunts schools whout one.

GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC

Stunts schools wh GSAs are ls likely to hear homophobic remarks school than stunts schools whout them. I’ve appreciated those who said I helped them love readg, of urse, and those who shared how important was to have a safe person and space to be themselv:“In this town, havg a iendly ally around school is super important, and you have helped more gay kids than you realize. Feelg the support om a teacher was life savg … I remember not feelg judged or threatened by the fact that you knew I was gay.

”My heart and memori are full of other ways our GSA spired safety at school:The pta of the football team, outsi my classroom, explag to his teammat that the Day of Silence was not about gay pri but stead protectg those who have been bullied and harassed, sometim to GSA member who got up ont of the staff and explaed the importance of honorg stunts’ stunt who me to me tears bee their parents threatened to throw them out if they tried to intify as stunt who ran to my classroom wh a iend, neher of them GSA members, bee a teacher was g his ad name and he didn’t know what to do, but my stunt, his iend, knew whom to ask for existence of this club, the fact that stunts know there is someone who will always hold safe space for them — every other Monday om 2:15 to 3:15 p.

We need everyone to regnize the needs of vulnerable young people to be seen and accepted so they n grow, learn and safety and succs of everyone our school and throughout the muny pends on accs to the rourc and supportg every stunt who needs Signorelli is a teacher Wt Milford Township Public article origally appeared on NJ stunts need accs to gay-straight stunt allianc.

GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC PUBLIC SCHOOLS: AGENTS OF EARLY ADOLCENT ALIENATN

But if you’re a stunt who is (or perceived to be) gay or transgenr, the next few months also provi a rpe om bullyg and harassment. Gay-straight allianc, or GSAs—youth-led clubs that work to make schools safer by specifilly addrsg antigay and antransgenr behavr—are one way to help create a climate that is clive of gay and transgenr youth. A rearch brief om the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network, or GLSEN—a natnal tn anizatn foced on ensurg safe schools for all stunts—prents some posive fdgs about GSAs and their abily to help create safe and clive school climat for gay and transgenr youth.

Stunts schools wh GSAs are ls likely to hear homophobic remarks school on a daily basis than stunts schools whout a GSA—57 percent pared to 75 percent.

Gay and transgenr stunts who attend schools wh a GSA are ls likely than those at a school whout a GSA to report feelg unsafe school bee of their sexual orientatn (61 percent vs. Fifty-three percent of sendary school teachers believe that havg a GSA would help make schools safer for gay and transgenr stunts.

LGBTQ YOUTH’S VIEWS ON GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC: BUILDG COMMUNY, PROVIDG GATEWAYS, AND REPRENTG SAFETY AND SUPPORT

While there is a void of natnal rearch about amic achievement for gay and transgenr youth, the California Safe Schools Coaln has produced a number of rearch briefs that look at the impact harassment and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty has on amic achievement and school safety California schools. Thirty-one percent of gay and transgenr youth who felt safe at school received mostly A’s, pared to 18 percent who did not feel safe at school.

Thirty-five percent of gay and transgenr youth who felt safe at school received A’s and B’s, pared to 26 percent who did not feel safe at school. Eighty-three percent of gay and transgenr stunts who strongly feel safe at school have plans to go to llege, pared to 67 percent of those who do not feel safe at school.

The study found that gay and transgenr stunts schools wh GSAs are ls likely to drop out and more likely to succeed higher tn.