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Student Resources > Resources for Gay/Straight Alliances
GSA Network
Program ideas, guides to networking with other student and community groups, tips on approaching administration and public events, and more.
http://www.gsanetwork.org/
GLSEN Student Center
Articles on national GSA campaigns (like the Day of Silence) and conferences, starting or re-starting a GSA, and an opportunity to register for national GSA news via e-mail.
http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/student/student/index.html
My Voice Counts Youth Action Center
Suggestions for political action by young people with background information on all kinds of social issues.
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/youth/index.htm
Resources from the PERSON Project
A lengthy list of online resources useful to GSAs and educators. Sections include Legal Resources (such as “An Overview of Teachers’ Rights,” “Schools Can be Sued for Failing to Protect LGB Students”), Organizing Tactics (model district-level policies, “Avoiding Heterosexual Bias in Language,” “How to Respond to Harassment”), Organizing Resources (studies on LGBTQ youth, LGBTQ history), curriculum materials, and more.
http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Resources/list.html
Rethinking Schools Online
Web site for a national organization dedicated to promoting equal learning opportunities for all students. Search an archive of articles including material on GSAs, inclusive curricula, library resources, censorship, LGBT teachers, and other issues.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/
Safe Schools Coalition
In-service materials, legal information, posters and other classroom material, scholarships, and bibliographies and links for educators, high school students, parents, and organizers. Extensive resources for parents of transgender children, queer youth of color, and queer youth with disabilities.
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/
School Resources Library
Articles on how to start or improve a GSA and reports on LGBTQ students’ experiences.
http://www.outproud.org/school.html
Tips for Making Classrooms Safer for Students with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents
An outline for discussing family inclusively in elementary or secondary classrooms.
http://www.colage.org/pubs/safe_classrooms.html
Youth and Schools (Legal Information)
Basic outlines of and in-depth articles about legal cases pertaining to LGBTQ youth. Topics include GSA’s, in-school harassment, and the Boy Scouts.
http://www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/issues/record?record=12
LGBT Youth Communities & Portals: AlterHéros Youth Only
Suggestions for youth group activities, queer youth news, personal stories, a reader art gallery, and more. Also available in French.
http://www.alterheros.com/english/youth/
Oasis Magazine
An online LGBTQA youth magazine, Oasis publishes news, reviews of books, music, and movies, interviews with out and allied entertainers, and original work by LGBTQA youth.
http://www.oasismag.com/
The Queer Youth Alliance
Rants, reviews, and other musings of LGBTQ youth on a wide range of topics.
http://www.queeryouth.org.uk/
Queer Youth of Color Resources
Links to web pages for African American, Asian & Pacific Islander, and American Indian queer youth
http://www.lyric.org/ResourcesLinkQueerYouthofColor.html
Young Gay America
Articles by and about, and interviews with, LGBTQ young people across North America. Also features advice columns, music and book reviews, and more.
http://www.younggayamerica.com/index1.shtml
Youth Connections
A portal of resources, online and off, for young LGBTQ people and the adults who work with them. Includes local and national non-profit organizations, help lines, queer youth of color, deaf and disabled queer youth, health, and legal resources.
http://www.nyacyouth.org/nyac/youth_connections.html
Youth Guardian Services
Moderated, international listservs for LGBT youth.
http://www.youth-guard.org/
Youth Resource
Articles for teens on popular culture, coming out, mental health, and more.
http://www.youthresource.com/
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