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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 GLBT youth, GLBT history), curriculum materials, and more.
http://www.personproject.org/
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, GLBT 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 GLBT students’ experiences.
http://www.outproud.org/school.html
Tips for Making Classrooms Safer for Students with Lesbian, Gay, 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 GLBT youth. Topics include GSA’s, in-school harassment, and the Boy Scouts.
http://www.lambdalegal.org/our-work/issues/youth/schools/
GLBT 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 GLBT youth magazine, Oasis publishes news, reviews of books, music, and movies, interviews with out and allied entertainers, and original work by GLBT youth.
http://www.oasismag.com/
The Queer Youth Alliance
Rants, reviews, and other musings of GLBT youth on a wide range of topics.
http://www.queeryouth.org.uk/
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
A portal of resources, online and off, for young GLBT 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/resources/lgbtqyouth.php
Youth Guardian Services
Moderated, international listservs for GLBT 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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