Tag: GLSEN
Research Brief Examines LGBT Students in Middle and High School Athletics
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students can greatly benefit from participation in school-based athletics, but many of these students experience harassment, assault and discrimination that negatively impact their participation in middle and high school Physical Education (P.E.) and sports teams, according to a research brief released today by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network in USA.
East Aurora School District Caves to Pressure from Radical Group, Hurts Students
Chicago-area media outlets are failing to tell readers and listeners the full story of the organisation that pressured the East Aurora School District 131 to rescind a new anti-discrimination policy only days after the policy was approved.
Teen petitions Obama, Romney to go purple for Spirit Day in stand against bullying
Today anti-bullying advocate and Spirit Day ambassador Katy Butler launched a Change.org petition asking President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney to join GLAAD and millions of Americans by wearing purple on October 19, 2012 for Spirit Day.
National Day of Silence
Today, April 15, 2011 is GLSEN’s National Day of Silence, when hundreds of thousands of students across the country will take a vow of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools.
The GLSEN Sports Project to Address LGBT Issues in K-12 Sports
In an effort to make K-12 sports and physical education safer and more inclusive for all regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression, GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, and a diverse coalition of athletes, journalists and sports figures today launch Changing the Game.
White House takes a stand against bullying
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today was part of a White House press announcement highlighting anti-bullying campaigns by Facebook, MTV and the American Federation of Teachers.