Tag: GLSEN
GLSEN’s No Name-Calling Week Brings Message of Respect to Thousands of Schools This Week
Thousands of schools across the country will participate in GLSEN’s eighth annual No Name-Calling Week this week, a week of educational activities designed to address bullying and name-calling of all kinds.
Significantly More Teens Think ‘That’s So Gay’ is Wrong
After a remarkably successful first year of the “Think Before You Speak” campaign that accompanied significant shifts in teenage attitude toward the phrase ‘that’s so gay,’ the Ad Council and GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, today launched a much harder-hitting second phase.
Middle School LGBT Students Face Extreme Levels of Harassment
Middle school LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) students are significantly more likely to face hostile school climates than high school LGBT students, yet have less access to school resources and support, according to a new research brief from GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, released as the New York Times Magazine publishes a cover story on students coming out in middle school.