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YOU Give 'Em Hope

Next Wednesday, May 22, is Harvey Milk Day, a day when we celebrate an extraordinary leader whose work to end discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in the 1970s set the stage for many of today&rsquo

Queer Youth Advocacy Day 2013

“GAYLA and Queer Youth Advocacy Day with GSA Network was an incredibly empowering experience for me. It's been a privilege to be able to train youth from all over California to become advocates for bills and policies that affect students statewide.” – Anthony Barros, Antelope Valley High School senior and Queer Youth Advocacy Day MC

My Last Queer Youth Advocacy Day

I’m sure that to a bystander, 70 young people standing on the steps of the capitol screaming “we’re here, we’re queer, we’re fabulous; don’t mess with us” is quite an interesting site. But to me, it’s just another day of activism.

Bills, Bills, Bills: Legislating Change in 2013

A new spring means a new slate of queer youth legislative priorities. And last week saw advances for three of the bills we're supporting this year!

Day of Silence

Today is GLSEN's 18th annual Day of Silence -- and we want to hear (non-verbally) how it goes!

Act now for school success!

Did you know that a single suspension in 9th grade doubles the odds a student won't gradu

National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: GSAs Fight AIDS!

Every month 1,000 young people contract HIV.

Guns and guards in school? Say no!

I just made up a new word. Prisonification (n): The act of making something more like a prison.

Instead of putting resources into supporting counselors and restorative practices in schools, members of Congress and school districts around the country are instead proposing guns and guards as the solution to making schools safer.

Safer... like a prison.

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