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For gay youths, middle school can be toughest time
Oct. 12, 2010
NEW YORK — By the time she was in eighth grade, Rory Mann was so aware of the differences between her and other students that she couldn't bear to enter the cafeteria. Instead, she ate lunch alone on the cold, hard bathroom floor, propped against a wall.
Gays, allies work for acceptance
Oct. 10, 2010
Palm Springs is known across the country as a gay-friendly place to live and visit.
While that atmosphere of openness can provide some benefits for LGBT teenagers in the valley, it doesn't eliminate their struggles.
40+ organizations join GSA Network's Make It Better Project
Oct. 8, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carolyn Laub
Office: 415-552-4229
Cell: 415-235-4556
LGBT and ally organizations across the country unite under GSA Network’s
Dr. Phil to feature suicide of gay Kern teen
Oct. 5, 2010
Jeffree Clark-Merteuil knows the hardships gay students face in school.
"In my case, it was very much, 'I'm alone, I'm the only one like this, I'm different,'" said Clark-Merteuil, the president of the Frontier High School Gay-Straight Alliance. "I felt alone and ostracized."
Youth Suicides Prompt Make It Better Project
Oct. 3, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
In response to LGBT youth suicides, Gay-Straight Alliance Network launches
GSA Youth Help Pass Life-Saving Mental Health Bill
Sep. 30, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GSA Youth Help Pass Life-Saving Mental Health Bill
SB 543 will increase access to mental health services for at-risk youth
Bullied to Death: Youth Suicides Demand Action
Parents say bullies drove their son to take his life
Sep. 27, 2010
Parents say bullies drove their son to take his life
They claim school district took no action
Asher Brown's worn-out tennis shoes still sit in the living room of his Cypress-area home while his student progress report — filled with straight A's — rests on the coffee table.
Out in High School — and Looking Forward to It
Sep. 4, 2010
High school junior Benji Delgadillo will begin this school year differently than in years past — he’s coming out.
Anti-gay bullying left out of school harassment law
Jul. 29, 2010
Under an anti-harassment policy passed by the Anniston Board of Education Wednesday, students are explicitly protected from bullying based on their race, gender, religion or disability. Sexual orientation? Not so much. With Wednesday’s unanimous vote, Anniston joined school systems across the state in passing an official policy for dealing with bullying and harassment.
