- Affirmations LGBTQ Community Center
- Ferndale, MI, USA
- goaffirmations.org
- BreakOUT!
- New Orleans, LA, USA
- www.youthbreakout.org
- Empower Montana
- Missoula, MT, USA
- www.empowermt.org
- Freedom Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- www.freedomoklahoma.org
- Gay Straight Alliance For Safe Schools (GSAFE)
- Madison, WI, USA
- www.gsafewi.org
- Generation Q
- Queens, NY, USA
- https://www.qchnyc.org/programs/lgbtq-services/generation-q-youth-center
- Georgia Safe Schools Coalition
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- www.gasafeschools.org
- GSA Network of California – Central Valley
- Fresno, CA, USA
- gsanetwork.org/ca
- GSA Network of Californiacalifornia@gsanetwork.org
- GSA Network of California – NorCal
- Oakland, CA, USA
- gsanetwork.org/ca
- GSA Network of Californiacalifornia@gsanetwork.org
- GSA Network of California – SoCal
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- gsanetwork.org/ca
- GSA Network of Californiacalifornia@gsanetwork.org
- Illinois Safe Schools Alliance
- Chicago, IL, USA
- www.ilsafeschools.org
- Indiana Youth Group
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- www.indianayouthgroup.org
- Intransitive
- Mabelvale, Little Rock, AR, USA
- www.intransitive.org
- Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network (JASMYN)
- Jacksonville, FL, USA
- www.jasmyn.org
- Kaleidoscope Youth Center
- Columbus, OH, USA
- www.kycohio.org
- Louisville Youth Group
- Louisville, KY, USA
- louisvilleyouthgroup.org
- Magic City Acceptance Center
- Birmingham, AL, USA
- www.magiccityacceptancecenter.org
- New Mexico GSA Network (The Mountain Center)
- Tesuque, NM, USA
- www.themountaincenter.org
- One Colorado
- Denver, CO, USA
- one-colorado.org
- Outright Vermont
- Burlington, VT, USA
- www.outrightvt.org
- PGH Equality Center
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- www.pghequalitycenter.org
- Side by Side
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
- sidebysideva.org
- Texas GSA Network
- Austin, TX, USA
- www.txgsa.org
- Time Out Youth
- Charlotte, NC, USA
- timeoutyouth.org
- We Are Family
- Charleston, SC, USA
- www.wearefamilycharleston.org
- Youth OUTright WNC
- Asheville, NC, USA
- youthoutright.org
Resources
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Our Work
Train Youth Leaders
GSA organizing is making schools safer, changing communities, and building power for the next generation of LGBTQ+ youth.
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We support LGBTQ+ youth organizers across the country to take action and create change at all levels, from school-based campaigns that impact individual school districts to national days of action that unite GSAs for racial and gender justice.
Build the GSA Movement
Through our Regional Organizing strategy, we infuse staff capacity and technical expertise in these regions in order to strengthen local organizations and increase trans and queer youth of color leadership development and engagement.
![📚✨ Back to School Tip: Your voice matters! 💪
We believe self-advocacy is a vital skill for every student, and all students deserve to be respected for their names, pronouns, and gender identity in and out of the classroom.
In those tough email situations, don't hesitate to advocate for yourself. 📩 🗣️
Start by crafting clear and respectful emails that state your point confidently, and know your rights as a student in asking for your identity to be respected. ✍️
You can find our email template to help you reach out to your teachers/administration AND more resources in our Back to School Queer Survival Guide, which you can access via the link in our bio!
💡Remember, you have the right to be heard and respected, and your advocacy can lead to positive change. Let's empower each other to speak up and be heard! 💌💬
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