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Queer API Youth Show the Strength of Their Activism
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Two years ago, we launched the Skylar Lee Leadership and Activism Award to uplift or elevate the activism of LGBTQ+ Asian American and Pacific Islander (API) high school students because we knew that there is a vast community of GSA club members across the country who understand and live at intersections of oppression...
How Educators Can Keep Supporting Youth
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This month the world has watched as young people all over the United States walked out of their schools and into the streets, protesting the lack of action being taken by elected officials and educational agencies to ensure that their schools are safe. By the news and social media response, it would seem like these historic events were unprecedented.
Decoding the Rhetoric: Trans & Queer Youth and the #NationalSchoolWalkout
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It’s been one month since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. Four years and two months since Sandy Hook, and nearly 19 years since Columbine. We know that in the wake of campus shootings, collectively we mourn those lost but also hope to find some way of “fixing” the problem.
Abel Cedeno and the Bronx Zoo School
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Urban Assembly for Wildlife Conservation, nicknamed the Bronx Zoo School for its dangerous climate, has had three principals in five years and is currently at the center of FIERCE’s fight to stop violence and bullying against LGBTQ youth of color in the Bronx.
ICYMI: Bi-weekly Roundup for February 16, 2018
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ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) Bi-weekly Roundup for February 16, 2018, highlights the work of GSA Network and our partners over the past two weeks. Including our biggest stories, recent blogs, past events, and upcoming activities. Make sure you follow GSA Network on our social media platforms.
ICYMI: February 2, 2018
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ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) Bi-weekly Roundup for February 2, 2018, highlights the work of GSA Network and our partners over the past two weeks. Including our biggest stories, recent blogs, past events, and upcoming activities. Make sure you follow GSA Network on our social media platforms.
5 Tips to Thrive at a Conference
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Trans and Queer folks of all ages are converging this week in DC at Creating Change, an annual conference hosted by the National LGBTQ Task Force. Like many other LGBTQ+ conferences, Creating Change has youth components but isn’t strictly for young folks. It’s also one of the largest annual convenings hosting thousands of conference goers.
Building on Southern Legacies of Resistance
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As communities across the nation prepare to celebrate their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. observations, the Black LGBTQ beloved community in Atlanta, Georgia is fortunate to continue the rich tradition of gathering community organizers, advocates, and activist to have breakfast before taking part in the historic march.
We Will Not Be Erased
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As you've no doubt heard by now, the Trump administration has forbidden the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from using the word "transgender" and a handful of other terms that are vital to our community. But what this administration doesn't seem to get is that we're not going anywhere.
We exist. We are here. We will not be erased, rescinded, forbidden, or forgotten.
World AIDS Day: Commemorate Loss, Celebrate Advances
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Today, on World AIDS Day, as we commemorate nearly four decades of loss and celebrate the advances we've made in prevention efforts, we must remember that HIV and AIDS continue to disproportionately affect young gay and bisexual men, particularly young men of color.
