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Militarizing School Safety ≠ Safe Schools

Mar. 13, 2018

Organized youth are rising up. Trans and queer youth are rising up. Tomorrow, they march as they have many times before.  The #NationalSchoolWalkout is about young people fearlessly speaking out about what school safety really looks like. We are listening and we stand with them in solidarity.

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New trans youth storytelling platform will connect voices and experiences across the U.S.

Jan. 17, 2018

(Oakland, CA) – Today, TRUTH, a youth-led program housed at Transgender Law Center and GSA Network, launched a new website to build trans youth power through online organizing and storytelling. The website features an interactive storytelling guide and advice from other young people who have been thrust into the spotlight; a gallery of stories that youth visiting the site can contribute to; resources created by and for trans youth; and support for allies and families of trans youth.

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These Schools Protect Trans and GNC Students

Mar. 22, 2017

GSA Network

Public schools across the country are continuing to support and to protect the rights of transgender and gender expansive youth despite the Department of Education and Department of Justice’s recent announcement that they were going to rescind the instruction and guidance regarding Title IX provided to schools across the country on how to create welcoming, safe, and supportive school environments.

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Showing up for each other when the government won’t

Feb. 22, 2017

Showing up for each other when the government won’t

By Ginna Brelsford and Geoffrey Winder

Trans and queer youth continue to show up for each other even when our schools and government do not. 

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GSA Network Midwest launches to support regional LGBTQ+ youth organizing

Feb. 15, 2017

Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network (GSA Network), a national organization that supports trans and queer youth to unite for racial and gender justice, has launched GSA Network Midwest to build the GSA youth movement in the Midwestern United States.

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GSA Network Unveils New Name and Tagline

Apr. 17, 2016

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Media Contact for GSA Network: Brittaney Carter, Communications Manager, (415) 612-2402, bcarter@gsanetwork.org

 

Oakland, CA--  Gay-Straight Alliance Network is now Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network. The national LGBTQ youth organization also unveiled a new tagline today: “trans and queer youth uniting for racial and gender justice.”  In order to be more inclusive and more reflective of the youth who currently make up the organization, GSA Network, which was founded in 1998, announced its name evolution today.

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GSA Network and Transgender Law Center Announce TRUTH

GSA Network is proud to partner with Transgender Law Center to launch TRUTH, a national storytelling campaign that aims to build empathy, understanding, and a movement for transgender and gender non-conforming youth and their families to sh
Aug. 4, 2015
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GSA Network Announces Co-Executive Directors Under New Leadership Model

Feb. 25, 2015
San Francisco, February 25, 2015 – Today, the national queer, trans, and ally youth leadership organization Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network) announced a shift in organizational structure with the appointment of two long-term organizational leaders, Ginna Brelsford and Geoffrey Winder, as Co-Executive Directors, and the d
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