What You Can Do for GLSEN's Teach Respect Campaign!

Here is a quick guide to help you bring the aim of the Teach Respect campaign to your family, school and community.

As a TEACH RESPECT supporter, you can:

• ORGANIZE: Take part in local activities. Find a local GLSEN Chapter and many other resources.
• CONTACT: The principal at your local school and be sure they are ensuring their school is a safe place for all students and that anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment is being addressed.
• SUPPORT: Help GLSEN bring the materials and ideals of the Teach Respect campaign to more communities by supporting our work with a secure online gift. Find out how you can give a donation here.

As a PARENT, you can:

• LEARN: GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey is the most comprehensive study of the school-related experiences of our nation’s LGBT youth. By studying the still dangerous climate in our schools, you can better learn how to change it.
• READ: “Always My Child: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Your LGBT or Questioning Son or Daughter”
• JOIN: Become a GLSEN Ambassador and be a part of the growing national movement to make schools safe for all students.

As a STUDENT, you can:

• ORGANIZE: Establishing a student club commonly known as a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) is the most direct and powerful way to establish a presence in your school and community. GLSEN’s student organizing department offers support, guidance and inspiration for all students as they work to make their schools safer. For detailed information on how to start and support a GSA, visit the Jump-Start Library.
• PARTICIPATE: Events such as the Day of Silence and No Name-Calling Week are powerful and direct actions that bring national attention to name-calling, bullying and harassment and the goal of safe schools. At www.dayofsilence.org, you can find out how to join in the nation’s largest single day of student-led action. Visit www.nonamecallingweek.org for more on this inspiring national school event.

As an EDUCATOR, you can:

• UNDERSTAND: “Dealing with Legal Matters Surrounding Students’ Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” is a groundbreaking resource sent to every high school principal in the country. In it, learn answers to the common T students and anti-LGBT bias. Get the Legal Guide here.
• CONNECT: By reaching out to your local GLSEN chapter, you can help forge important relationships between your school community and national efforts to ensure safe schools – Chapter information.
• SPONSOR: Each JanuaryNo Name-Calling Week seeks to call attention to the problem of name-calling in America’s schools and to provide students and educators with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate name-calling in their communities. You can learn more about the program at www.nonamecallingweek.org.