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This year, as schools are closed and Day of Silence is made a 100% virtual event, you’re probably wondering how you can participate and show that you support LGBTQ students?

Schools may be closed – but our activism for LGBTQ students won't stop!

Educators ensure LGBTQ-inclusion is taught in their classrooms.

GLSEN calls for immediate repeal and court challenges to save transgender student lives

The largest student-led protest against the silencing of LGBTQ voices is scheduled for Friday, April 24th.

We're hosting a series of four webinars to share findings from our new report, "Erasure and Resilience: The Experiences of LGBTQ Students of Color." Register here!

We want to hear the stories that have moved you this year – the student leaders and educators who are supporting and empowering LGBTQ young people in inspiring ways.

Growing up, I had a very difficult time understanding what love and romance was; sometimes I still do. I was taught by the media I consumed and the people around me that the pinnacle of love is monogamous, heterosexual marriage.

Applied theater in any space in school can help students develop empathy, practice listening, rehearse and imagine radical possibilities, and collaborate in kindness.

GLSEN Youth Programs Manager a.t. Furuya and members of the National Student Council gathered to have difficult conversations about Transgender Day of Remembrance

In schools across the nation, transgender students have been winning hard-fought battles for better treatment. But most of these youth still attend a school with no out trans teachers on staff. This year during Trans Awareness Week, we’re highlighting the strengths and needs of trans educators.

For No Name-Calling Week 2019, we encouraged students and educators across the country to create artwork using the theme of #KindessInAction in K-12 schools, because artwork has the power to change school climates for the better.