Schools may be closed – but our activism for LGBTQ students won't stop!
April 13th, 2020
Educators ensure LGBTQ-inclusion is taught in their classrooms.
April 8th, 2020
GLSEN calls for immediate repeal and court challenges to save transgender student lives
March 30th, 2020
The largest student-led protest against the silencing of LGBTQ voices is scheduled for Friday, April 24th.
March 30th, 2020
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!
March 12th, 2020
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.
March 3rd, 2020
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.
February 14th, 2020
Applied theater in any space in school can help students develop empathy, practice listening, rehearse and imagine radical possibilities, and collaborate in kindness.
January 6th, 2020
GLSEN Youth Programs Manager a.t. Furuya and members of the National Student Council gathered to have difficult conversations about Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 19th, 2019
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.
November 7th, 2019
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.
July 3rd, 2019
Love. Love. Love. Love must be the thud that drives LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers with each step forward. While my newsfeed’s coverage of the migrant caravan has largely featured reports of gross xenophobia and rhetoric, Nove…
July 3rd, 2019
I listened… the sound slowly crept into my ear, triggered my reaction, and confusion started to consume my mind. “What’s your name?” the teacher questioned. My heart raced as I tried to search the blankness of my memories and whispered, “My name is Sovandarid Prom.” I was ten when my family and I immigrated from Cambodia – an underprivileged country in Southeast Asia – to the United States with dreams of new life and fresh opportunities. Upon arriving, I met a society that was rooted in more racial bias than I was prepared to confront.
July 3rd, 2019
