News & Press

February 26th, 2024
On February 8th, 16 year-old nonbinary Oklahoma resident, Nex Benedict, died a day after being attacked and assaulted in their school bathroom.
January 24th, 2024
GLSEN condemns the Ohio legislature for overriding Gov. DeWine‘s veto of HB68, an anti-trans bill.
January 12th, 2024
GLSEN applauds the Vermont legislature for taking the first step in filing bills H.806 and H.807, which will prevent the censorship of literature in public schools and libraries.
December 29th, 2023
Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio vetoed proposed legislation (House Bill 68) that would prohibit transgender students from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity and ban access to gender affirming care in the state.
December 18th, 2023
House Republicans have chosen to continue its fight against transgender youth by proposing new legislation to ban transgender women and girls from competing on female school sports teams.
November 17th, 2023
A Multitude of Titles Are Now Banned From Collier County Public School Libraries as Officials Repress Students’ Literary Freedom
May 24th, 2023
Today, after the Protecting our Students in Schools Act was reintroduced in Congress, GLSEN Executive Director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers (they/she) released the following statement:
May 17th, 2023
Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed four different anti-LGBTQ+ bills into law.
May 3rd, 2023
Today, far-right politicians in the Florida Senate passed two different bills that harm LGBTQ+ Floridians, especially youth.
April 20th, 2023
Today, after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 734, a bill that would ban transgender girls from playing school sports with their peers on girls’ teams, GLSEN Executive Director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers (they/she) released the following statement: