News & Press
November 13th, 2014
GLSEN today released state-level data from its biennial National School Climate Survey report for 29 states that show that schools remain unsafe for the majority of LGBT students.
September 19th, 2014
April 29th, 2014
GLSEN Names Dr. Laura Taylor of Illinois Educator of the Year
April 29th, 2014
U.S. Department of Education Issues Guidance Clarifying Title IX Protections for Transgender Students
April 25th, 2014
Gov. Deval Patrick Signs Legislation Making Massachusetts 17th State to Enact Enumerated Anti-Bullying Law
April 9th, 2014
Hundreds of thousands of students participated in GLSEN’s Day of Silence on 4/11.
April 4th, 2014
United States, UNESCO and International NGOs to Host French Premiere of Award-Winning Film ‘Bully’
March 19th, 2014
New Curriculum Based On Book of Poetry About Matthew Shepard
February 24th, 2014
GLSEN announces a new partnership to broaden inclusion of LGBT content in teacher preparation.
January 10th, 2014
GLSEN Outraged that Bullied Transgender Student Charged with Crime While Harassers Merely Suspended. Case is Example of Racism and Transphobia in School, Juvenile Justice Systems.
December 13th, 2013
GLSEN Completes Three-Year Campaign to Distribute Safe Space Kit to Every Middle and High School
November 21st, 2013
The Safe Schools Improvement Act has reached record support in Congress, including more Republican cosponsors than any other LGBT-inclusive bill.
November 7th, 2013
The legislation passed the Senate today by a sweeping vote of 64-32 and now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives.
November 7th, 2013
Responses to Dolphins bullying scandal and new comments from former QB Kordell Stewart underscore potential harm to youth.
August 23rd, 2013
August 22nd, 2013
ACLU Urges School Board to Re-Post GLSEN “Safe Space” Anti-Bullying Posters After Censorship
August 22nd, 2013
GLSEN Executive Director Dr. Eliza Byard to Deliver Speech Wednesday at 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Only Leader of LGBT Organization Selected to Speak
August 14th, 2013
Kyra Sedgwick, Emmy®, Golden Globe® & People's Choice® Award-Winning Actress to Join GLSEN’s National Board of Directors
August 12th, 2013
GLSEN Applauds Signing of AB 1266 to Protect California’s Transgender Students in Public Schools
July 25th, 2013
GLSEN and Log Cabin Republicans Laud Senator Murkowski’s Support of Safe Schools Improvement Act