An LGBT school has recently opened in Phoenix Arizona. The school is housed in the same facility that one n ten operates their youth center during hours outside of normal school hours.  This school is one of the few like it in the country and provides an alternative way for ...

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Initially when Bobby, a child who according to news reports wanted to join Girl Scouts like her sister and is transgender, was denied participation in Girl Scouts by a local troop leader because she "has boy parts." The Girl Scouts of Colorado later reversed the denial citing that the troop ...

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We put up a new poll today!

The poll focuses on a recent resolution that was proposed in NYC to include LGBT historical figures in curriculum and textbooks. It is similar a law that passed in July in California, SB48. You can learn more about the resolution and SB48 here ...

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Last week openly gay Queens City Council Member Daniel Dromm celebrated National Coming Out Day by coming out in support of LGBT history. On October 14th he proposed a resolution asking the New York City Department of education to implement a curriculum and to access textbooks that include LGBT historical ...

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  GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) has an opportunity to win $250,000 from the Pepsi Refresh Everything contest to support their Safe Space Campaign! The goal of the campaign is to place a GLSEN Safe Space Kit in every single middle and high school in the country ...

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Every day kids across America are bullied because they are different. For some students a school day is filled with a constant barrage of "Fat-ass," "Bitch," "Faggot!" After years of waiting for the Senate, one new piece of legislation hopes to combat this bias-biased bullying.

Dignity for All Students Act ...

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Ceara Sturgis, a graduating Senior at Wesson Attendance Center in Wesson, Miss., found last week after months of fighting school officials over her desire to wear a tuxedo in her senior photo, that she has been left out of the yearbook entirely.

Ceara wasn't necessarily suprised by the fact ...

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A 2007 study found that in NY State, 64% of LGBT High School students reported feeling unsafe in their schools. Help make schools in your area safer by supporting LGBT youth and the agencies that serve them…and advocate for school change by supporting organizations like GLSEN (Gay Lesbian Straight ...

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On autostraddle: GLSEN’s Day of Silence is only six weeks away, but Exodus International knows that it’s never too soon to teach kids that it's not okay to be gay!

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