GSA Day for Racial Justice is almost here — and you’re invited to our #GSADay4RJ tweetchat Friday, Feb 20th at 4pm EST/ 3pm CST/ 1pm PST!
How are you taking action for racial justice? Who from Black LGBTQ movement history inspires your activism? For one hour, tweet your thoughts using #GSADay4RJ and #BlackFutureLegends to have your voice heard.
The tweetchat will be co-hosted by Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition, GSA Network, and Missouri GSA Network.
National GSA Day for Racial Justice is an annual day of action to mobilize for racial justice and celebrate the multiple identities we hold as LGBTQ youth. This year, GSA Day for Racial Justice will honor Audre Lorde’s words, impact, and legacy, and take action across the country in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Join high school GSA leader and intern Danielle and make your own #BlackFutureLegends Month video for GSA Day!
To film your video, think about one or all of these questions:
Then upload your video by February 20th (GSA Day for Racial Justice) with the hashtags #BlackFutureLegends and #GSAs4Justice!
Run for Rocky sends 25 students to OUTShine, Canada’s first national gay-straight alliance summit
On National Gay-Straight Alliance Day, starting at 3 PM PST we’ll be hosting a Tweet Chat LIVE! Come and share your experiences with other middle school, high school and university LGBT leaders from across the country!
A simple message: “You’re a perfect child of God.” Simple, yes, but it is also a profound message that everybody can and should hear — hopefully repeatedly — and one that seems especially urgent for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth in an era of entrenched bullying, depression, and suicide.
Educational materials, posters and stickers designed to increase LGBT student safety.
The Boy Scouts of America is considering changing its longstanding policy against allowing openly gay members, according to a news release from the organization.
San Francisco State’s first Queer Resource Center will open its doors Feb. 6.
The ACLU of Florida intervened today on behalf of a Lake County middle-school student leader seeking to establish a gay-straight alliance (GSA) at Carver Middle School in Leesburg. The eighth grader spearheading the effort, Bayli Silberstein, says the club is needed to combat bullying at her school, but has faced administrative resistance in trying to establish it.