Please only take this survey if you are a California middle school or high school student or an advisor to a GSA club in a middle or high school in California. All of your answers are confidential. GSAs who participate will be entered for a chance to win $100 for their GSA! Your answers make a difference -- results from prior surveys have helped Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network) staff to evaluate the work that we are doing and the resources that we have for students. Click Here to take the survey! Thanks for helping make schools … [Read more...]
Harvey Milk Day 2014, May 22
Who Was Harvey Milk? “Harvey Milk was an activist, organizer, and the first openly gay man elected to public office in the country as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the late 1970s. Harvey Milk came out and started organizing against discrimination of gay and lesbian business owners in the Castro District of San Francisco, and against the Briggs Initiative (this was an initiative on the California state ballot in 1978 that would have banned gays and lesbians from working in California schools). Milk was responsible for … [Read more...]
GLBT History Museum: “Queer Past Becomes Present”
Special Event: Harvey Milk Day, May 22nd - Admission is FREE all day! Some topics highlighted in this exhibition are: Queer Youth: Out and Active, "Queer Youth" traces the activism of San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQQ youth 25 and under from the 1970s to the present. The Assassination of Supervisor Harvey Milk, This section looks at one of the most horrific events in queer history, the assassination of activist and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, and includes related artifacts, photographs and an excerpt from Milk's political … [Read more...]
LGBT News: Proud Mother Talks About Important and Unique Role GSA’s Played in Her Sons Life
“This is the story of my experience as a mother of a gay son and how I struggled to support him during his middle and high school years. It is the third video in my Proud Mom series. I created these videos, with my son's support, to promote acceptance and support of LGBTQ youth in families, communities and schools.” Watch the video on Vimeo … [Read more...]
LGBT News: Photographer Attempts To Capture LGBT America In 10,000 Portraits
“Creator iO Tillett Wright, along with her project team, hopes to “humanize a vast community” simply by documenting their diverse faces.” Read More about this project on BuzzFeed … [Read more...]
Register Your GSA to March in SF Pride! Jun 29, San Francisco
Ready to march with GSAs from all over Northern California in San Francisco's Pride March?? Join GSA Network's contingent! Come celebrate your GSA's amazing work and let the community know how fab you are! All are welcome to march with us - GSAs, youth, college GSAs, advisors, teachers, school staff, parents, and anyone else who supports GSAs and LGBTQA youth! This year's theme is COLORS, so please come dressed in every color of the rainbow (or pick just one color and dress in it from head to toe)! GSAs are encouraged to come dressed … [Read more...]
Santa Cruz Pride Youth March
Pride is coming up so soon. We NEED to show Santa Cruz County how many queer youth and allies there are here. Last year we had almost 100 youth marching in pride. This year we are going for over 200. Youth 21 and under and GSA advisors are welcome to join our contingent. If this does not apply to you, please share it with those that do! Are you part of a GSA, QSA, or Rainbow Alliance? Invite your ENTIRE club and dress alike! Bring your costumes, signs, and LOVE! Have parents, family, or other adults that want to march? Bring them so they … [Read more...]
National LGBT News: US Dept. of Education. Announces Title IX Protects Transgender Students
“The guidance, from the Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), states: "Title IX's sex discrimination prohibition extends to claims of discrimination based on gender identity or failure to conform to stereotypical notions of masculinity or femininity and OCR accepts such complaints for investigation." Read more at The National Center for Transgender Equality … [Read more...]
Local LGBT News: Youths Break Silencing Effect of Bullying
“Breaking the Silence,” a rally held last Friday at the downtown Santa Cruz Town Clock, expanded awareness of the national Day of Silence, an annual event formed in 1996 by the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) during which students across the country vow to stay quiet for a whole day to symbolize the silencing effects of harassment and bullying on LGBTQ students. Read more in City on the Hill Press … [Read more...]
[Reminder] 40th Anniversary of Santa Cruz Pride Parade and Festival, June 1
Join the greater Santa Cruz Community and beyond to celebrate 40 years of LGBTQI pride! The parade will feature favorites such as Dykes on Bykes, CHEER San Francisco, PFLAG, and Radical Faeries! Afterwards, venture to the festival where there is a kids area, local organizations with resources, and shopping, and live performances. Parade: Starts at Pacific Avenue and Cathcart in downtown Santa Cruz at 11am. Festival: Starts at 11am and goes till 4pm on Pacific Avenue between Cooper Street and Water Street. … [Read more...]