Meet students from Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA) & Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs throughout Santa Cruz County – from Scotts Valley to Watsonville! STRANGE's Cosplay Fashion Show - Come dressed as a character or idea from your favorite film, cartoon, TV Show, book, anime, comic book or video game and walk the runway in our GSA COStume PLAY Fashion Show! This is your chance to celebrate your identity and 3 winners will be crowned as reigning GSA Fashion Show "Supremes"! When: Saturday, November 9, 2013 1:00 – 6:00 pm Where: Boys … [Read more...]
GLSEN: Send a Message of Support to Colorado Transgender Student
A Colorado Transgender is the target of a smear campaign by Anti-LGBT group Pacific Justice and Fox News. The student was accused of harassing girls in the bathroom, which has been disproved by the district and her fellow students. Want to support? Click Here to send a positive message! … [Read more...]
New additions to the GSA Summit!
New Workshop! Breaking the Gender Binary -- Interactive workshop led by student leaders from the Northern California Youth Council of the GSA Network. New Workshop! Social Justice Art Project -- Interactive art project facilitated by student leaders from the Nor Cal Youth Council of the GSA Network. Join students from all over Santa Cruz County! Fall GSA Summit of Santa Cruz County Saturday, November 9, 2013 1:00 – 6:00 pm Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz 543 Center St Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Read More... … [Read more...]
Anti-Bullying Public Service Announcement with GLSEN Students
In recognition of National Bullying Prevention month, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has created a video - Click Here … [Read more...]
New addition to the GSA Summit…..
STRANGE's Cosplay Fashion Show Come dressed as a character or idea from your favorite film, cartoon, TV Show, book, anime, comic book or video game and walk the runway in our GSA COStume PLAY Fashion Show! This is your chance to celebrate your identity and 3 winners will be crowned as reigning GSA Fashion Show "Supremes"! And here about social events being planned for December! Save-the-date for the GSA Summit at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz on Saturday, November 9th! Click here for more details. Meet students from … [Read more...]
National LGBT News: Gay Illinois Teens, Crowned Homecoming King And Queen
“Two openly gay Illinois students, who also happen to be close friends, made national history this week when their peers voted them Homecoming King and Queen at their high school.” Read more about these teens and other LGBT students who have been crowned at their schools in The Huffington Post … [Read more...]
Top 25 LGBTI-Friendly Universities & Colleges 2013 Listing
Campus Pride, a nationally-recognized organization dedicated to making colleges and universities safer, more inclusive spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, released its annual list of the "Top 25-LGBT Friendly Colleges And Universities" in the country today. Each campus included in the final listing achieved 5 stars overall in the index, plus 5 stars in sexual orientation and 5 stars in gender identity/expression for an LGBT-friendly campus. In addition, the campuses had to have 4.5 stars or above (or the … [Read more...]
We Are The Youth: Chronicling the Stories of LGBT Youth in America
“We Are the Youth is a photographic journalism project chronicling the individual stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in the United States. Through photographic portraits and “as told to” interviews in the participants’ own voices, We Are the Youth captures the incredible diversity and uniqueness among the LGBT youth population.” To read the stories Click Here Interested in sharing your story? Email: hello@wearetheyouth.org … [Read more...]
Know Your Rights! A Guide for LGBT Youth
Lambda Legal is focused on achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT individuals. They have created a webpage detailing the rights of LGBT youth and what to do if your rights are violated. Some topics they address are GSA’s, Bullying, Transgender Youth, Prom, Dances, Dating, and Your Speech Rights, Safe Schools, and many others. To know your rights Click Here … [Read more...]
Live Out Loud with “The Homecoming Project”
This project is meant to encourage successful LGBT adults to visit their High Schools in order to share their knowledge and experience with other LGBT students. Click Here to learn about Lance Black, who wrote the script for Milk (2008) and his Homecoming Project. He returns to his High School in North Salinas, California. Click Here for lesson plans perfect for any GSA For general information about the project visit The Homecoming Project … [Read more...]