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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

*Application deadline Friday April 25th* Click Here to Apply Today! Queeriosity is a writing & performance workshop that culminates in an performance showcase that explores how self identified LGBTQQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Questioning) youth develop deeper awareness of their sexual identities, while celebrating their queerness.  This year’s Queeriosity facilitator is Yosimar Reyes. If selected for this program, you will receive: 18 hours worth of personal and artistic development education $13/hour stipend for … [Read more...]

Join the greater Santa Cruz Community and beyond to celebrate 40 years of LGBTQI pride! 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...]

“One of Weston’s favorite parts of life is “family time.” Whether it be spending time with my husband and me or visiting with extended family. He has a sense of belonging that he never knew could happen to him; so much so that my husband and I have to remind him that he can’t hang out with his lame dads every Friday night and kick him out of the house at times to hang out with his friends.” Read more in Evolequals … [Read more...]

The Rally - Meets at the clock tower in Downtown Santa Cruz 4pm - 5:30pm Join us in breaking the silence! Create signs and listen to the powerful voices of youth leaders, musicians, artists, and slam poets from our community. Special introduction by Lex! STRANGE Clip-fest - Walnut Avenue Women's Center 5:45pm - 7:30pm Following the rally, march to The Walnut Avenue Women’s Center to feast on pizza and discuss and watch clips about bullying, sexual orientation, gender identity, and some that will have you laughing hysterically! PFLAG will … [Read more...]

This month’s meeting will feature guest speaker Jeff Sheng from the "Fearless Project", a photography and video project about LGBT athletes in high school and college sports teams. Jeff will present and speak more about the series and talk about the issue of creating an LGBT-inclusive environment in sports, particularly in our schools. Flyer attached When: 7pm - 9pm, Tuesday, January, 11th 2014 Location: Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA Contact: pflagscc@gmail.com, www.pflagscc.org, or call (831) 427-4016 … [Read more...]