Rainbow Boys - ALEX SANCHEZ by Alex Sanchez

Author:Alex Sanchez
Language: en-us
Format: mobi

INFORMATION

ABOUT…

ORGANIZING A PEER GROUP GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network)

121 West 27th Street, Suite 804

New York, NY 10001-6207

Phone: (212) 727-0135

Fax: (212) 727-0245

www.glsen.org (Please visit this Web site to find the chapter in your region.)

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to ensure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. GLSEN believes that such an atmosphere engenders a positive sense of self, which is the basis of educational achievement and personal growth. Since homophobia and heterosexism undermine a healthy school climate, we work to educate teachers, students, and the public at large about the damaging effects these forces have on youth and adults alike. GLSEN recognizes that forces such as racism and sexism have similarly adverse impacts on communities, and we support schools in seeking to redress all such inequities. GLSEN seeks to develop school climates where difference is valued for the positive contribution it makes in creating a more vibrant and diverse community. We welcome as members any and all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or occupation, who are committed to seeing this philosophy realized in K-12 schools.

GLSEN combats the harassment and discrimination leveled against students and school personnel. GLSEN creates learning environments that affirm the inherent dignity of all students, and, in so doing, teaches them to respect and accept all of their classmates— regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. GLSEN believes that the key to ending anti-gay prejudice and hatemotivated violence is education. And it’s for this reason that GLSEN brings together students, educators, families, and other community members—of any sexual orientation or gender identity/expression—to reform America’s educational system.

GLSEN’s student organizing project provides support and resources to youth in even the most isolated of places, supporting students as they form and lead gay-straight alliances—helping them to change their own school environments from the inside out. A Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) is a school-based, student-led, noncurricular club organized to end anti-gay bias and homophobia in schools and create positive change by making schools welcoming, supportive, and safe places for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. GSAs help eliminate anti-gay bias, discrimination, harassment, and violence by educating school communities about homophobia and the lives of youth, and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and their heterosexual allies.

VIOLENCE AND HATE CRIMES AGAINST GAYS AND LESBIANS The New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project and the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Projects 240 West 35th Street, Suite 200

New York, NY 10001

Phone: (212) 714-1184

Fax: (212) 714-2627

Bilingual hotline based in the New York area: (212) 714-1141

www.avp.org (Please visit this Web site to find a branch and phone contact for your region.)

The New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP) is the nation’s largest crime-victim service agency for the lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, and HIV-affected communities. For twenty years, AVP has provided counseling and advocacy for thousands of victims of bias-motivated violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, HIV-related violence, and police misconduct. AVP educates the

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