University-Funded GLBTQ Student Resources

Currently there are :

• 105 schools have paid employees, offices and programs dedicated to GLBTQ students.
• 37 states have a university that has at least one paid staff member.
• 71 are public universities.
• 34 are private schools.
• The states with the greatest number of universities with such positions include California (15), Illinois (6), Massachusetts (6), Michigan (6), Minnesota (6), and Pennsylvania (6).
• States that lack any university with such a position include Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

Click here for the list of schools, and links to their sites and resources.

Day of Silence Project

The Day of Silence was founded in 1996 at the University of Virginia and grew quickly on college and high school campuses over the next several years. Last year, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and the United States Student Association (USSA) sponsored the Day, which has grown from having about 150 students participate in 1996, to having almost 2,000 schools participate in 2002. GLSEN organized a student leadership team in January of 2002 to help high school students all over the country with planning the day, and working with their administration to get more support.

Ideas

Are you an activist in your school? Ideas for events to conduct, brochures to create, and meetings to have are right here.