The Search for a Gay-Friendly College

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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.


Safe Schools

Want to make your school safer? Information about school harassment and preventing is a page away.


Resources

Find other organizations that are doing great work on safer schools.

GLSEN
GLSEN is a wonderful resource for young people in high school looking to start Gay Straight Alliances, as well as anyone looking for general information and support around GLBTQ youth issues.

GLBSO Listserv
GLBSO is the internet center for communication between Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans* and Supporters organizations at the scholastic and collegiate level. GLBSO reaches over 200 subscribers in all 50 states and many foreign countries.

Safe Schools - Washington
The Safe Schools Coalition of Washington provides information and resources about making schools systems safer, as well as valuable statistics about the quality of schools.

GSA Network
Gay-Straight Alliance Network is a youth-led organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources.

Safe Schools
The American Civil Liberties Union Making Schools Safe Project is a great resource with suggestions for making schools safe.