School-Based Support Programs
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
1012 14th St. N.W.,
Suite 1105 Washington, DC 20007
Tel: 202/347-7780
www.glsen.org
This national education organization focuses on ensuring safe schools for all students.
Gay Straight Alliance Network
1550 Bryant St., Suite 800,
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 415/552-4229
www.gsanetwork.org
This youth-led organization empowers youth activists fighting homophobia in schools. It advises on starting GSAs in schools and how to keep them going.
Note: The National Center for Lesbian Rights offers a fact sheet that explains the legal rights of students to form GSAs and to have the same privileges as other clubs.
Safe Schools Coalition
Public Health-Seattle & King County, MS: NTH-PH-0100 10501
Meridian Ave., N. Seattle, WA 98133
Tel: 206/632-0662, ext. 49
Intervention Help: (WA State only):
Tel: 888/307-9275
www.safeschoolscoalition.org
A public-private partnership that works to reduce bias-based bullying and violence in schools and to help schools better meet the needs of sexual minority youth and children with sexual minority parents.
Note: Three useful resources addressing bullying in school are: Bullying, It's Not Okay
This brochure for parents contains sections on "When Your Child Is the Victim," "When Your Child Is the Bully," and "When Your Child Is a Bystander." It was jointly produced by the Washington State Medical Association, the Washington State Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Washington State Attorney General's Office.
A guide for teachers, counselors, and administrators from Teaching Tolerance.
A web page for parents and educators on bullying from the Family Education Network.
