The Pros And Cons Of Gsas

[The Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) organization at my high school, which meets twice per month, generated a list of concerns that they shared with school administration. The focus was specifically about gender identity, the lack of support from school staff, and the daily scrutiny they face as a result of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Through collaboration with my colleagues it was evident that there had been an increase in teacher and student referrals surrounding gender identity. The feedback from GSA clearly identified that as a school we are not meeting the needs of our LGBT students and those struggling with sexual orientation. Members of the GSA clearly feel that teachers ignore negative comments like “gay” and “faggot” when they hear them in class, that teachers may not clearly understand gender neutral language, and that our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) students do not feel safe and protected in school. Students needed support advocating for their right to use a restroom, correct pronoun, etc., requiring district, community, parent, and colleague

I was crippled and trapped between choosing what my society had taught me, what was considered to be right, and what I thought was better for me. Prior to summer academy and my immigration to the United States, I had a problem finding my true self in matters like accepting homosexuality. My thoughts and my judgments were corrupt in a sense that my reaction towards such people was solemnly based on what I had been taught. I was born and raised in an environment where homosexuality was considered to be an abomination and unlawful. After immigrating to the United States, I had little to no encounters with people who considered themselves as gay or lesbian etc. Unfortunately for me, upon attending the summer program, I was paired with a person who considered himself to be gay. Initially, every thought I had was filled with ignorance and closed mindedness. But then as time progressed and my grade depended on his effort, I decided to put all the negativity and what I knew aside and tried to learn something from this friend. By the end of the program, I found out that this person was just like me: funny, amiable, sociable and essentially the difference that existed between him and me, was our sexual

My goal since beginning high school has been to create a safer school environment for LGBTQ students. Although the climate has become much more tolerant, bullying and discrimination are still rampant in the hallways, the classrooms and the Facebook statuses of students at my school.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgendered (LGBT) youth population is one of the most vulnerable groups in our community. Being gay does not lead to risky behaviors or bad decision making, rather, societal stigma and discrimination can lead LGBT youth to seek emotional outlets. Today’s society has improved immensely towards the LGBT community, although it has not always been this way. Society can affect a person in shocking ways, influencing one’s unhealthy and unsafe physical and mental behaviors. This current vulnerable population deserves a voice and the simplicity of someone listening to them in order for both sides, accepting and non-accepting, to find a common ground and settle the violence.

Over the next few meetings we struggled to figure out how we could advertise ourselves to the rest of the student body, who for years had treated these people as less than human. We did not want to be “THE gay group”. We designed poster after poster, finding nothing that suited the true purpose of the group. We were not allowed to put posters up in the hall if they had rainbows or any symbol that voiced support of the LGBTQ+ community or pride for ourselves.

Personally, I have not dealt with this issue, but as a friend I have seen the tolls it can take on someone. As a result, I advocated a club in my High School and created the Gay-Straight Student Alliance. I was even able to bring back a fellow LGBT student from the University of Madison to talk about the clubs offered there and the atmosphere for LGBT individuals. It was very rewarding to see others be themselves and not have to hide from the fear of being unaccepted. All in all, this makes my extensive efforts to the club all

LGBTQA Student Services faculty and student activist leaders informed the 160 student attendees about the

The intentions of this Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at Fort Madison High School will be to build a progressive front that fosters diversity, acceptance, and educational growth. This constitution will lay the foundation and guidelines for these missions.

“…the presence of sexual minority youth and their allies who are able to organize in an open manner.” (Varjas, 2007) These studies haven’t described exactly what Gay-Straight Alliances entail and what they do. They have shown that it is a great way to provide a way in which two cultures can work together to make a comfortable environment. Knowing what happens exactly in these meeting will help us as professionals find out how they work and organize themselves. The ways in which community and learning is performed could help explain and provide techniques of how we can address LGBTQ bullying in

Adolescents in general are often faced with many obstacles throughout their teenage years however; when homosexuality is in the equation this can make issues more complex. Adolescent who do not fit the “norm” because they are questioning their sexuality; they often experience discrimination, substance abuse, higher rates of suicide and victimization. As a result this group is considered to be a high risk population. When communities lack Gay- Straight Alliances also known as GSA adolescents are often shunned and are forced to hide their sexual orientation in social isolation. Increasing GSA support groups will help LBGTQ youths develop a positive self-image.

Marginalization has surrounded my life since the beginning. I have never been a popular child, and was bullied an excessive amount throughout elementary school and middle school. People always called me names because they thought I was less than them, but in high school the bulling stopped and took a different face. This year I started the Cedaredge Gay-Straight Alliance. This is where marginalization really came into play, the administration dislikes the GSA and thinks that it is less than the other clubs. Now the admin uses policies, that they have never enforced before, to decrease the things we can do. Just because our beliefs are the minority the admin and some students try and bully the GSA into submission, but I feel that marginalization

It was Back to School Night and the halls were jammed with parents and students. I spread the Pride flag neatly across the table, and placed carefully stacked blank papers for questions beside and an empty basket. Our signs were proudly displayed behind us: “Ask us about the new bathroom!”, “Come to GSA in Room 146 every Tuesday” Filling in for our Gender & Sexualities Alliance club co-president, I was nervous, but ready, to face the crowd. I prepared a set of questions, with our school’s psychologist, that parents opposed to our ideas might ask. “Won’t people feel uncomfortable sharing bathrooms with all genders?” “What about sexual harassment, bullying, and violence?” Our club created a trifold pamphlet to answer these questions. The

Being that Christianity and homosexuality contradict one another, the student had two choices if he wanted to join the group: keep his lifestyle choices to himself or not expect a leadership position. The club does not discriminate against homosexuality but does require leaders to follow certain guidelines. While they are open-minded and do not “have a selective membership process,” the student could not expect to openly advocate for two groups with such different values.

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