Related Links

Washington GSA Network

Helping Students Fight Harassment and Homophobia in Washington State Schools

GLBTQI Links & Printed Resources

Washington State GSA Network Handbook (coming soon)

GLSEN National Website of our National office in New York City.

Student Organizing GLSEN’s National Student Organizing Program.

GLSEN's Booklink An awesome resource from GLSEN National, where you are able to order any of our published works and others that are affiliated with our mission.

• Student Library • Educator Library •

WA GSA How-To GuideA brief how-to guide for you to glance over to help you build a GSA at your school.

Jump Start I: A How-To Guide for New and Established GSAs This resource takes GSAs through step-by-step activities that can assist them in organizing their groups.

GSAs' Legal Rights

Federal law protects non-curricular student clubs at public schools from discrimination. This means your school can't refuse to allow the Gay-Straight Alliance to meet because the club deals with LGBT issues as long as there is at least one other non-curricular student club at your school. Read up on the rights of your club:

GLSEN National Student legal guide Provided by GLSEN

Q&A Guide About GSAs' Legal Rights (pdf) Provided by the National Center for Lesbian Rights

Q&A Guide About GSAs (pdf) Provided by the American Civil Liberties Union

Federal Equal Access Act Q&A provided by Lambda Legal regarding the protection of the establishment of GSAs as well as other student clubs from discrimination

Links to Other Great GLBT-friendly Organizations

Scouting for All

PFLAG

Safe Schools Coalition

OUTKitsap

Stop the Hate "Stop the Hate!" Campus Hate Crime Prevention Program supports colleges and universities in preventing and combating hate on campus as well as fostering the development of community and serving as the premiere source of anti-hate educational resources for higher education.

Lambert House Lambert House is a center for GLBTQ youth and their allies that encourages empowerment through the development of leadership, social and life skills.

Ingersoll Gender Center Ingersoll provides transgendered people services such as counseling and support groups. • Phone: 206.860.6064

Gay & Lesbian National Hotline Nationwide toll-free hotline that provides free and confidential telephone peer-counseling and local resource information for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning people of all ages. Visit their website or call 888.THE.GLNH (888.843.4564)

Who's Positive Who's Positive was founded and created by Tom Donohue, a few months after he was told that he was HIV+ in October of 2003. Tired of keeping this a secret, he wanted to reach out to bring HIV to the forefront and to let his peers know that the virus was in their backyards and that is it not an experience they want to go through or an experience they want to put their families, friends or loved ones through.