2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 27 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the [...]

TAKE ACTION: Support right to form GSAs

ACTION ITEM: Film a Letter, Make it Better   When a principal in Tennessee not only blocked the formation of a GSA, but assaulted a student for supporting the club, GSA Network took action.   The GSA Network is following up on their 90,000-person Change.org petition  http://www.change.org/petitions/investigate-harassment-of-lgbtq-youth-at-sequoyah-high-school-allow-a-gsa by taking our message national: Film a letter [...]

TAKE GLSEN’s 2011 NATIONAL SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY

LGBTQ YOUTH – SPEAK OUT ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL EXPERIENCES! The 2011 National School Climate Survey is GLSEN’s seventh national survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth. It is a crucial tool in GLSEN’s mission for fighting bias in K-12 schools across the nation. The information gathered from this survey will help GLSEN [...]

Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Target: U.S. Senate         Sponsored by: Human Rights Campaign The U.S. has never had this much momentum to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — the discriminatory law that forces gays and lesbians to live a lie if they want to serve their country. But there’s a big problem. As the Senate prepares [...]