Gay-Straight Alliances

Teen Actor Avan Jogia Says Its OK For Men To Like Men

Steve Pep March 5, 2011

19-year-old straight actor Avan Jogia has co-founded a a new social awareness campaign dedicated to acceptance of homosexuality. Jogia describes the … [Read more...] about Teen Actor Avan Jogia Says Its OK For Men To Like Men

Andy Towle January 21, 2011

Several hundred students rallied in support of a Gay-Straight Alliance at Long Island's Valley Stream South High School in New York yesterday. I … [Read more...] about Watch: Hundreds of Long Island High School Students Hold Rally Demanding Gay-Straight Alliance

Andy Towle January 19, 2011

The ban on Gay-Straight alliances at Halton Catholic School, where controversy erupted earlier this year after board chair Alice Anne LeMay … [Read more...] about Halton Catholic School Board Lifts Ban on ‘Gay-Straight Alliances’, But Resists Allowing Them to be Called That

Andy Towle September 17, 2010

JHS student comments on "Opposite Gender Day" Jackson High School in Michigan is holding a Homecoming Week "Opposite Gender … [Read more...] about Does ‘Opposite Gender Day’ Liberate Students or Endanger Them?

Steve Pep March 28, 2010

Students in Mead Valley California want to form a Gay-Straight Alliance at their middle school. Some parents aren't happy about this: "Brandi … [Read more...] about News: George Michael, Gay Middle-Schoolers, Rihanna, Volcanoes

Andy Towle April 17, 2009

I haven't noticed as much publicity around the 'Day of Silence' this year, and I'm not sure why. It's a subject that has recently … [Read more...] about Today’s ‘Day of Silence’ Raises Awareness of Anti-LGBT Bullying

Andy Towle March 20, 2009

If a Gay-Straight Alliance can't hold a fundraiser at a yogurt shop, then where can they hold it?!? "The Gay Straight Alliance of Upland … [Read more...] about Gay Event at Yogurt Shop Canceled ‘for the Safety of Everyone’

Andy Towle July 31, 2008

In a gay-straight alliance case that was closed at one time because the student who brought it, Yasmin Gonzalez, graduated, and then reopened when a … [Read more...] about ACLU wins Gay-Straight Alliance Lawsuit Against Florida School

Andy Towle October 26, 2007

Earlier this month, a gay couple, Brandon Raphael and his prince, Kiernan Gatewood, were elected "Princes" of Davis Senior High School's Homecoming in … [Read more...] about Two Princes: Gay Couple Elected Homecoming Royalty

Andy Towle April 19, 2007

"Day of Silence" tensions, combined with the recent fever over violence at Virginia Tech, lead to lockdown at Indiana High School: "The Day of Silence … [Read more...] about News: Hairspray, Knut, Day of Silence, Cannes Film Festival