May 13, 2009

>Junior High GSA Member Given Award in Santa Cruz

>Maddie Smith, 14, will be given the Queer Youth Leadership Award this Saturday at the Santa Cruz County Task Force awards ceremony.

Smith, who is an out bisexual eighth-grader, is an outspoken member of her school’s Gay Straight Alliance and has worked to educate teachers and staff about bullying of queer youth. Before the November election, she wore anti-Proposition 8 T-shirts to school every day.

Congrats Maddie!

• Students, allies heralded for raising awareness of gay youth (The Mercury News: Central Coast)

   

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Brian G. Murphy is the online strategies manager at GLSEN--the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network. Before GLSEN, Brian worked as a consultant for organizations and activists, creating savvy digital campaigns that matter. Brian studied cinematic arts and religion at the University of Southern California.