Browsing Back-to-School VoicesSeptember 11, 2012 Back-to-School Voices: Amelia, San FranciscoAmelia Student San Francisco, CA I first discovered a dearth of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature in schools when I needed information on how come out as lesbian to my parents in 7th grade. I was scared. I had no idea how to tell my family that I wanted to marry a girl. Eventually, [...] September 10, 2012 Back-to-School Voices: Peter DeWittPeter DeWitt Elementary School Principal Poestenkill, New York Every year I am more and more convinced that we do not do enough to safeguard our LGBT student population. They are bullied and harassed more often than their peers and don’t feel safe coming to school. As a school administrator I believe that parents send their [...] September 10, 2012 Welcome to GLSEN’s Back-to-School Voices Campaign!With September in full swing, I cannot help but remember many moons ago when I was preparing for my first day of a new grade. Bags packed and the supplies, I most likely just bought with my mom the weekend before, ready to be used as I vigorously attempted to capture everything I thought would [...] |
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