Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender students - News for Educational Workers - Brief Article

Radical Teacher, Winter, 2002

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) envisions a future in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. GLSEN's Teaching Respect for All 2002 conference was held in Los Angeles from October 4-6. The Fall 2002 issue of Respect, GLSEN's news magazine, starts the school year off with a new, three-year strategic plan to 1. make anti-LGBT bullying, harassment, and name-calling unacceptable in America's schools; 2. engage and empower educators as partners in creating schools where every student can fully participate in school life regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression; and 3. ensure that the national education agenda to create effective schools includes LGBT issues. The GLSEN BookLink 2002 offers the highest quality resources for students, educators, families and community allies working to end anti-LGBT bias in K-12 schools. To join GLSEN, call 212-7270135 or visit www.glsen.org.

Gay seminary students joined forces in "Called Out," the 11th national conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied seminarians, held from March 15-17 at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.

CLAGSnews (Summer 2002), from The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, offers information about fellowships in Queer Studies, suggestions for pedagogy, a calendar of CLAGS events, and reports on CLAGS colloquia. For more information about CLAGS, call 212-817-1955 or visit www.clags.org.