GSAFE Updates

Fundraising Opportunity for GSAs

09/10/2012

Take the Hero Challenge and Raise Money for GSAFE and for your own GSA! Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools (GSAFE) is gearing up to hold our Walk/Run/Eat for Safe Schools on Sunday, October 14th, 2012. This event is an opportunity for GSAFE to connect with the community, highlight its mission, and raise money […]

Great Day of Silence Video Made by Local Middle School

06/27/2012

The Gay-Straight Alliance at Indian Mound Middle School in McFarland made this great video for this year’s Day of Silence – check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPghOg_7IJw&feature=plcp

Fair Wisconsin Seeking Field Organizer

06/27/2012

Founded in 1994, Fair Wisconsin is one of the state’s most respected advocacy groups and has a proud history in political action, education, grassroots organizing, and outreach in the cause of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality. With a statewide board of directors and a full-time staff, Fair Wisconsin is also the only organization […]

Nominations Sought for OutReach Community Awards

06/27/2012

OutReach, Madison and South Central Wisconsin’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Community Center, is seeking nominations of individuals, organizations and businesses that have made outstanding contributions to Madison’s LGBT community in the past year. Awards will be presented at OutReach’s 20th Annual Community Awards Banquet, to be held Friday, September 14th, at the Monona Terrace Convention […]

Meet some Wisconsin GSA advisors!

05/22/2012

Monica, Sun Prairie High School Why did you become a GSA advisor? In my role as a school counselor I see kids struggle with so many issues and so many of them co-exist. One of the biggest struggles I see is coming out to friends and family. Often times, I am one of the first […]

WI Statute 118.3 – Breaking Down Pupil Non-Discrimination

03/06/2012

What is 118.13? State statute 118.13 is Wisconsin’s pupil nondiscrimination law which states that no individual may be denied admission to any public school or be denied participation in, be denied the benefits of or be discriminated against in any curricular, extracurricular, pupil services, recreational or other program or activity because of the individual’s: […]

GSAFE Art Contest 2012

03/06/2012

Would you like YOUR ARTWORK to appear on the 2012 GSAFE Thank You card? Do you have art that speaks to the theme – Make It Better? All you need to do is draw or paint an image that speaks to the work GSAFE does to Make It Better for Wisconsin’s LGBTQ youth. Put your […]

Colors of Resistance

03/06/2012

GSAFE is better learning and understanding the need to create culturally specific spaces for LGBTQ youth of color and youth of color allies. Too often within the mainstream LGBTQ community, communities of color are wrongfully dubbed as being more trans/bi/homophobic than their white counterparts. As a result, mainstream spaces provide few opportunities to support and […]

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Testimonials

“GSAFE’s LTI helped me become the person and activist I wanted to be, and helped me hone my skills so I could be a better leader. I discovered myself in ways I never imagined.” – Amy, Former GSAFE Youth Activist