From PFLAG National - Our House to the School House

A Recipe for Safe Schools

From Our House to the School House: A Recipe  for Safe Schools, represents the next step in PFLAG’s ongoing nationwide commitment to our number one organizational priority, creating safe schools for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, teachers and staff.

The multi-year campaign unites PFLAG chapters, representatives and state councils in creating a wave of safe schools activities across the country. It offer tools for PFLAG activists to initiate or expand safe schools work and to form strong coalitions with other local groups committed to safe schools.

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A grassroots team of about 30 PFLAGers from around the country, who have been leaders and innovators in safe schools work, have advised staff on the design and content of From Our House to the School House: A Recipe for Safe Schools. Their hands-on experience has provided critical insights into the development of a campaign that any PFLAG chapter of any size in any part of the country can participate in at the level which best fits their goals and resources.  Already, PFLAG activists have given more than 1,000 safe schools presentations across the country, and we have distributed more than 30,000 safe schools booklets to educators.

In 2001, the "Our House" campaign will focus on assessments and town meetings, enabling chapters to identify and appropriately address issues of GLBT school safety in their communities.

Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth A Primer for Principals, Educators & School Personnel   To Download  PDF File <Click Arrow>

A Publication Endorsed by: American Academy of Pediatrics American Counseling Association American Association of School Administrators American Federation of Teachers American Psychological Association American School Health Association Interfaith Alliance Foundation National Association of School Psychologists National Association of Social Workers National Education Association

 

Be Yourself PFLAG 1726 M Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036  ph: 202.467.8180   fax: 202.467.8194 contact National "From Our House to the Schoolhouse" 2001 Campaign Materials

Cover Letter School Assessment Community Assessment Mapping Your Bureaucracy Town Meeting Overview Planning Your Town Meeting Safe Schools Successes Fundraising Tips Media Tips Resources

 

WHAT SCHOOLS NEED TO KNOW: GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER STUDENTS AND THE LAW THE RIGHTS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES of Michigan School Administrators, Educators and School Personnel regarding Sexual Orientation Issues and the Education of our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Students

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This publication was prepared as a cooperative effort of the
American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU)

and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network of Detroit
(GLSEN-Detroit).

This publication was made  possible by a generous grant from
The Gilmour Fund.

 

 

Making  Our Schools Safe 

 Articles

A New Dimension in Snapshot of Gay Teenagers    But some experts are now saying that the research is incomplete and has created a distorted picture of what it is like to be a gay teenager.

Every child deserves safe place to learn  When he was a ninth grader, Nathan Triplett was hit in the back of the head by a book with such force that he was knocked unconscious.

My High School Experience Is a Total Hell A teen tells about battling anti-gay prejudice in rural Georgia  By Shannon Peavy

 "Preventing Violence in Schools" by Mary Hatwood Futrell and Lee Etta Powell:

 "Student Victimization at School" by Mary Jo Nolin, Elizabeth Davies, Westat, Inc.: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/actguid/finding1.html

"Gaining Control of Violence in the Schools: A View from the Field" by Carol Ascher: http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed377256.html

"Vulnerability to Violence Among Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth" by Patricia Boland, NCSP for the National Association of School Psychologists: http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/neat_vulnerability.html

"Bullying in Schools" by Ron Banks: http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/eece/pubs/digests/1997/banks97.html

"Turning It Around For All Youth: From Risk To Resilience" by Bonnie Benard: http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/digests/dig126.html

"Bullying" by James Uphoff, President of the Ohio School Boards Association (this essay aired Nov. 7, 2001 on Public Radio):  http://www.wyso.org/wysopgs/uponed.html

(1) Lie, or (2) risk humiliation or harm More than 17,600 school-age kids in W.Va. are gay, lesbian or bisexual, studies say

If you flame, you get burned - I'm the gay kid whom the Christian Coalition wants your straight kid to be able to harass at school.  By Casey Creel   

Flirting or Hurting? Four years ago, several boys at Avondale Middle School in Rochester Hills, Michigan, were suspended for sexual harassment. The boys thought they were just flirting.

Local Study Echoes Results from LGBT Harassment Study by Human Rights Group 

Anti-gay slurs common at school.  Some say insults increase as gays visibility rises   By Laura Sessions Stepp     Emmett English, a cheerful, easygoing boy, started third grade last year at a new school, Chevy Chase Elementary in Bethesda. On his first day he proudly wore a new red Gap sweat shirt and almost immediately wished he had chosen something else. “A girl called me ‘gay,’ ” he remembered. “I didn’t know what that meant but I knew it was something bad.” HIS MOTHER, Christina ...

When Kids Don't Have a Straight Answer   All adolescents struggle with issues surrounding sexuality and sex. But the pressures on gay and lesbian youth are...