For the 2011-2012 school year, here are the election results...
Wade Wallerstein & Rachel Stabb Co-Presidents
Summer Vance Treasurer
Sarah Johnson Secretary
Good luck to you all!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Today's Meeting - Last One!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Tomorrow - Last GSA meeting for the 2010-2011 school year!
I will be bringing some yummy treats. Everyone else is welcome to bring tasty snacks as well.
To start off the meeting, we will do a quick vote for positions next year.
Positions include:
■ President: Runs and plans meetings, events, social outings, campaigns, fundraisers, etc. Also oversees club email, blog/website, facebook group, etc.
■ Vice President: Helps President with the above. Writes school announcements, posters, and spreading the word about GSA events, campaigns, etc.
■ Treasurer: Coordinates and oversees fundraisers and most importantly the funding behind it.
■ Secretary: Runs meeting sign-in sheet, completes club monthly minutes, sums up meetings for website/blog, and keeps track of the GSA schedule.
■ Baking Committee Leader: Signs up GSA members to bring snacks and coordinates meeting snacks (who brings what when).
Next we will go over the events for next year:
■ LGBT History Month – October
■ Ally Week – October 18-22
■ Transgender Remembrance Day – Sometime in November
■ No Name-Calling Week – January 23-27
■ Black History Month – February
■ Remembering Lawrence King – February 12
■ National Eating Disorder Awareness Week – Feb 20-24
■ Women’s History Month – March
■ Day of Silence – around 4/15
■ No Bullying Week – around D. of S.
■ Harvey Milk Day – 5/22
■ Pride (in who you are) Month – June
Then, we will eat cake!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Today's Meeting: Thank you gsanetwork!
Amanda lead us through a GSA "tree" activity to show us areas in which we can improve. She also gave us ideas for next year.
She also told us about activist camp! If you;re interested in getting more involved apply at https://www.gsanetwork.org/events/activist-camps.
For more information, go to gsanetwork.org!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Presidential Proclamation--Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
The story of America's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community is the story of our fathers and sons, our mothers and daughters, and our friends and neighbors who continue the task of making our country a more perfect Union. It is a story about the struggle to realize the great American promise that all people can live with dignity and fairness under the law. Each June, we commemorate the courageous individuals who have fought to achieve this promise for LGBT Americans, and we rededicate ourselves to the pursuit of equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Since taking office, my Administration has made significant progress towards achieving equality for LGBT Americans. Last December, I was proud to sign the repeal of the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. With this repeal, gay and lesbian Americans will be able to serve openly in our Armed Forces for the first time in our Nation's history. Our national security will be strengthened and the heroic contributions these Americans make to our military, and have made throughout our history, will be fully recognized.
My Administration has also taken steps to eliminate discrimination against LGBT Americans in Federal housing programs and to give LGBT Americans the right to visit their loved ones in the hospital. We have made clear through executive branch nondiscrimination policies that discrimination on the basis of gender identity in the Federal workplace will not be tolerated. I have continued to nominate and appoint highly qualified, openly LGBT individuals to executive branch and judicial positions. Because we recognize that LGBT rights are human rights, my Administration stands with advocates of equality around the world in leading the fight against pernicious laws targeting LGBT persons and malicious attempts to exclude LGBT organizations from full participation in the international system. We led a global campaign to ensure "sexual orientation" was included in the United Nations resolution on extrajudicial execution -- the only United Nations resolution that specifically mentions LGBT people -- to send the unequivocal message that no matter where it occurs, state-sanctioned killing of gays and lesbians is indefensible. No one should be harmed because of who they are or who they love, and my Administration has mobilized unprecedented public commitments from countries around the world to join in the fight against hate and homophobia.
At home, we are working to address and eliminate violence against LGBT individuals through our enforcement and implementation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. We are also working to reduce the threat of bullying against young people, including LGBT youth. My Administration is actively engaged with educators and community leaders across America to reduce violence and discrimination in schools. To help dispel the myth that bullying is a harmless or inevitable part of growing up, the First Lady and I hosted the first White House Conference on Bullying Prevention in March. Many senior Administration officials have also joined me in reaching out to LGBT youth who have been bullied by recording "It Gets Better" video messages to assure them they are not alone.
This month also marks the 30th anniversary of the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has had a profound impact on the LGBT community. Though we have made strides in combating this devastating disease, more work remains to be done, and I am committed to expanding access to HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Last year, I announced the first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. This strategy focuses on combinations of evidence-based approaches to decrease new HIV infections in high risk communities, improve care for people living with HIV/AIDS, and reduce health disparities. My Administration also increased domestic HIV/AIDS funding to support the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and HIV prevention, and to invest in HIV/AIDS-related research. However, government cannot take on this disease alone. This landmark anniversary is an opportunity for the LGBT community and allies to recommit to raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and continuing the fight against this deadly pandemic.
Every generation of Americans has brought our Nation closer to fulfilling its promise of equality. While progress has taken time, our achievements in advancing the rights of LGBT Americans remind us that history is on our side, and that the American people will never stop striving toward liberty and justice for all.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.
- BARACK OBAMA
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/31/presidential-proclamation-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-pride-mon
June is PRIDE (in who you are) Month
We all have needs. We all have wants. We are all different.
We are all human. We are all imperfect.
We are all beautiful!
What makes us unique makes us beautiful.
This is a time to celebrate people for who they are. :)
Peace, love, unity, respect!
You do not have to do anything to participate in this event, this is a reminder to all people that you are beautiful just they way you are.
BE PROUD!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
This Friday - Get your FREE rainbow bracelet!
Come join us for our weekly meeting this Friday during tutorial and get a free rainbow bracelet from rainbowdelegation.org! Show that you are safe and supportive of LGBTQQI youth.
We will also have popcorn and guest Amanda from the gsanetwork! We will be doing a basic training session to strengthen our GSA and give us the tools necessary to continue rocking next year. :)
Saturday, May 28, 2011
“Give ‘em Hope” David E. Watters
He is seeking individuals, couples and groups to share their stories in a bid to provide support and encouragement to anyone doubting their validity.
These stories of living authentically, with dignity and unlimited by labels will become a powerful toolkit to help others understand how self esteem determines the path they choose and that life need not be a self fulfilling prophecy when they improve self-concept, drive out fear and embrace new challenges as opportunities to learn and grow, eliminate self imposed limitations and cease dependence on others to provide validity.
IF YOU LIVE UNLIMITED BY LABELS THEN TELL US HOW IT’S DONE.
Whether you are L.G. B or T…or ANY other letter of the alphabet, make and send your video to: DavidWatters@nbiassociates.co.uk
HELP TO VALIDATE THE DISENFRANCHISED BY SHARING YOUR STORY AND HAVE IT SHOWN ON THE NBI ASSOCIATES YOUTUBE PAGE
(http://www.youtube.com/user/NBIassociates?feature=mhum), NBI WORDPRESS (http://neverblendin.wordpress.com/) AND THE NBI ASSOCIATES WEBSITE (http://www.nbiassociates.co.uk/)
MAKE A VIDEO AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
EMAIL IT TO DavidWatters@nbiassociates.co.uk
You can be as creative as you like and the only criteria is that you encourage, as you already do, others to feel confident in living the life that they were born to live.
CONTRIBUTIONS SO FAR CAN BE SEEN HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/user/NBIassociates?feature=mhee "
Friday, May 27, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
FREE HUG FRIDAY!
Well, Thursday during tutorial in room 201 is your last chance to finish your free hugs shirt and pick up your finished shirts up for FREE HUGS DAY this Friday!
We will be meeting in room 201 at the beginning of tutorial to do practice hugging and kick off Free Hug Day!
♥ Let's spread the love with lots of hugs ♥
Friday, May 20, 2011
Today's Meeting - Harvey Milk!
May 22, 1930- November 27, 1978
Harvey Milk became the first openly gay person to be elected to a significant public office when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. He served eleven months before he was assassinated.
Harvey Milk was a New Yorker who migrated to San Francisco in the 1970's, when an influx of gay immigrants from across the country was changing the Castro neighborhood into the city's gay village. Milk opened a camera store and founded the Castro Valley Association of local merchants. His willingness to represent the interests of local merchants with city government earned him the unofficial title of "the Mayor of Castro Street." Milk discovered that he had a natural flair for politics.
Milk was a political outsider and a populist who made his own rules. From his shop in the Castro, he ran grassroots campaigns based on relentless meetings, door-to-door canvassing, and media interviews. His supporters formed "human billboards" by standing along major thoroughfares holding placards. Milk's first three tries for office were unsuccessful, but they gave him increasing credibility with the electorate.
When Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, a lesbian wrote, "I thank God I have lived long enough to see my kind emerge from the shadows and join the human race."
Milk was shot to death in his City Hall office on Nov. 27, 1978, by Dan White, a conservative anti-gay former supervisor who also murdered Mayor George Moscone. White was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years imprisonment. City-wide violence erupted in San Francisco when White's sentence was announced.
Harvey Milk had forebodings of his assassination. He left a tape-recorded "political will" naming his preferred successor on the Board of Supervisors. On that tape he said: "If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door."
Source: http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2006/bio.cfm?LeaderID=10
Sunday, May 15, 2011
This Week - All about Harvey Milk!
May 22 is Harvey Milk Day so in honor of this we will be learning about Harvey Milk and his significance to the gay rights movement.
Bring yours friends and enjoy the snacks!
Later in the evening, we will be hosting a free movie night dedicated to Harvey Milk!
We will be watching "The Times of Harvey Milk" in honor of his life's work.
Before we start the movie, our special guest, Simone Campbell, is going to talk about Harvey Milk and his significance today.
There will be pizza, snacks, and drinks for free.
Bring your friends for a fun time! :)
ALL YOUTH WELCOME TO THIS FREE EVENT! :D
Time: 6pm-9pm (may go past 9pm)
Location: Room 201 - Los Gatos High School, 20 High School Court, Los Gatos, CA
Campus Map: http://www.lghs.net/about/campusmap.jsp
Friday, May 13, 2011
Today's Meeting: Free Hugs Shirts
If you were unable to attend, feel free to make your own Free Hugs t-shirt or you can simply google "Free Hugs T-shirts" and buy one. If neither of these options appeal to you, you can always make a sign or write on your arms.
Please help us increase participation by inviting your friends and encouraging them to give free hugs too!
Anyone may participate in this event from any location so don’t be discouraged just because you do not attend Los Gatos High School.
♥ Let's spread the love with lots of hugs ♥
Friday, May 6, 2011
Today's Meeting 5/6
Anthony, the Director of Outlet, joined us today to tell his personal story about being transgender. His story was very eye opening and certainly dispelled many misconceptions about the transgender community. This also helped us realize how we can make a difference by educating others to stop hate and violence directed at the transgender community.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Gay-Straight Alliance
We are those who don’t fit into society’s expectations. We are every person who has fallen through the cracks and broken down because society cannot see the beauty we see.
We fear nothing because we know and love ourselves and others for who we are. There is no fight too great to win or too small to bother because together we are strong and together we are one.
We are the Gay-Straight Alliance and we are here to fight for equality and stand against every injustice that dares cross our path.
It's not just a dash. It’s our core and our meaning. It's not “just for gays” or “just for straights”, but rather, everyone who falls somewhere along those lines and between…. everyone.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
NO H8 Photoshoot??
Friday, April 29, 2011
Today's Meeting 4/29
Dulce Garcia, from The Outlet, spoke at our meeting today about the Outlet services and did a gender workshop with us in preparation for our meeting next Friday.
Schedule for May
GSA Meeting @ Tutorial room 201
Trans Speaker: Anthony, the Director of Outlet
Saturday May 7, 2011
South Bay Gay-Straight Alliance Leadership SummitLearn essential GSA skills, make new friends, share your stories and experiences, and build the GSA movement in the East Bay!
MAKE SURE TO REGISTER BY FRIDAY, MAY 6TH AT 5PM! REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 5PM!
Friday May 13, 2011
GSA Meeting @ Tutorial room 201
Rachel Staab will be leading a special meeting in which we will make our own t-shirts for Free Hugs Day!
Friday May 20, 2011
GSA Meeting @ Tutorial room 201
HARVEY MILK EDUCATIONAL MEETING
Harvey Milk Movie Night 6pm-9pm
The LGHS GSA will be hosting a free movie night to celebrate the life and impact of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician. We will be watching "The Times of Harvey Milk" in honor of his life's work. Before we start the movie, our special guest, Simone Campbell, is going to talk about Harvey Milk and his significance today. There will be pizza, snacks, and drinks for free!
20 High School Court
Los Gatos, CA
GSA Meeting @ Tutorial room 201
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Plans for next year...
■ Ally Week – October 18-22
■ Transgender Remembrance Day – Sometime in November
■ No Name-Calling Week – January 23-27
■ Black History Month – February
■ Remembering Lawrence King – February 12
■ National Eating Disorder Awareness Week – Feb 20-24
■ Women’s History Month – March
■ Day of Silence – around 4/15
■ No Bullying Week – around D. of S.
■ Harvey Milk Day – 5/22
■ Pride (in who you are) Month - June
■ Anti-Bullying Campaign
■ Peer Mediation (CASSY)
■ DANCES
■ FREE HUGS DAYS
■ MOVIE NIGHTS
If you have any suggestions, please share them!
CASSY - Peer Mediation Group
If someone wants to get involved, they can come by house 1 or email Darin Conway at: dconway@lgsuhsd.org. She will be in touch with training details at the beginning of next year.
If someone has a conflict to report, fill out a form in House 1 or email Darin. Students can report a conflict they've witnessed anonymously or a conflict they themselves are struggling with.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
GSA & Shifting Perceptions
Here's what we went over today....
The GSA is going to do a Free Hugs Day May 27 which will be the last day of our Bully-Free Week. We are following a general plan from http://www.bullyingawarenessweek.org/ (which will we adapt appropriately to LGHS).
Along with this, we want to speak to CTE and Fisher Middle School about bullying during this week.
The GSA and Shifting Perceptions are going to meet again Next Wednesday 5/4 during lunch in room 201.
Feel free to join us and share your ideas for Bully-Free Week.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Today's Meeting 4/22
Unfortunately, this day did bring up some harassment so remember...
Harassment is against the Law!
Are you being harassed because of your actual or perceived race, ethnicity, gender, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation, or gender identity?
Harassment is “conduct based a protected status that is severe or pervasive, which unreasonably disrupts an individual’s education or work environments or that creates a hostile educational or work environments”. The protections cover any program or activity in a school, including extracurricular activities and student clubs.
If you or someone you know is being harassed, report this illegal activity to Mr. Autrey immediately! You may also tell a teacher, counselor or administrator.
By law, the School District is required to investigate your complaint, come up with a solution, and send you a written report no more than 60 days after they receive your complaint.
California Schools receiving state funding have a legal responsibility under law AB 537 to protect students and school employees against discrimination and harassment.
Complaints can be filed through us at:
http://acceptanceisbeautiful.com/?page_id=49
All reports will be directly sent to Mr. Autrey!
Please gin up and share your Day of Silence story at:
https://www.studentorganizing.org/login/index.cfm
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Day of Silence = SUCCESS
The Day of Silence went really well! I think we all deserve a pat on the back for raising awareness of LGBT related bullying.
Thank you everyone for partcipating! I'd like to give a special thank you to all of the supportive staff who explained the Day of Silence and really helped make this happen!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Bay Area Youth Summit THIS SATURDAY
The main topic of this important summit will be about bullies, and the many ways you can effectively stand up to them and make sure your school is a safe one. The organizing committee, mostly comprised of youth, will offer up other important information such as running an effective Gay-Straight Alliance club but the focus will be how you can help perhaps save the life of your friend.
The Bay Area Youth Summit is committed to giving each individual the power to make a difference. Youth come in all different colors from a myriad of backgrounds, and every individual deserves to have a voice. BAYS can provide youth with the driving force needed to overcome challenges they face in their individual communities, whether they be an unsupportive school administration, bullies, or misunderstanding from their peers. Rather than speaking to the LGBTQ youth community as a whole, the Bay Area Youth Summit will serve to empower each unique individual with the tools and knowledge needed to combat their troubles.
While plans are still in the making, the BAYS organizing committee is excited to announce the first two major speakers who are tentatively scheduled to participate.
Cleve Jones is an outspoken AIDS and LGBT and civil rights activist. He conceived the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt that has become the world’s largest piece of community folk art still today.
Jones career as an activist began in San Francisco during the turbulent 1970’s when pioneer gay rights leader Harvey Milk befriended him. He worked as a student intern in Milk’s office while studying political science at San Francisco State. In 1979, Milk was assassinated and Jones to this day carries on his legacy by speaking out about equality and standing up to injustice, including bullying in our schools and in the community.
Joe Wilson is a filmmaker and producer who won numerous awards for his documentaries about social activists on human rights issues. His latest film, Out In Silence, captures a remarkable chain of events that unfold when the announcement of Wilson’s wedding to another man ignites a firestorm of controversy in his small town Pennsylvania hometown.
It was a desperate mother’s pleas for help for her gay teen who was being tormented at school in his hometown that make Wilson go back to the town he grew up in and make the film. His friendship with the gay teen and his mother made him realize that he had to finally stand up to the hate he was running away from, both in his past life and the hatred that still existed for this youth.
Youth and adult allies from within and outside of the Bay Area are encouraged to attend this important conference. Those who attend this summit can expect an afternoon and evening of informative content, lively interaction, and serious discussions relevant to issues facing youth, parents and administration of schools and communities everywhere. There will also be plenty of time for socializing with others and of course – a fabulous and fun dance to close the day!
The summit is scheduled from noon to 8:00pm. Beginning at 8:00pm an optional dinner/dance will conclude the day’s events.
For more information, offer donations, or register as in individual or GSA group, contact BAYS Executive Director and President of Aragon High School GSA, Jason Galisatus at ahs.gsapresident@yahoo.com.
bayareayouthsummit.org
Wear red to show your support.
If you can't stay silent the whole day, stand up to harassment and let people know that it not okay.
Remember, we are trying to make a peaceful statement that a problem exists and action must be taken to fix it.
Silence commencing in 3... 2... 1...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Important things this week...
4/19 - Don't forget to grab your t-shit tomorrow @ tutorial in room 201.
4/21 - HUSH! The Day of Silence will be taking place at LGHS all day.
A silent lunch will take place on the front lawn (if it rains, room 201).
4/22 - GSA Meeting @ tutorial in room 201
Don't forget to sign up for the GSA Leadership Summit @ the Billy DeFrank Center 5/7
http://www.gsanetwork.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=66
Please participate in the 2010-2011 school climate survey!
http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/library/record/2730.html
Get the word out!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
South Bay Resources
The Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center is a community center in San Jose provides social and support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. (408) 293-2429 The Crisis Center offers 24-hour crisis support over the telephone. Call (650) 692-6655
GLBT National Hotline serves callers of all ages.
1-888-843-4564
Monday thru Friday from 1pm to 9pm
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Responses from last meeting
Sunday, April 3, 2011
No meeting this week...
Ask your teacher... + To talk about the Day of Silence + + What is law AB 537? + + Start a discussion on harassment +
Friday, April 1, 2011
Today's Meeting 4/1
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Schedule for April
President Obama Says "Things Will Get Better"
Four lessons to create a safe school - California Teachers Association
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
This Week's Topic: What can we do?
How can teachers help? How can students make a difference? Can parents help too? How can we (the GSA) make he change? What works? What doesn't?
Here are some good ebsite you might want to look at:
- http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/
- http://www.thinkb4youspeak.com/
We will also talk about our special upcoming meeting with Shifting Pecptions in room 201 on April 27 during lunch.
Please bring ideas!
* * * NOTE * * * If you plan to buy a DAY OF SILENCE T-SHIRT you MUST turn in your $10 and size to Liz Gustafson by the end of this meeting or to Mr. Porush before 2:00 pm 4/01/11.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Lunch Time with the GSA
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Day of Silence T-shirts $10 ORDER ASAP!
Friday, March 18, 2011
Today's Meeting: John Forrett
John Forrett
Commander
8th District
Department of California
The American Legion
Thank you John Forrett for speaking to us today!
John's presentation was quite insightful and well received.
If you have any questions you may email John at bluevetbear@gmail.com.
General GSA Announcements:
-Next Meeting 3/25/11 at LUNCH in room 201
-Day of Silence April 21, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Making LGHS a Safe School
There is much to be done before next year but one step at a time, LGHS will become a safer school for all students through simple and educational methods.
"The mission of the Santa Cruz County Safe Schools Project is to raise awareness of the harsh atmosphere queer youth face on school campuses in Santa Cruz County, advocate for the enforcement of AB 537, The California Student Safety & Violence Prevention Act of 2000, and be a catalyst for action in each Santa Cruz County school district to make schools safer for all youth."
http://www.qytf.org/qytf-projects/safeschoolsproject/mission-and-objectives
http://diversitycenter.org/programs/lgbtiq-youth-task-force/safe-schools-project-of-santa-cruz-county/
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Venue GSA Dance Mixer = Success!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Today's Meeting - Pye Project
Watch it at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGOnoPnmeH4
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Schedule for March
Friday, March 11, 2011
* * Teachers are always welcome to join us at our weekly meetings every Friday (unless otherwise posted) during tutorial in room 201.
Announcement to the LGHS Staff
Its hard enough to stand up for yourself and even harder when the adults around you won't even stand up for you.
I mostly talked about the difficulties of being out at school and why teachers need to stand against homophobic behavior. Its not a suggestion, this is a reminder of law AB537.
“No person, whether or not acting under color of law, shall by force or threat of force, willfully injure, intimidate, interfere with, oppress, or threaten any other person in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him or her by the Constitution or laws of this state or by the Constitution or laws of the United States because of the other person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender, or sexual orientation, or because he or she perceives that the other person has one or more of
those characteristics.
Schools are also responsible for ensuring that students are free from harassment and discrimination from any source while at school. This includes parent or community volunteers, and sports team coaches.
Like any other violation of the California Education Code, schools and school districts can be sued for not complying with AB537. Schools are responsible for ensuring that students are not victims of harassment or discrimination based on sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation. If they fail in preventing or stopping that type of behavior, they can be sued. In addition, administrators, teachers and staff may be personally liable as well.
Complaints of sexual orientation or gender discrimination must be handled in the same manner as other discrimination complaints. Students can file a complaint with the school board, with an investigation and written response due in 60 days. If a student is not happy with the response, they can appeal to the California Department of Education. Students are also free to file a civil action for injunctive relief (an order to stop prohibited behavior) or for compensatory damages."
Its my plea to the LGHS staff that teachers talk to their students about the use of homophobic and other hateful words that should and will not be tolerated.
I also ask that any teachers interested in becoming a teacher ally of the LGHS Gay Straight Alliance please email me at liznug@live.com.
Thank you all for reading,
Liz Gustafson
Monday, March 7, 2011
This Week's Meeting
-Watching a short educational video from the Pye Project
-Going over the counter-protest that took place last Friday
-Giving last minute details for our event on Friday (Venue GSA Dance Mixer)
This is going to be a lot of fun, especially with some cup cakes for everyone! :D
Bring your friends and good vibes!
Info for Venue Dance Volunteers
Set-up crew, be @ The Venue at 5pm!
If you can bring any pride flags, laser lights, strobe lights, black lights, or any other awesome decorations, BRING THEM! :D
All other volunteers, be @ The Venue at 6pm! I need volunteers to get there early to talk over duties, set up, and get settled before guests arrive.
PLEASE BRING FOOD OR SNACKS IF YOU CAN!
Clean-up crew, we will start clean up @ 11pm and will hopefully be done by 11:30 pm. Plan to be picked up then!