GLSEN blogs

4 Big Problems With Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills –...

This year, state legislators across the country are pushing forward a wave of proposals that specifically prohibit transgender students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity (a.k.a. “bathroom...

Dear Michelle Obama, LGBTQ Youth Need Kindness ...

Dear Michelle Obama, The former First Lady of the United States. Wow, I cannot believe I'm uttering these words. Even though I knew you could be First Lady for only...

Here’s What I Need as a Queer Black Student

Photo by Wunmi Onibudo The moment I was outed as queer in middle school, my walls came crashing down. A secret I held so close to me was exposed. I...

As an LGBTQ Teen, I Only Remember Obama. Here’s...

Photo by Wunmi Onibudo The first Presidential election I can remember was in 2008. The day President Obama was elected, I was nine years old, and I remember watching him...

34 Tweets with the Best Advice on Putting #Kind...

During GLSEN's No Name-Calling Week, members of GLSEN's National Student Council, together with other students, educators, and community advocates, took to Twitter to discuss how to put #KindnessInAction and end...

3 Ways We Put Kindness in Action in Our Schools...

Local youth created a “Garden of Kindness” featuring paper flowers inscribed with acts of kindness This week is GLSEN’s No Name-Calling Week, a week where teachers and students across the...