Educational Resources
LGBT Youth Resources by the American Psychological Association(APA)
Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation and Youth by APA
Model District Policy for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students by GLSEN
Gender Spectrum List of Educational Resources – Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens.
Gender Support Plan and Gender Communication Plan from Gender Spectrum
Schools in Transition– A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12
GLSEN– Championing LGBT issues in K-12 education since 1990
Ready, Set, Respect– Elementary School Toolkit
Gender and Sexuality Alliance Clubs- GSA Network
Teaching Tolerance- Gender and Sexual Identity and Classroom Culture and Curriculum webinar
Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.
LGBT Timeline of Historical Events in the US
Welcoming Schools– HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is the nation’s premier professional development program providing training and resources to elementary school educators to welcome diverse families, create LGBTQ and gender inclusive schools, prevent bias-based bullying, and support transgender and non-binary students.
Model School Policy on Suicide Prevention– The Trevor Project
Georgia Safe Schools Coalition– The purpose of the Georgia Safe Schools Coalition (GSSC, Inc.) is to eliminate LGBTQ oppression in Georgia schools. We educate and advocate on issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students and families.
The Impact of Homophobia and Racism on LGBTQ students of color – The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning youth.
Discrimination, Bullying, and Harassment- Title IX Violations
Title IX and Sex Discrimination: Office of Civil Rights
Bully Prevention Toolkit: GA Department of Education Bully Prevention
Transgender students are protected from discrimination, bullying, and harassment under many federal and state laws. This includes Title IX, the federal law that bans sex discrimination in schools. Here’s some information about what rights transgender students have at school and how you can advocate for yourself or transgender students in your life.
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The ACLU has a long history of defending the LGBT community. We brought our first LGBT rights case in 1936 and founded the LGBT Project in 1986. Today, the ACLU brings more LGBT cases and advocacy initiatives than any other national organization does. With our reach into the courts and legislatures of every state, there is no other organization that can match our record of making progress both …
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Full inclusion in society is the only measure of equality. ADL has long worked for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) rights, opposing discrimination laws and criminalizing and exposing hate crimes.
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Ed Law Consortium and Policy Review
To promote the public good and support educational improvement, the Education Law Consortium (ELC) provides non-partisan information and scholarly analyses of significant state, regional, national, and inter-national education law and policy issues.
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