home The mission of The Safe Schools Coalition: An international public-private partnership in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth is to help schools - at home and all over the world - become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
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The Safe Schools Coalition mourns the passing of Jerry Painter - Posted on November 7, 2008

"The Sensei" screening at the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - at The Admiral Theater in Seattle, October 24, 2008 - Safe Schools Coalition

Public Service Announcements for Safe Schools Coalition

The "It's STILL Elementary" film screening event was March 9, 2008 in Seattle - A report from the Seattle event  with photographs and a letter to the Seattle Gay News.

Membership: 

Who Can Join?
Three easy ways to Join or Renew Your Organizations Membership Secure Form for Online Organization Membership 
Organization Membership Form to mail or fax ~ pdf format 
Letter to the HRC regarding the status of their membership March 18, 2008 ~ pdf format 

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Who comes to our meetings? Why? When? Where?  

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Four easy ways to order publications (link to secure online order form, phone and fax numbers, and a printable pdf format form) 

Printable Order Form ~ pdf format

Questions and Answers:  How to Help a Friend? ~ Gay-Straight Alliances

Our Publications top of page

BULLYING REPORT: HOW ARE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOLS DOING? - December 2003 ~ Final Report

• Web (html) version of report   ~ with links to best practice policies, brochures and other additional information

• Bully Report ~ this is a very large pdf file ~ 3350 kb. Be patient with loading time

• Report-in-Brief summary  ~ 660kb pdf file

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ME: Understanding Anti-Gay Harassment and Violence in Schools
A Report On the Five Year Anti-Violence Research Project Of the Safe Schools Coalition. January 1999 ~ pdf format

Executive Summary of They Don't Even Know Me - Understanding Anti-Gay Harassment & Violence in Schools
A Report of the Five Year Research Project of the Safe Schools Coalition. January 1999 ~ 2 page - pdf format

Eighty-Three Thousand Youth Selected Findings of Eight Population-Based Studies as they pertain to anti-gay harassment and the safety and well-being of sexual minority students. April 1999 ~ pdf format

NEW handout: Guidelines for Identifying Bias in Curriculum and Materials  

• the screen version is 97 kb and will load faster for viewing online ~ pdf format, page size 8.5 x 14 inches

• the print version is 1466 kb and much better quality for printing ~ pdf format, page size 8.5 x 14 inches

"All Families Welcome" poster

GLBT icon postcards made by Seattle artist Ross Swartwout ~ pdf format  (printed version is OUT-OF-PRINT)

Print & Fold Your Own Greeting Cards ~ for Targets, Bullies and Allies

Safe Schools Coalition general information brochure ~ pdf format

Safe Schools Coalition intervention brochure ~ pdf format

Need Help? top of page

Help me! I'm being harassed

I need speakers or trainers   
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note: "I need help with policy" and "Working on legislation" in the Need Help menu both link to the Law and Policy page (see below)

Law & Policy top of page

Anti-Discrimination Policy from Guilford County [NC] Schools

Education Policy Report from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

GLBT Civil & Human Rights in Brief in Schools & Families

GLBT Civil & Human Rights in Brief in Schools & Families  ~ pdf format

National & US State Organizations Offering Legal Advice/Counsel or Legislative Action Projects for LGBT Students', Parents/Guardians' and Educators' Rights  

Washington State Law

Model School and District Policies and Procedures

Policy Analysis Project: What Were Washington Schools Doing to Prohibit Bullying Before the Safe Schools Bill?

Safe Schools Resource Guide top of page

The SSC YOUTH pages

• Activists

  • Is Opposing the War an LGBT Issue?   A policy brief created by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)  GLBTQ Community Relations Unit in partnership with National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)  ~ pdf format   

• Addictions: Smoking, Drugs and Alcohol

• Allies

• Cyber-Bullying

• Differently-Abled

• Domestic Violence

• Gay-Straight Alliances

• Health Education

• Homeless or in Foster Care

• Hotlines ~ 24 HOURS; SHORTER HOURS; Local GLBTQ Hotlines in Washington State, Around the U.S. and the World; National Lines and General/not Gay-specific

• LGBT & Questioning

• Scholarships / Education

• Social Networking

• Suicide Prevention / Harm Reduction

  • Suicide among Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Youth

  • Suicide among Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Youth (pdf format)

• Trans / Gender

• Youth of Color

• Youth w / LGBT Parents

  • How Many Of Us Are There?: How many children are growing up with gay or lesbian parents? A one page fact sheet by Beth Reis. (pdf format)

National/International Organizations  (includes some off-site links)

• School-based Support

• National and International Organizations

• National, International & Internet Only GLBTQ Youth Support Groups and Safe Schools Coalitions

• Local Safe Schools Efforts Around North America

Official position statements from professional associations regarding GLBT Youth

• American Psychological Association, APA - Healthy Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students Project

• American School Counselor Association - ASCA - Position Statement: Sexual Orientation

• National Association of School Nurses, NASN - POSITION STATEMENT - Sexual Orientation

• National Association of School Psychologist, NASP - Position Statement on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth

• National Association of Social Workers, NASW - Position Statement - National Committee on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues - "Reparative" and "Conversion" Therapies for Lesbians and Gay Men

• National Mental Health Association, NMHA - Bullying in Schools: Harassment Puts Gay Youth At Risk

• The School Social Work Association of America, SSWAA - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Questioning Youth

Resources by Topic top of page

• About 'GLBTQ' and GLBTQ Youth

• Bias Crime, Hatred, Extremism

• Bigotry, Prejudice, Homophobia

  • HATE CRIME: "Should it be considered a crime?: a 4-LESSON SEQUENCE ~ pdf format

• Boy Scouts

  • Sample letter to a school board  ~ pdf format 

• Bullying, Harassment, School-based Violence

  • King County Middle School Statistics on Bullying, Harassment and Intimidation ~ from the 2006 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey results, released March 21, 2007. (pdf format)

     

• Coming Out by Beth Reis  web page   pdf handout

• Cyber-Bullying

• Dating Violence in Same-Sex Relationships

• Diversity and Oppression

• Ex-Gay

  • Western Washington Community's Response to Exodus International's Groundswell Conference

  • Voices from the Community ~ Responses to Exodus International's 10/05 Groundswell Conference

    • Rev. David Strong   ~ pdf format  

    • Todd Tuttle  ~ pdf format 

    • Christopher Martell, Ph.D.  ~ pdf format 

    • Bryce McKibben  ~ pdf format 

    • Carol Waymack, MD  ~ pdf format 

• Gay-Straight Alliances

• Homeless LGBT Youth and LGBT Youth in Foster Care

• Intersexuality

• Lesbian and gay couples and other families

• Law and Policy

  • Guidance on School Law and Policy

  • Model Laws and Policies

  • National Organizations Offering Legal Advice/Counsel or Legislative Action Projects 
    for LGBT Students', Parents/Guardians' and Educators' Rights

  • Vancouver BC School Board Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Two-Spirit, Questioning POLICY (Feb. 2004)  ~ pdf format

  • Washington State Legal, Legislative and Policy Links
    

• Marriage Equality 

  • Suggestions On Keeping Classroom Debates About Civil Marriage Civil  ~ pdf format

• Peace and Activism

• Prom Resources

• Quit Smoking ~ Tobacco, Alcohol & Drug Abuse

• Safe Zones

• Scholarships and Grants

• Sexuality, Relationships & Sexual Health ~ STD's and Harm Reduction

• Spiritual Issues

• Suicide

• Summer Camps & Summer Programs for LGBTQ Youth

Resources, by Type top of page

• Bookstores, Publishers

• Books

  • For Parents and Educators

  • For Elementary Libraries and Classrooms

  • For Middle School Libraries and Classrooms

  • For High School Libraries and Classrooms

  • Recommended LGBT-Positive Titles for BC Schools: a list of recommended books and resources by Glen Hansman, Vancouver BC School Board Antihomophobia & Diversity Consultant ~ pdf format

• Brochures

• Lesson Plans for Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers  also available in printable pdf format here.

  • Identity/Expression Activity: learning what it feels like to hide who you are by Caroline Gould adapted from various sources and used by the Massachusetts Department of Education's Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students.  ~ pdf format  

• LGBT-inclusive Syllabi from Colleges of Education

  • Gender & Women’s Studies 111 Gendering the Classroom: Youth, Identity and Education from the University of California, Berkeley  ~ pdf format  

• LGBTQ Media and News

• Movies and Videos

  • Watch a movie: Alone, together

  • Alone, together ~ film credits

  • Alone, together guide: ~ pdf format

  • Alone, together curriculum ~ pdf format

  • Alone, together resources ~ pdf format

  • Alone, together template ~ pdf format

• Music on the Safe Schools Coalition Website - Songs you can listen to on our webite that relate to the issues we offer resources on.

• Our Publications and Other Reports

• Posters, Stickers, Cards including our own (listed below) and more

  • All Families Welcome

  • Seattle Hate-Crime Poster ~ pdf format

  • Tu No Estas Solo ~  Safe Schools Coalition poster in Spanish ~ pdf format

  • You Are Not Alone ~ pdf format

• Print Magazine

• Recursos en Español (Resources in Spanish)

• Research

• Speakers/Trainers

  • Trainers & Speakers Stories from Safe Schools Coalition
     

• Survey Tools

• Toll-Free Hotlines

  • HOTLINES - GLBTQ 24 HOURS

  • HOTLINES - GLBTQ SHORTER HOURS

  • HOTLINES - Local GLBTQ Around the U.S.

  • HOTLINES - General / NOT GAY-SPECIFIC

  • HOTLINES - WASHINGTON STATE

  • HOTLINES - International

• Traveling Photo Exhibits and Theater Troupes

• "All Families Welcome" SSC Logo T-shirts and Gear - Shop in our store to raise awareness and support the work of this Coalition! (opens in a new window on CafePress.com)

Resources, by People Who Use Them top of page

• Activists

• Administrators, School Directors

• Allies ... non-GLBT friends, brothers, sisters

• Child Care Providers

  • Our Families ~ Our Children - The Lesbian and Gay Child Care Task Force Report on Quality Child Care

• Counselors, Social Workers

• GLBT Parents/Guardians

• Parents/Guardians and Family Members

  • ... of Gender Variant / Trans-Identified and Questioning Youth, and Gender Non-Conforming Young Children

  • ... of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Questioning Youth

  • ... of GLBT Youth of Color

  • ... of GLBT Youth with Disabilities

  • ... Whose Children are Experiencing Harassment

  • Questions & Answers for Parents and Family Members of Gay and Lesbian Youth: A Vancouver (British Columbia) School Board publication in English and Chinese. ~ pdf format
     
  • Questions & Answers for Parents and Family Members of Gay and Lesbian Youth: A Vancouver (British Columbia) School Board publication in Korean and Japanese. ~ pdf format
     

• Library Media Specialists Resources: Bookstores, Films, Publishers, Print Magazines, and Journals

• Nurses, Clinic Personnel

  • Using Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Youth Data from the Oregon Healthy Teens Survey to Address Health Inequities - by author Molly Franks, MPH, Oregon Public Health Division. Based on the 2007 Oregon Healthy Teens Survey. (PowerPoint format)

• School Security Personnel

• Teachers and Curriculum Specialists … Classroom Resources (books, curricula, videos, web sites and music)

  • K-12

  • Pre-K & ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ RESOURCES (curricula, videos, web sites and music) 

  • Middle School

  • High School

  • Coaches and PE Teachers

  • Drama Teachers

  • Health Teachers

  • History and Civics Teachers & Curriculum Specialists

    • HATE CRIME: "Should it be considered a crime?: a 4-LESSON SEQUENCE  ~ pdf format

    • A Living Memory LGBT History Timeline: Historical events from 1920 to 2006, adapted by the Safe Schools Coalition from a document compiled by Loree Cook-Daniels of FORGE.  ~ pdf format

    • The Stonewall Riots - New York City, June-July, 1969 created by teacher Dan Sato of  Shorewood High School ~ PowerPoint format

• Journalism & Media Teachers

• Music Teachers & Curriculum Specialists

• Rural Teachers & Staff

• Trainers and Continuing Education Personnel … Professional Development Resources (books, curricula, videos, web sites)

• Youth

Lesson Plans Free Online and in handout format

Lesson Plans Free Online ~ pdf format

LGBT-inclusive Syllabi from Colleges of Education

Month-by-Month Lesson Planning

• January  ~ pdf format

• February  ~ pdf format

• March  ~ pdf format

• April  ~ pdf format

• May  ~ pdf format

• June   ~ pdf format

  • The Stonewall Riots - New York City, June-July, 1969: created by teacher Dan Sato ~ PowerPoint format, 15 pages, 642kb

• July  ~ pdf format

• August  ~ pdf format

• September  ~ pdf format

• October  ~ pdf format

• November  ~ pdf format

• December   ~ pdf format

Handouts top of page

• Handouts for Educators

• An Administrator's Guide To Handling Anti-Gay (LGBTQ) Harassment ~ revised 9/05 ~ pdf format

• An Educator's Guide to Intervening In Anti-Gay (LGBTQ) Harassment ~ Washington ~ revised 9/05 ~ pdf format

• An Educator's Guide to Intervening In Anti-Gay (LGBTQ) Harassment ~ national ~ revised 9/05 ~ pdf format

• An Educator's Guide To Surviving Anti-Gay Harassment ~ revised 9/05 ~ pdf format

• Anti-Gay Bullying: What’s the Big Deal? ~ pdf format

• Balancing Students' Rights: A Child's Right to Free Speech and Another Child's Right to a Harassment-Free Learning Environment ~ pdf format 

• Eleven Overlapping, Complex Aspects of Sexuality by Beth Reis ~ pdf format

• Facts & Myths About Anti-Homophobia Education: A Vancouver (British Columbia) School Board publication in English and Chinese. ~ pdf format

• Hero and Role Model Cards  ~ pdf format

• Identity/Expression Activity: learning what it feels like to hide who you are by Caroline Gould adapted from various sources and used by the Massachusetts Department of Education's Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students. pdf format

• Enumeration Matters! The Importance of Listing So-Called “Protected Classes" in Anti-Bullying Laws and Policies ~ pdf format

• Guidelines for Identifying Bias in Curriculum and Materials - pdf format, page size 8.5 x 14 inches

• Idaho Survey (pdf format)

• “If These Were Racial Slurs, Teachers Would Be Stopping Them” … Three Activists Object  ~ pdf format

• GLBT Civil & Human Rights in Brief in Schools & Families  ~ pdf format

• Glossary ~ pdf format

• Highlights from the American Association of University Women's Hostile Hallways: Bullying, Teasing, and Sexual Harassment in School ~ pdf format

• Learning About Sexual Diversity at School. What is Age Appropriate? ~ pdf format

• Legal Suggestions for Prom Time  ~ pdf format

• A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Or Transgender Educator's Process For Coming Out: An Attorney's Perspective by Jerry Painter,  Washington Education Association General Counsel  (pdf format)

• A Living Memory LGBT History Timeline  adapted by the Safe Schools Coalition from a document compiled by Loree Cook-Daniels (pdf format)
  

• Making School Safe for Everyone: A Vancouver (British Columbia) School Board publication in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, French, Korean, and Punjabi. ~ pdf format

• Making Schools Safe: What Exactly Are Employees Required to Do? … Allowed to Do? ~ pdf format

• Quick Facts ~ pdf format

• School Board Column: View Gay-Straight Alliance clubs as partners by Carolyn Lamb~ pdf format

• Suggestions On Keeping Classroom Debates About Civil Marriage Civil  by Beth Reis ~ pdf format

• Teaching Pride, Dispelling Shame by Beth Reis ~ pdf format

• Use Another Word  by Nancy Meltzoff  ~ pdf format 
  

• What Does It Really Mean to "Affirm" vs "Promote"? ~ pdf format

• What to Ask School Board Candidates, and What They Ought to Tell You In Response ~ pdf format

• Handouts for Parents and Guardians and the Community

  • Anti-Gay Bullying: What’s the Big Deal? ~ pdf format

  • GLBT Civil & Human Rights in Brief in Schools & Families  ~ pdf format

  • Why Don't You Tell Them I'm a Boy? Raising a Gender-NonConforming Child ~ pdf format

  • A Family's Guide to Handling Anti-Gay (LGBTQ) Harassment ~ Washington ~ revised 9/05 ~ pdf format

  • A Family's Guide to Handling Anti-Gay (LGBTQ) Harassment ~ national ~ revised 9/05 ~ pdf format

• Guía Familiar para Manejar el Acoso Anti-Gay  – A Family's Guide To Handling Anti-Gay Harassment - in Spanish  ~ pdf format  

• Handouts for Students

• GLBT Civil & Human Rights in Brief ~ pdf format 

• Hero and Role Model Cards ~ pdf format

• “If These Were Racial Slurs, Teachers Would Be Stopping Them” … Three Activists Object ~ pdf format

• Who Are You Taking to the Prom this Year? ~ pdf format

• A Student's Guide To Surviving Anti-Gay (LGBTQ) Harassment And Physical or Sexual Assault ~ Washington ~ revised 9/05 ~ pdf format

• A Student's Guide To Surviving Anti-Gay (LGBTQ) Harassment And Physical or Sexual Assault ~ national ~ revised 9/05 ~ pdf format

• Myths and Facts About Bias Crimes – from The Northwest Coalition for Human Dignity ~ pdf format  

• Safe Schools Coalition Handouts Adapted for Countries Outside the US

  • UK-specific: A Teacher's Guide To Surviving Anti-Gay Harassment ~ pdf format

  • UK-specific: A Teacher's Guide To Intervening In Anti-Gay Harassment  ~ pdf format

  • UK-specific: A Head Teacher's Guide To Handling Anti-Gay Harassment ~ pdf format

• UK-specific: A Pupil's Guide To Surviving Anti-Gay Harassment And Physical Or Sexual Assault  ~ pdf format

• UK-specific: A Family's Guide To Handling Anti-Gay Harassment ~ pdf format

Washington State Supplement to the Safe Schools Resource Guide top of page

• Organizations

• Scholarships

• Trainers:

  • Agencies

  • Private Contractors

• Newspapers, Newsletters

• Miscellaneous Washington Resources (Web sites, Posters, Wallet Cards, Photo Exhibits)

• Local Resources, by region

  • Region One: Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan, and Island Counties

  • Region Two: Okanogan County

  • Region Three: Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln and Spokane Counties

  • Region Four: Whitman, Asotin, Garfield, and Columbia Counties

  • Region Five: Walla Walla, Franklin, Adams, and Benton Counties

  • Region Six: Yakima and Klickitat Counties

  • Region Seven: Skamania, Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum and Lewis Counties

  • Region Eight: Pacific, Grays Harbor, Thurston and Mason Counties

  • Region Nine: Jefferson, Clallam and Kitsap Counties

  • Region Ten: Pierce County

  • Region Eleven: King County

  • Region Twelve: Snohomish County

  • Region Thirteen: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kitittas Counties

For Volunteers top of page
For PowerPoint files, right mouse click on the link and save/download the file to your hard drive, then open it in PowerPoint.

Trainer's/Speaker's Report ~ to make a report online

Intervention Report ~ to make a report online

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues: School Employee Learning Objectives - A useful planning tool for helping a school district prioritize what it wants to accomplish in a continuing ed workshop  ~ pdf format

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Schools - School Employee Needs Assessment  ~ pdf format

Our Trainers & Speakers Bureau Materials

• Speakers Bureau 2002  – all 47 slides and notes ~ PowerPoint ppt format ~ (large file - about 900 KB) 

  • Speakers Bureau 2002 Slides  ~ pdf format (large file - about 1,100 KB) 

  • Speakers Bureau 2002 Notes  ~ pdf format (very large file - about 3,400 KB) 

• Bullying Law – 3 slides and notes added in July 2003 ~ PowerPoint ppt format  

  • Bullying Law  ~ pdf format

• Contents - Basic and Advanced Trainers’ Manual ~ pdf format

• Workshop Agenda  ~ pdf format

• The story cards ~ pdf format

• Category X stories ... other malicious harassment ~ pdf format

• Standard Training ~ pdf format

• Volunteering With Us ~ pdf format

• Basic SSC contact information (with new phone number) for overhead on a single page for handout ~ pdf format

• Basic SSC contact information  (with new phone number) 2-up on a page for smaller handout ~ pdf format

• SSC_simple-overview2005  ~ PowerPoint ppt format ~ 9 pages

• ssp06-1.ppt PowerPoint ppt format ~ pages 1-10

• ssp06-2.ppt PowerPoint ppt format ~ pages 11-20

• SSC Web Cards - with the SSC mission statement and the url of our website. This is formatted to print on Avery 8371 business card stock or its equivalent, which has 10 business cards to a page. ~ pdf format

• SSC Web Card with our Intervention Team Contact Information - with the SSC mission statement, the our crisis line number & email address for reaching our intervention team (for Washington State only), and the url of our website. This is formatted to print on Avery 8371 business card stock or its equivalent, which has 10 business cards to a page. ~ pdf format

• Other

  • Assessing Learners' Needs ~ pdf format

  • Educator Trainer Assessment Tool ~ pdf format

• Stickers to use on your All Families Welcome posters:

  • Washington labels for All Families posters  ~ in Publisher 2000 format

  • Washington labels for All Families posters ~ in pdf format

  • International labels for All Families posters  ~ in Publisher 2000 format

  • International  labels for All Families posters ~ in pdf format

Handouts top of page

• Eight Reasons Why the Safe Schools Coalition Offers These Workshops ~ pdf format

• Myths and Facts About Bias Crimes – from NW Coalition for Human Dignity ~ pdf format

• Speechifying at the Start of the Year - by Beth Reis, August 2008 ~ pdf format

• Suggestions On Keeping Classroom Debates About Civil Marriage Civil by Beth Reis ~ pdf format

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