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• strictly fyi:Teen not found guilty,Anit-Bulling Left Out, Gay Teens and Gay Theme Fiction, MO Anti-Bulling Still in Progress, Danial Radcliffe on GLBT Rights  07/18/10

• strictly fyi: News about High School Club  07/16/10

• strictly fyi: online tool to help families & teens talk, report on incarcerated LGBT teens, tobacco in the LGBT community, Transgender civil rights, survey for LGBTQ folks in Seattle  07/13/10

• strictly fyi: Lesbian Teacher Honored in IL; KY Teen's Library Activism; Canada's Rainbow Proms; NJ Prom Anxieties; NY Passes Anti-Bullying Law; Feds to Review WA Assault  06/28/10

• strictly fyi: WA Anti-Bully Law Implemented; OR has new hate crime report form; Study finds Kids with Lesbian Moms Do Well; NY Youth Shelter Graffittied; New Passport Policy Lauded  06/15/10

• strictly fyi: research on LGBTQ issues in schools, report drug overdoses  06/07/10

• strictly fyi: Cartoon Network Anti-Bullying Campaign; LGBT Youth Lose Hangout in IL; WA Schools Discrimination Issues; WA HS Safety Issues for LGBT Youth  06/06/10

• strictly fyi: Anti-LGBT Bullying Law Proposed in Senate; CO Summit on Native American LGBT Acceptance; Student Who Sued Over Prom Transfers; NY Anti-Gender Discrimination Bill  05/27/10

• strictly fyi: junk "research"  05/22/10

• strictly fyi: kids with LGBT parents  05/20/10

• strictly fyi: Kids Coming Out Earlier; Advice for Parents; Teens Use Site for Insults; NY Empathy Program; MA Cardinal on Kids of Gay Parents   05/19/10

• strictly fyi: schools demilitarize   05/18/10

• strictly fyi: WA anti-bullying program; MA law passes; LGBT Youth Center in WI  05/10/10

• strictly fyi: more on the gay-students-can-be-cured letter that was sent to every superintendent in the US  05/08/10

• strictly fyi: Lesbian Teacher Fired in Vancouver; MD Parents Protest Web Access; Lobbying for Trans Protection in MA; FL High Schools Allow GSAs; NC Safe Schools Org   05/04/10

• strictly fyi: "corrective rape"   04/27/10

• strictly fyi: DOE Criticized; Franken Testifies For LGBT Kids; Recognizing Advocates; Foster Kids Vulnerable to Harrassment; Teen's Gay Shirt Ok; Bullies Target LGBT Kids  04/26/10

• strictly fyi: Trans Voices on CNN; Colleges Recruit LGBTQ Students; NJ Schools Controversy; MT City Passes Anti-Discrimination Ordinance  04/19/10

• strictly fyi: MI Student Wins Damages; NY Teens Discuss Harassment; MI Governor Calls for Anti-Bullying Law; Harlem Shelter to Open; MD Legislator Calls to Block Websites  04/12/10

• fyi: lesbian students and classmates with disabilities sent to fake prom, Carl Walker-Hoover's mama launches petition campaign  04/06/10

• strictly fyi: both WA State bills that SSC endorsed were signed into law Monday, with no changes by the Governor  04/02/10

• strictly fyi: Bullied NY Teen Settles; GA Students Protest; Teen Starts Anti-Bullying Site; MD Ends Web Censorship; ACLU Refuses Prom Donation; Federal Court Rules Trans Inmates Have Right to Treatment  04/02/10

• strictly fyi: TX curriculum; MS Prom; APA GID Controversy; MI Court Fines School for Student's Harassment  03/26/10

• strictly fyi: families with LGBTQ children and teens  03/24/10

• strictly fyi: Social Media & Hate; I Am a Boy; Bullying Brain Changes; Safer Schools  03/20/10

• strictly fyi: OK Hate; U of Alaska; MS Prom; 2nd Chance Prom  03/14/10

• fyi: discussion/journal prompt re: prom  and  oops - one other thing  03/12/10

• strictly fyi: Cyber-Bullying; Hate-Crime Dialog; Bullied and Injured; Australia  03/11/10

• GREAT news for Washington State schools ... BOTH bills the Coalition endorsed have passed  03/03/10

• strictly fyi: UCal Crime; Judge: No Anti-Bullying Opt-Out; Loyola Crime; France Leads  03/03/10

• strictly fyi: NYC Housing; UK Guidance; The Parkers; Hilo Youth Award  02/26/10

• strictly fyi: Johnny Weir ROCKS!!!  02/26/10

• strictly fyi: sex ed, day of "truth,"  02/23/10

• strictly fyi: Trans Teen; UK Youth; San Fran; New York  02/19/10

• strictly fyi: Exclude Gays; Maine Guidelines; Young Bully; Teacher Bully  02/14/10

• strictly fyi: Hate Crimes Lawsuit; Youth and HIV; Fort Wayne TG Bill; ;Bullying Suicide; Lawmaker - Hermaphrodites  02/07/10

• strictly fyi: Canadian Problems; Canadian Puberty Book; U.S. School Bill; New Zealand Hui  01/31/10

• strictly fyi: Buffalo; UK Surgery at 16; NZ Soy Claim Apology  01/25/10

• strictly fyi: Bullying Death; Beat Bullying; Miami Beach; No Federal Laws  01/21/10

• strictly fyi UNC Hate Policy; Ohio Smoking; Expanded Youth Help; NY Gay Attack  01/17/10

• strictly fyi: Ontario Youth; South Dakota Rights; Utah Rights; California Marriage Trial  01/14/10

• strictly fyi: Mourning the passing of Miep Gies ... And, in her honor, a few pieces about Allyship.  01/12/10

• strictly fyi: GSA & Uganda Club partner to hold rally, gender variant kindergarteners, Portugal passes same-sex marriage  01/08/10

• strictly fyi: ethnic pride and mental health, film as legacy, gift of gay-themed books to school, forced birth control  01/07/10

• strictly fyi: Oregon Sex Ed  01/07/10

• strictly fyi: Gay-Friendly Curriculum Phased Out in CA; Scientists find Sex Gene; NY Trans Protections; Federal Benefits Bill; Call for Anti-Bullying Bill in MI; Support for Rural Youth in CA; FL Teen Discriminated Against; Church Donates for Youth Shelter  12/18/09

• strictly fyi: rejecting racism  12/03/09

• strictly fyi: suicides, hate crimes, STDs  11/20/09

• strictly fyi: LGBT youth in courts, STD rates/inequities  11/18/09

• strictly fyi: NYT on Gender and Dress Codes in HS; IL Forum on LGBT Bullying; DHS Discriminates Against Trans Teen; Gay Adoption Bill; IL Teacher Disciplined; British Teachers Face Harassment  11/09/09

• strictly fyi: health care reform  11/09/09

• strictly fyi: school policy news from AL, sex ed in China  11/06/09

• strictly fyi: NY Youth Shelter Funded; Scholastic Reinstates LGBT book; Seattle Synagogues Swastikaed; LGBT Federal Adoption Bill; CA LGBT Youth Group; 8 year old Trans Girl in Spotlight  10/29/09

• EXCITING DAY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS  10/28/09

• strictly fyi: MS Student Fights for Tux Photo; IL Teacher Accused of Homophobic Remark; NY Anti-Bullying Video  10/22/09

• strictly fyi: Canadian Schools Study; NY's New Initiative for LGBT Youth; VT Youth Awards; AR Teacher Makes a Difference  10/11/09

• strictly fyi: NY Times Article on Coming out in Middle School; GLSEN Finds that LGBT Middle Schoolers Face Hostile Schools; Teachers Were the Bullies in MN Case  10/01/09

• strictly fyi: Bullying Laws Ineffective; PA Claims Reduced Bullying; Feature on Queer Homeless Youth in NYC  09/21/09

• strictly fyi: Parents Suing School District in CA; Rural LGBT Youth Face Hostility; Alternative Schools in Toronto; ID Trans Activist Runs for Mayor  09/14/09

• strictly fyi: VT Teen Lobbies for Genderless Bathrooms; Anxiety for CO Teens; Canadian Trans Teen Family Profiled; OK Teacher Reinstated  09/03/09

• strictly fyi: Social Stigma linked to Health; Resolution on LGBT Issues in SF Schools; HRC Scholarship Winners; MI Teen Attacked; HI Coach Censured; MN Meeting over Teacher's Harassment of Student  08/25/09

• strictly fyi: Cleveland Schools' LGBT Program; MN Pays for Teacher's Harassment of Student; TN Schools Stop Blocking Sites; Grant for LGBT suicide reduction  08/18/09

• strictly fyi: MN to open Online GLBTQ High School; 15 year old activist; Trans Teen in Guam Refused Entry to Prom; Boston Youth Alliance Anniversary; APA Censures conversion Therapy  08/10/09

• strictly fyi: Idaho Safe Schools gets awards  08/06/09

• strictly fyi: Boy harassed at WV camp; DeKalb Superintendent Meets with Herrera's Family; CA Teen on Trial for King's Murder; NJ Trans Teacher Retires  07/27/09

• strictly fyi: WV School Board Removes LGBT Protections; Gay Teacher runs for School Board in GA; NV Youth Perform Rent; Senate Broadens Hate Crime Protections  07/20/09

• strictly fyi: GLBT Books Back on DC Summer Book List; Denver Youth Center; Task Force Testifies; Fashion Show for Tulsa's GLBT Youth Services; Salt Lake City Women Walk for LGBT Youth  07/15/09

• strictly fyi: Apology Over Milk Report in CA; Historic Pride in ID; Bills Signed in NC; NEC focuses on GLBT Students of Color; Report on Safety in OH; Facing Down Bullies  07/07/09

• strictly fyi: NY Institute Celebrates 30th; Staten Island Center Celebrates 1st; MA Youth Suicide Prevention Efforts; Chicago elementary school marches in Pride Parade  07/01/09

• Casey Family Foundation Celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month  06/25/09

• strictly fyi: FL Families Protest; Report on LGBT Students in IL; Ads Pulled in CA Over Radio Remarks; NC Moves Closer to Anti-Bullying Bill and Comprehensive Sex Ed  06/24/09

• hot news: Kyle Rapinian is a Point Scholar!!!  06/19/09

• strictly fyi Censorship Ended in TN; TX Survey of GLBT Youth; VT Gender Program for Youth; Study of Lesbian's Kids; Cocaine Contamination in WA  06/09/09

• strictly fyi CA Guy Wins Prom Queen; CA Court Upholds Protections; RI HS Students Protest Hate; OR Passes Anti-Bullying Law; MA LGBT Youth Programs at Risk  06/03/09

• fyi: vigils to honor Dr. George Tiller, blog about him  06/01/09

• important: physician was murdered this morning, vigils tonight and Monday  05/31/09

• Congress Hears Testimony on Abuse; WV School District Policy May Include Sexual Orientation; CA Youth Org Celebrates; Ohio Anti-Bias Bill  05/27/09

• strictly fyi: student senator  05/26/09

• strictly fyi TN Internet Lawsuit; Settlement in CA Harassment; SC Bill Excludes LGBT Youth; Debate Over CA Lesson Plans  05/20/09

• strictly fyi: suicide & homicide, gender variant children, middle and elementary schools  05/12/09

• strictly fyi 5 Years of Marriage in MA; Graduation Suit Filed in WI; NC Senate Passes Anti-Bullying Bill; CA Youth Recognized; Youth Pride in MA  05/12/09

• fyi: walk to raise awareness about homeless LGBTQ youth  05/11/09

• strictly fyi: poll finds Americans favor marriage equality, Oprah speaks to the moms of Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover and Jaheem Herrera  05/06/09

• strictly fyi CA Court Lets Private Schools Expel Lesbians; Hate Bill Passes in House; NJ School Anti-Bullying Program; NC Senate Delays Debate  05/04/09

• strictly fyi: Judy Shepard on the "hoax" of Matthew's murder  05/01/09

• strictly fyi Vigil for GA Boy; CO Hate Crime Verdict; Curriculum Debate in CA; Debate Over MA Bill; NY Family Conference  04/28/09

• grieving today  04/21/09

• strictly fyi ACLU Takes On TN Schools; GSAs in MA; Wed Vote for Fed Bill; MA Funeral; Day of Silence  04/20/09

• strictly fyi More Marriage; WA Hate-Crimes Bill; Murder Trial; Suicides  04/12/09

• strictly fyi: Vermont becomes 4th state 2 legalize same-sex marriage  04/07/09

• strictly fyi Marriage - Iowa & New England; Minnesota; NH Loses; GLSEN & Hitler?  04/05/09

• strictly fyi LGBT Youth At Risk in Schools; KY Adoption Bill; OH Town Changes Policy Privileging Married  03/30/09

• strictly fyi Federal Support for Safe Schools; LA Court Victory for Gay Dads; NYC Recognizes Lesbian Moms; New Anti-Bullying Efforts; Victory in FL  03/26/09

• strictly fyi NJ Program for LGBT Youth; PFLAG Leader; OK Teacher Fired; OR Bill Passes Committee; IN Girl Wins Right to Wear Tux; Definition of Marriage Changes  03/19/09

• strictly fyi: Stronger anti-bullying law; LGBT Split in Michigan; WA may protect transgendered; British parents to be prosecuted; Census won't count Gay and Lesbian couples  03/12/09

• strictly fyi White House internship; Teacher Suspended Over Laramie Project; Students Sue; Gay Shakespeare Controversy  03/09/09

• strictly fyi: LGBT Students of Color Discriminated Against; Rent back on; Seeking Justice; Michigan Democrats Take Stand  03/04/09

• strictly FYI: Educators Fail; Free Speech; No Idaho Rights; Sexual Diversity; School Gift  02/28/09

• strictly fyi: No Rent; Sex Ed; Illinois "A" Grade; Gay parents rights; Post-Gender  02/22/09

• strictly fyi: Youngest SRS; Larry King; "Phelps International;" Anti-Gay TV Special Dropped  02/17/09

• fyi: remembering Lawrence King  02/09/09

• strictly fyi: Utah Defeat; Georgia Hate Bill; Domestic Violence; Youth Health Clinic  02/06/09

• strictly fyi: WA state bills  02/06/09

• strictly fyi: Ireland; Vandalism; Minnesota Bill; POC Transition; Gay Youth Suicide; Prop 8 Hearing  02/05/09

• strictly fyi: Michigan Ruling; Boston Schools; Trans Children; White Supremacists; Homophobia Epidemic; GLSEN  02/01/09

• strictly fyi: Book Ban; Australian Support; Obama, DOMA, and More; Study Results; Hate Beating, Montana Hate Crimes Bill  01/25/09

• strictly fyi: missing invocation  01/22/09

• strictly fyi: UW Student; Oregon Legislature; Queer Youth Network; New LGBT Network; A Researcher; BEAR; Kalamazoo Retreat   01/18/09

• strictly fyi: Coke - Zero; Teen Births; Foster Care; Puberty Blockers; School Sued; Tolerance   01/10/09

• Joan Helmich   01/09/09

• strictly fyi: Dating Abuse; Anti-bullying - Wales & Thorne, UK; Kalamazoo; Frank on Gays and UN   01/04/09

Blogs & Opinion Columns     top

• strictly fyi: opinion digest re: Malawi's Jailed Couple, Teens on Sex, Glee, Teen Apologizes to Church for Being Raped

• strictly fyi: opinion digest re: About Trans Issues, more on Proms, Myth of Gay Lifestyle  05/13/10

• strictly fyi: opinion digest re: Constance not invited to Prom, anti-gay bullying and children of color, classroom politics of DOS  04/07/10

• strictly fyi: Constance's Prom, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt's hair, Anti-bullying Legislation  03/23/10

• strictly fyi: opinion re: cyber-bullying, VA colleges and AG Cuccinelli, MS same-sex prom, lesbian parents at Catholic school, lesbian kiss at S. Africa dormitory  03/09/10

• strictly fyi: opinion re: SC Legislature and Teens, Respectful Protest, Relationship Ed, Gay-Only School, LGBT Athletes  02/25/10

• strictly fyi: Opinion  02/08/10

• strictly fyi: coming out early, gay-friendly children's books, activists of tomorrow  05/23/10

• strictly fyi: outdoor prog seeks volunteers  05/26/09

• strictly fyi: student activist gets GSA  05/22/09

• strictly fyi: suicide & homicide, gender variant children, middle and elementary schools  05/12/09

• strictly fyi: opinion [Carter] Standing in Solidarity -- a column from the Jackson Free Press, Jackson, MS  04/12/09

• strictly FYI: Blogs, Opinion Columns, Right Wing Watch  02/24/09

• Strictly FYI: Opinions, Blogs, Right Wing Watch  01/22/09

Right Wing Watch     top

• strictly fyi: RIGHT WING WATCH - Truth Academy Deconstructed, Values Voter Summit, and more 08/23/10

• strictly fyi: RIGHT WING WATCH - 'Truth Academies,' UN consultants, + more 08/10/10

• strictly fyi: Right Wing Watch on music education, college instructor, foster care, faith schools  03/03/10

• strictly fyi: RIGHT WING WATCH ... Law, sex ed, homeschoolers, college policy  10/27/09

• RIGHT WING WATCH: "right" to opt out of social studies, "gay agenda", "school choice", "homosexual activist propaganda", "sexual sin", "promotion of homosexuality"  08/17/09

• fyi: RIGHT WING WATCH: "homosexual indoctrination," "churches forced ...," killing of 3 "not a terror attack," "event caters to preteens," "gay propaganda," "unholy alliance," UCC resolution  08/10/09

• strictly fyi: scary stuff from the far right  07/16/09

Action Items: Alerts and Coalition and Others Requests For Help     top

• HELP NEEDED & strictly fyi: tobacco report & back-to-school message from Out Gay Life  08/31/10

• IMPORTANT: Please Help Safe Schools Coalition Support Lifelong AIDS Alliance's 24th Annual Seattle AIDS Walk & 5K Run  08/23/10

• IMPORTANT: One hour of your time is needed  08/20/10

• strictly fyi: researchers & leadership trainers looking for participants  08/17/10

• HELP NEEDED & strictly fyi:, zine seeks submissions, report drug overdoses  06/07/10

• strictly fyi: board nominations sought  05/22/10

• very important: speak out about discrimination in Washington State schools  05/19/10

• strictly fyi: pride parade invitation, HELP NEEDED, theater oppty for queer youth, GSA alumni  05/19/10

• Action Alerts - Tell Congress to Protect Kids from Homelessness and Street Violence; Stop False Advertising by Crisis Pregnancy Centers; Muslim Mom Denied Foster Kids Because She Won't Serve Pork  05/14/10

• strictly fyi:  help needed by researchers, journal seeks submissions  04/27/10

• strictly fyi: HELP NEEDED request  04/26/10

•  fyi: HELP NEEDED young people in the "justice system," parental leave, housing discrimination & new Shoreline, WA support group  04/22/10

• important alert: dangerous mailing sent to your local superintendent  04/19/10

• strictly fyi: reporter seeks success stories  04/14/10

• Action Alert from Change.org - Don't Let Texas Rewrite History  04/05/10

• SAVE THE DATE! Want to volunteer with Safe Schools Coalition? Do you already volunteer but never really felt you got the "BIG PICTURE"? This orientation is for you.  03/26/10

• Legislative issues fyi: NYAC - Why health care reform matters to LGBTQ young people; Lambda Legal Supports Federal Student Non-Discrimination Act  03/25/10

• Action Alerts: ACLU of Washington: Help get the Governor to sign HB 3026 into law! - and UUA: Sex Ed Call-In Day - March 22, 2010  03/12/10

• strictly fyi: calls for papers, presenters; invitation re: census  03/09/10

• Action Alert: HELP NEEDED TODAY: Ask Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire to sign Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 3026 and Substitute House Bill 2801 as passed.  03/08/10

• strictly fyi: nominate a youth, address hate, help organize youth-led Queer Youth Space in Seattle, prevent suicide  03/04/10

• strictly fyi: researchers seek participants, nominate a courageous youth, the U.S. census  02/24/10

• strictly fyi: more on intergenerational activism and age, gender and class bigotry in social justice movements; award  02/05/10

• mea culpa -- addendum -- elders change the world, too  02/04/10

• strictly fyi: youth-led social activism, writing & art contest, awards, grants, tool kits  02/04/10

• strictly fyi: school levies, census, Dignity in Schools Campaign, LGBTQ history contest  02/02/10

• strictly fyi: visibility in census  02/01/10

• strictly fyi: FREE help for GSAs and other student groups wishing to conduct climate surveys  01/27/10

• IMPORTANT: help needed items and meeting minutes  01/22/10

• strictly fyi: MS school climate survey  01/20/10

• Help Needed, Action Item  01/15/10

• Action Alert from Family Equality Council - Congress is Back! Tell Them to Pass ENDA Now!  01/13/10

• strictly fyi: action item from GLAAD  12/14/09

• strictly fyi: families  12/09/09

• strictly fyi: filmmaker  11/24/09

• strictly fyi: filmmaker seeks stories  11/20/09

• Action Alert from GSA Network - Take Action Today - Wednesday - to Protect LGBT Workers!  11/18/09

• Action Alert from Family Equality Council: ENDA and DPBO vote on Wednesday, November 18; Strictly fyi: Georgia State University Call for Participants: GSA Advisor Survey  11/16/09

• strictly fyi: reviewers needed, essay contest  11/15/09

• strictly fyi: youth suicide survey, grants, nominations for icons  11/09/09

• strictly fyi: help needed, research, books  11/03/09

• Time to step up to the plate: YOUR Safe Schools Coalition NEEDS YOU  11/03/09

• strictly fyi: Action Alert - Discrimination Stories Needed  09/03/09

• IMPORTANT: where to send listserv requests in Sept and Oct & strictly fyi: help needed at NYAC, student screenplay contest  08/28/09

• strictly fyi: help needed, book censorship  08/20/09

• strictly fyi: help needed, book censorship  08/14/09

• Updates and Action Alerts - SSC membership update 2009; CAMPAIGN UPDATE regarding WA Referendum 71; Change.org Action Alert: Ask the United Nations to End Violence in Schools  08/12/09

• strictly fyi: stop gendered harassment in schools ... win a year of free consultation for your school with Dr. Liz Meyers  08/10/09

• strictly fyi: ACTION ITEM  08/06/09

• strictly fyi: volunteers needed,  08/04/09

• strictly fyi: miscellany from school supplies to contests, from surveys to films  08/03/09

• CORRECTION, REMINDER  07/21/09

• CORRECTION  07/20/09

• strictly fyi: YOUR OPINION NEEDED  07/16/09

• important: HIV testing + 2-1-1  07/10/09

• important: new SSC speakers bureau manager, help needed for 13 year-old  06/15/09

• ACTION ITEMS & strictly fyi: grants, nominations, youth needed  06/15/09

• IMPORTANT - Resources and Action Alerts regarding today's California Supreme Court Decision about Proposition 8 - from The Task Force, Family Equality Council, Equal Rights Washington, and PFLAG  05/26/09

• action item  05/19/09

• strictly fyi: seeking youth activists  05/18/09

• strictly fyi: call for authors, new curriculum, writing contest  05/12/09

• fyi: walk to raise awareness about homeless LGBTQ youth  05/11/09

• strictly fyi: call for book chapters  05/07/09

• CORRECTION TO SURVEY URL again!!  05/07/09

• strictly fyi: CORRECTION to link for GLSEN's 2009 Survey  05/07/09

• IMPORTANT: HELP NEEDED requests  05/06/09

• strictly fyi: survey help needed  05/06/09

• Action Alert: Task Force Action Fund: Hate crimes vote expected TOMORROW -- take action now; strictly fyi: HELP NEEDED - Question about terminology/labels  04/28/09

• Action Alerts: GSA Network - Take Action for LGBT Immigration Rights; Equal Rights Washington - Thank the supporters of the gender identity and expression hate crimes bill  04/26/09

• ACTION ITEM, HELP NEEDED  04/24/09

• Action Alert from The Task Force - Act Now: Hate crimes legislation is within reach  04/19/09

• action alert: Michigan Democratic gay caucus plans lobby day for anti-bullying legislation; Washington State Legislation – Sexual Health Education Funding - Title V  04/15/09

• action alert from Task Force: Urgent: Hate crimes legislation introduced -- speak out  04/07/09

• Action Alert from The Task Force - Send a letter in support of Washington's Domestic Partnership Expansion Bill of 2009; Call for participants - Research on College Students of Same-Sex Parents  03/31/09

• strictly fyi: help needed in Alabama, Seattle  03/30/09

• fyi: survey participants needed, nominate someone for an award  03/25/09

• action alert from Family Equality Council and OutFront Minnesota: Testimony Given on Safe Schools for All Bill - final vote tomorrow Tuesday, March 24th  03/23/09

• Action Alert from Equal Rights Washington: Need Parents of a Lesbian and Gay Child to Testify in Olympia Next Monday  03/20/09

• Washington State ACTION ITEM: find out how your school (district, county) did on the Healthy Youth Survey -- results released today  03/18/09

• strictly fyi: nominate an LGBTQ young person  03/16/09

• action alerts - Fight Abstinence-Only Lobbyists; Harvey Milk Day Bill Under Attack; Please testify this weekend regarding WA public health services; News - anti-bullying policies go to vote of Oregon House  03/13/09

• strictly fyi: participants needed  03/13/09

• action alert & a photo campaign: Lobby on anti-bullying - Equality Day in Washington State this Thursday; LGBT Photo Campaign: FACES OF US  03/10/09

• strictly fyi: help needed  03/06/09

• strictly fyi: LGBT college survey  03/02/09

• Action Alerts - ACLU of Washington re SB 5952, Lambert House at Equality Day Olympia March 12; Save Groupcare Enhancement  02/19/09

• Action Alerts from Family Equality Council RE Uniting American Families Act and Safe Schools Bill Moving Forward  02/16/09

• Action Alerts: Tell Obama to stop funding ab-only; National Equality Rally at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA on Sunday May 3, 2009  02/10/09

• strictly fyi: help needed, gay dads, kids with LGBTQ parents/guardians  02/10/09

• fyi: help needed  02/09/09

• IMPORTANT - change of address  01/28/08

• HELP NEEDED  01/22/08

• strictly fyi: help needed  01/21/08

• strictly fyi: action item from PFLAG  01/07/08

Events     top

• strictly fyi: event ON-LINE tomorrow, Vote TODAY  08/17/10

• strictly fyi events in: WA, CA, All locations online  08/16/10

• strictly fyi events in: ***Seattle, WA***  08/12/10

• strictly fyi events in: WA, NC, OR, NY, MA, Washington D.C.  08/12/10

• strictly fyi: events on the web and in western WA and BC  07/01/10

• strictly fyi events in: WA, CA, All locations online  06/16/10

• strictly fyi events in: WA, MA, VA, NY  05/27/10

• strictly fyi events in: ID, WA, CT, CA  05/20/10

• strictly fyi: pride parade invitation  05/19/10

• strictly fyi events in: PA, WA, NC – All events time sensitive – TODAY through next week!   04/28/10

• strictly fyi events in: WA, CT, MO, ID   04/23/10

• strictly fyi events in: ***Seattle, WA*** plus Mississippi Safe Schools Second Chance Prom!   04/15/10

• strictly fyi events in: MN, MA, WA, CA, NYC   04/09/10

• strictly fyi events in: WA, OR, All locations online   03/24/10

• strictly fyi events in: Seattle, WA (events tonight and tomorrow); Troy, MI; Edmond, OK   03/10/10

• strictly fyi: events in Seattle, hate crime, cool web site   02/27/10

• strictly fyi events in: OR, CA, WA, MI, CT, all locations online   02/25/10

• strictly fyi events in: *Special Edition: Seattle, WA and surrounding areas*   02/20/10

• strictly fyi events in: CA, WA, France, All locations available   02/09/10

• strictly fyi events in: WA, ID, CA   02/02/10

• strictly fyi events in: Washington D.C.; Seattle, WA; Brussels, Belgium   01/27/10

• strictly fyi events in: Seattle, WA and All locations online   01/20/10

• IMPORTANT: DATE CHANGE - Inclement Sprint 5k Run/Walk in Seattle, WA to benefit Safe Schools Coalition and Delta Lambda Phi!]  01/19/10

• strictly fyi events in: FL, WA, NC, WI, All locations available/online  01/12/10

• strictly fyi events in: WA, AL, NY, CO, CA, CT, All locations online  01/10/10

History     top

• Part 1: April 2010 LGBTIQ-inclusive lesson planning guide  03/17/10

• Part 2: April 2010 LGBTIQ-inclusive lesson planning guide  03/17/10

• Part 3: April 2010 LGBTIQ-inclusive lesson planning guide  03/17/10

• see more history pages here

Resources (Lesson Plans, Videos, Books, Web Sites, Grants-Funding, Etc.)     top

• strictly fyi: grant opportunity, contests, award nominations  07/23/10

• strictly fyi: New FREE resource from Teaching Tolerance for faculty meetings and the classroom  07/18/10

• strictly fyi: new report from GLSEN on the effectiveness of teacher training  07/01/10

• strictly fyi: resources for school librarians, psychologists, social workers, counselors & others who work with LGBTQ young people  07/01/10

• strictly fyi: research on LGBTQ issues in schools, report drug overdoses  06/07/10

• strictly fyi: articles about being transgender, youth of color; censored student article about sex ed, speech at Boston pride about LGBTQ history   06/07/10

• strictly fyi: peer education, great film, grants & awards   05/20/10

• strictly fyi: LGBTQ youth in out-of-home care, theater oppty for queer youth  05/19/10

• strictly fyi: handling bullying, 4-H Leaders & LG youth   05/18/10

• strictly fyi: YouTube video, census  05/08/10

• strictly fyi: HIV testing & condom video, legal rights of students  04/27/10

• strictly fyi: bullying research review  04/26/10

• fyi: bullying, surveys, enumeration in laws & policies  04/23/10

• strictly fyi: sex ed on the web, gender stereotypes, bullying & suicide  04/19/10

• strictly fyi: creative responses to "That's so gay!"  04/14/10

• strictly fyi: free training, victim assistance, scholarship, resources in King County, students changing school climate  04/12/10

• strictly fyi: sex ed, Day of Silence, STD testing  03/24/10

• strictly fyi: theater grants, Day of Silence, play with nominal royalty  03/24/10

• strictly fyi: sex ed, so called "Day of Truth," sexually transmitted diseases  03/24/10

• strictly fyi: youth commission, marriage equality, great STD YouTube video  03/18/10

• fyi: film for classes, discussion/journal prompt re: prom  and  oops - one other thing  03/12/10

• strictly fyi: address hate, apply for a scholarship, prevent suicide  03/04/10

• strictly fyi: Johnny Weir ROCKS!!! and transgender students and the law, other gender variant and trans resources  02/26/10

• strictly fyi: humanitarian law curriculum, sexting  02/23/10

• strictly fyi: ending the use of the R-word as a slur, film and study guide, the U.S. census  02/24/10

• strictly fyi: legal stuff & law-based action kits/tools  02/08/10

• strictly fyi: take a survey & enter to win $50 for your school or agency, plan NOW for next year's leadership of your GSA  02/06/10

• strictly fyi: more on intergenerational activism and age, gender and class bigotry in social justice movements; award  02/05/10

• mea culpa -- addendum -- elders change the world, too  02/04/10

• strictly fyi: youth-led social activism, writing & art contest, awards, grants, tool kits  02/04/10

• strictly fyi: youth-led social activism, writing & art contest, awards, grants, tool kits  02/04/10

• strictly fyi: scholarship info, Homo High, human rights education on the web  02/02/10

• strictly fyi: equality in health care  02/02/10

• strictly fyi: 4-H leaders' readiness to support lesbian & gay youth, family dictionary of ed terms, social wkrs survey re: LGBT students    02/27/10

• strictly fyi: FREE help for GSAs and other student groups wishing to conduct climate surveys, new book The Heart of Learning: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success  01/27/10

• strictly fyi: LGBT mental health & chemical dependency care, cyber bullying, young adult literature  01/20/10

• strictly fyi: asset-based mental health care, measuring sexual diversity in adolescence, intersex resources  01/14/10

• strictly fyi: Mourning the passing of Miep Gies ... And, in her honor, a few pieces about Allyship.  01/12/10

• strictly fyi: new journal, suicide curriculum, MLK Day  01/07/10

• strictly fyi: teen and unplanned pregnancy, emergency contraception, family planning, talking about sexual health and relationships  01/06/10

• strictly fyi: STD report, Holocaust curriculum, radio contest, GSBA seeks volunteers, high school seniors' essay contest  12/14/09

• strictly fyi: youth programs, hymens, parents, families  12/09/09

• strictly fyi: new web site for GSA Network  12/03/09

• strictly fyi: blog, Civil Rights Movement, guide re: school policies re: transgender & gender non-conforming children in Oregon  11/24/09

• strictly fyi: LAW QUIZ, letter about recent youth suicides  11/18/09

• strictly fyi: LGBTQ racial equality, new charter school, youth activism fellowship  11/18/09

• strictly fyi: teaching about Thanksgiving  11/16/09

• strictly fyi: essay contest, readability tool, sex education  11/15/09

• strictly fyi: scholarships in CA  11/06/09

• strictly fyi: help needed, homeless LGBTQ youth service in Seattle, research, books  11/03/09

• strictly fyi: violence prevention through the arts  10/29/09

• strictly fyi: grants, awards, contests, research participants sought, new group for families of gender non-conforming and transgender children and youth age 18 and under in Portland, OR  10/28/09

• strictly fyi: resources, research  10/28/09

• strictly fyi: Resource: Portland, OR Support Group for Transgender Children, Youth and Their Families  09/03/09

• strictly fyi: Exodus Youth, Latina high school students 08/28/09

• strictly fyi: internalized homophobia & transphobia  08/14/09

• strictly fyi: anti-bullying essay, human rights blogs, exposing hidden homophobia at school, teaching humanity, bias and bullies  08/11/09

• strictly fyi: article, books, web site, blog, films  08/10/09

• strictly fyi: resources  08/06/09

• strictly fyi: music, comic grant, research on condoms, parents and sex ed  08/04/09

• strictly fyi: miscellany from school supplies to contests, from surveys to films  08/03/09

• strictly fyi: Status of LGBT Youth in Education, STD and Racial Disparities, Courageous Conversations about diversity and marriage, DSD glossary, human rights book, clinical guidelines  07/23/09

• fyi: bibliography, What is Age-Appropriate?  07/21/09

• fyi: film, book, legal clinic  07/20/09

• important: HIV testing + 2-1-1  07/10/09

• free stuff: summer program, easy way to support SSC, lawyers for foster kids and former foster kids, other resources online and locally for LGBTQ & allied youth  07/30/09

• Great CDC fact sheet  06/25/09

• important: HYA web site  06/15/09

• strictly fyi: quote, web site, paper, class project 06/03/09

• strictly fyi: GLBTQ online high school, films for the classroom, online course for teachers 05/26/09

• strictly fyi: teaching about homophobia, bias, humanity  05/26/09

• strictly fyi: white privilege, Masculinity films/curriculum  05/22/09

• action item  05/19/09

• strictly fyi: online lesson plans, online coursework  05/18/09

• strictly fyi: Straightlaced  05/12/09

• fyi: study of bullying program, study of disordered eating among LGB and heterosexual youth  05/11/09

• strictly fyi: public health video, grants to LGBTQ programs, glossary of DSD-related terms  05/07/09

• another correction -- how to access Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent's Guide  05/07/09

• strictly fyi: Tips for Forestalling Flu-related Bullying; Scholarships from GSA Network  05/07/09

• strictly fyi: Safe Schools Coalition's summer camp page has just been updated!!   05/06/09

• strictly fyi: prom posters, emergency contraception  05/01/09

• strictly fyi: Idaho Safe Schools survey, LGBTQ homeless youth, reproductive health slides, 13 love stories  04/24/09

• strictly fyi: exciting new pre-K and elementary program & research re: families & gender identity and government forms  04/23/09

• strictly fyi: free online videos, sex ed  04/15/09

• strictly fyi: lesson plans, scholarship, guidance on transphobic bullying  04/13/09

• strictly fyi: report on physical punishment, book  04/07/09

• strictly fyi: teaching about sexual health, marriage, media, civil rights movement, religion, abortion, civil disobedience, stereotypes, HIV, & LGBT issues  04/06/09

• fyi: trans-inclusive organizations report, lesson plans  03/25/09

• strictly fyi: research & books  03/23/09

• strictly fyi: free stuff re: trans issues  03/20/09

• Washington State ACTION ITEM: find out how your school (district, county) did on the Healthy Youth Survey -- results released today  03/18/09

• strictly fyi: trans youth in schools; grants; laws; free video -- change norms  03/18/09

• CORRECTION to links to Family Equality Council maps  03/17/09

• strictly fyi: more about drop-out/violence prevention grants, achievement, disparities, allies, book list, maps, diversity, dating violence  03/16/09

• strictly fyi: grant  03/13/09

• strictly fyi: 2 new bullying reports, nonprofit sex ed research; NPR piece about two trans girls  03/06/09

• strictly fyi: offer to host dialogue/film; HIV Drug Guide  03/02/09

• strictly fyi: intersectionality, Milk  02/24/09

• strictly fyi: important journal articles re: families of LGB youth, virginity pledges, conference presentation on HIB & Sexual Orientation, brochure on bullying in WA  01/15/08

• strictly fyi: game, scholarships, awards  02/23/09

• strictly fyi: addressing marriage in the classroom, trans children, camp, history of AIDS, abortion, homelessness, masculinity  02/19/09

• strictly fyi: books & posters on sale  02/18/09

• strictly fyi: belated valentine's day resource for GSA's, excellent condom videos on YouTube  02/16/09

• strictly fyi: scholarship, social justice  02/10/09

• strictly fyi: Do Something grants, sexual history-taking, and students' rights  02/06/09

• IMPORTANT - change of address - and strictly fyi: quotes that answer some key questions in education  01/28/08

• strictly fyi: scholarships, LGBT Students of Color, LGBTQ youth in foster care, LGBT-headed families  01/26/08

• strictly fyi:  new parent group, economic justice lesson plan, name-calling lesson plans  01/22/08

• strictly fyi: marriage amendments, youth organizing, masculinity, awards & scholarships, teacher prep  01/21/08

• HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY & lesson plan  01/20/08

• strictly fyi: hate crimes, book, survey tools  01/09/08

• strictly fyi: another film about Milk, GenderYOUTH, scholarships from Pride and GSBA, consequences of civil union, transgender children  01/07/08

Jobs, Internships & Volunteer Opportunities     top

• strictly fyi: jobs in AL, CA, MA, NY, PA, WA   07/15/10

Meeting Minutes     top

• IMPORTANT: help needed, March and April Safe Schools Coalition meeting minutes   05/03/10

  • IMPORTANT CORRECTION to April Safe Schools Coalition meeting minutes   05/03/10

• IMPORTANT: help needed and Feb meeting minutes  02/17/10

• IMPORTANT: help needed items and meeting minutes  01/22/10

• IMPORTANT: help needed and December 2009 meeting minutes  12/31/09

• see other minutes here

Miscellaneous     top

• IMPORTANT: fraud alert  07/14/10

• NEW PHONE  07/01/10

  • CORRECTION  07/01/10

• congratulations Joyful & Frieda  03/04/10

• Time to step up to the plate: YOUR Safe Schools Coalition NEEDS YOU  11/03/09

• IMPORTANT: where to send listserv requests in Sept and Oct  08/28/09

• SSC membership update 2009  08/12/09

• hot news: Kyle Rapinian is a Point Scholar!!!  06/19/09

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