LibGuides: LGBTQ+: School

Student Resources

Delaware School's GSAs
List of Gender-Sexuality Alliances (formerly Gay-Straight Alliance) in Delaware schools.

GSA Network
GSA Network is a next-generation LGBTQ racial and gender justice organization that empowers and trains queer, trans and allied youth leaders to advocate, organize, and mobilize an intersectional movement for safer schools and healthier communities.
GLSEN
Championing LGBTQ issues in K-12 education since 1990.
Campus Pride Index
National Listing of LGBTQ-Friendly
Colleges & Universities
U.S. Dept. of Education- Office for Civil Rights
Resources for LGBTQ students including policy guidance, OCR case resolutions, court filings, and federal government resources.
American Civil Liberties Union- LGBT Youth
Information for students on rights related to GSAs, proms/dances, outing, harassment/bullying, free expression/censorship and more.
Trans Student Educational Resources
Trans Student Educational Resources is your organization for contacting schools, getting information, and taking action! We supply trans resources and provide support for creating change in your school and beyond.

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We speak at conferences, train teachers, collaborate with other advocacy organizations, host the only national trans youth activist summit, support trans-related events, provide leadership training for trans youth, host scholarships for trans students, publish materials about trans education, help create transgender policies, and promote trans representation in media.

Educator Resources and Materials

Welcoming Schools
Creating Safe and Welcoming Schools For All Children & Families. (en espanol)

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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.
Principles of Gender-Inclusive Puberty and Health Education
Created to address the vast gender diversity of young people attending our nation’s schools, this document is designed to provide educators with perspectives and language to account for every student’s unique journey through puberty into adulthood.

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This document incorporates five guiding principles that frame the basic, medically accurate information all students must understand to have agency over their own health and wellness. The result gives educators tools to create a universal experience of inclusion and learning for a process that is decidedly individual in nature.
GLSEN Educator Resources
Educator guides, LGBT-inclusive curriculum, lesson plans on bullying, bias, and diversity, and more.
Gender Inclusive Schools Toolkit
Creating a school that acknowledges and affirms the gender diversity of every student does not happen by accident. Through thoughtful and intentional practices, any institution can create gender inclusive conditions for all of its students.
Rethinking Schools
It's OK to be neither: Teaching that supports gender-variant children
Schools In Transition
A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools
Model Policies
Model policies for schools and school districts regarding bias and discrimination.
Dear Colleague Letters
Sexual Misconduct and Title IX: Letters from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights discussing Title IX policies, procedures and expectations.