Sign up now for our SAFE in Connecticut (Schools Are For Everyone) Training happening on May 4th and 5th. This training will take place in Hartford, and is designed to address anti-LGBT bias in schools and give you the tools you need to improve your school climate now! 
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David Knapp Scholarship for LGBT and Ally Students Available
Click here to learn more about the scholarship being offered by the New Haven Pride Center honoring our friend and former GLSEN Connecticut Board member David Knapp. Deadline is May 27.
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Don't Filter Me!
The American Civil Liberties Union, in partnership with Yale Law School, has launched a campaign called "Don't Filter Me" to assess censorship of web content in public high schools. The campaign asks students to check to see if web content geared toward the LGBT communities is blocked by their schools' web browsers. Click here to take the survey!
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State Farm Youth Grants
The State Farm Youth Advisory Board is providing $5 million in grants to youth across the United States and Canada in an effort to create projects that bring about sustainable, positive change in local communities. Grant applications are available until May 2nd and can be found here.
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GLSEN Connecticut is a member of Community Works of Connecticut, a progressive workplace giving program.
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Please Note: This electronic message from GLSEN Connecticut contains information and opinions deemed relevant to ending anti-LGBT bias in schools and other items which may be of interest to the LGBT community and its valued allies. Not all opinions expressed are those of GLSEN Connecticut.  |
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Greetings!
Congratulations to all of you for a hugely successful Day of Silence! Hundreds of thousands of people across the country and around the world participated in the Day to bring awareness to LGBT bullying and harassment.
 While we know this year's Day of Silence was the largest ever, we want to be able to show it! Please make sure students you worked with registered their participation by clicking on this link. Registration helps us show others the impact of this action.
We would love to hear your stories about the day-the ups, the downs and everything in between. What did you do to end the silence? We would also love to see anything you created for Day of Silence-pictures, videos, art, etc. Send them to info@dayofsilence.org.
There is a lot to follow in this legislative session both federally and locally. The Safe Schools Improvement Act was reintroduced in the Senate with bi-partisan support and the Student Non-Discrimination Act was re-introduced in both the House and the Senate, and The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act was introduced in the Senate. Closer to home, the Connecticut state legislature is considering changes to two bills which we are supporting. Call your state legislators and ask them to support An Act Concerning the Strengthening of School Bullying Laws and An Act Concerning Discrimination. Both bills are planned to be raised for a vote in this legislative session and we are hopeful that they will pass! Finally, we are happy to report that there are three proms for LGBTQ students in Connecticut this year. One was held last weekend in Hartford. Another is on Saturday, April 30, and is co-sponsored by the New Haven Pride Center, Yale's Fierce Advocates, and the United Church on the Green. Click here for more information. Finally on June 17th there will be a Fairfield Country Rainbow Ball. For more information, check them out on Facebook. Thanks for helping make a difference in the lives of Connecticut's students. We couldn't create change without you! Peace,
Leif Mitchell and Liane Roseman
Co-Chairs, GLSEN Connecticut
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The Phoenix Suns teammates-players who proved to be as gifted off the court as on it-filmed a public service announcement for GLSEN, the Ad Council and the NBA as part of the "Think Before You Speak" campaign. The message is one we very dearly wish had been heard a hundred miles away in Los Angeles. Using anti-gay language is wrong. Always. Whether you mean for it to hurt someone or not. The PSA, which will air during the NBA playoffs, is part of GLSEN and the Ad Council's effort to address anti-gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender language among teenagers. The NBA loved the campaign created by ArnoldNYC, which launched in 2008, and asked to get involved. We couldn't have asked for a better partner, in terms of passion for the message and commitment to its success.
To read the rest of this article, please click here.
Grant and Jared are the first athletes from a professional sports league to appear in the campaign. Click here for a preview (WMV file).
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Student Leader Wins Scholarship
We are thrilled to announce that Layne Gianakos is the recipient of a $2500.00 Live Out Loud Scholarship!
His award was presented at The Young Trailblazers 10th Anniversary Gala in New York last week. Live Out Loud's scholarship program is open to any LGBT high school senior in the tri-state area who has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills and has made significant contributions to their community.
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Participants Needed for the National Survey of LGBTQ Youth in Schools
GLSEN is conducting the 2011 National School Climate Survey, its seventh national survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth about their experiences in school. The National School Climate Survey is a crucial tool documenting the problem of anti-LGBT bias and harassment in K-12 schools across the nation. It is also a chance for LGBTQ youth to speak out about their experiences and to inform education policymakers and the public about what is really going on in our schools. LGBTQ youth who attended high school or middle school sometime during the past school year (2010-2011) and who are at least 13 years old are eligible to participate. Youth who did not complete the entire 2010-2011 school year are also eligible. The survey is anonymous.
Additional information and the online survey are available at: www.glsen.org/2011survey.
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