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Sultana High School is censoring and discriminating against its Gay-Straight Alliance. The Hesperia, CA school is limiting the GSA from using LGBT-inclusive language and participating in activities like GLSEN’s Day of Silence and Ally Week.

Today is the first school day since news broke last week during Spring Break that the ACLU of Southern California sent a letter demanding the school district stop discriminating against the school’s GSA.

Tell them that they are not alone

As they return to school today, the GSA members could face retaliation for their decision to stand up to their school district.

Along with our partners at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, It Gets Project, and the California-based GSA Network, we want to send a clear message to Sultana High GSA members as they head back to school:

We are proud of you and we’ve got your back.

Will you join us? Click here to send your own message to the brave LGBT students and allies.

They believe that every student deserves to be safe and treated with respect, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Help us show them that people all across the country stand with them against discrimination.

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We launched a new store and to celebrate we’re having a sale! Use the code LAUNCH to get 10% of your order through this Sunday at midnight Eastern time.

In this new store, you can browse by type (shirts, pins, etc) and also by program (Day of Silence, Changing The Game, etc).

Check it out.

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With 2012 quickly coming to a close, many will look back over what has happened in these past twelve months and be thankful for what they have. At GLSEN, we are thankful for you.

It has been a great year for GLSEN and the safe schools movement, full of benchmarks and achievements. To give you a sense of some of our successes this year, GLSEN has put together a short montage capturing many of our 2012 highlights. I hope you will take a minute to watch.

Everything we have achieved this past year has been possible because of you. And everything we hope to achieve going forward will be as well.

On behalf of all of us at GLSEN, and the hundreds of thousands of LGBT and allied students we serve every day, thank you.

P.S. For other great videos from this past year, visit the GLSEN YouTube channel.

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Did you vote for GLSEN in the Chase American Giving Awards? Show off your support by liking and reblogging this photo! And share why you voted for GLSEN.

Didn’t vote yet? Get your vote on here!

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How do we know that safe schools for LGBT students are possible? Because you’re already out there doing it.

Lobbying Congress. Starting GSAs. Organizing Day of Silence. Speaking out. Standing up. Making a difference.

Y’all rock!

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We could win up to $1 million from Chase’s American Giving Awards and we need your help. Go to glsen.org/vote to choose GLSEN.

We know that when communities act, LGBT students do better. And with this money, we can reach even more communities and impact that many more students.

Will you vote and reblog to help us get there?

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This is why we do the work. Everyone at GLSEN, every teacher, and student, and volunteer, and every “Follower” on Tumblr. Each one of you. We do this work to make schools safer for LGBT students, we know it’s working, and with this award from Chase, we could do even more.

Will you pledge to choose GLSEN when voting begins on November 27? http://www.glsen.org/chase

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My state is about to vote on the legalization of Gay Marriage. In its most basic form, this about equal rights. That is why I am an Ally.

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My name is Jacob, and I am an ally ^_^

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I LOVE my allies!!!!