ALLY WEEK!
Ally Week in action! Looking for pledge forms that your friends & peers can take? We got ‘em here.
ALLY WEEK!
Ally Week in action! Looking for pledge forms that your friends & peers can take? We got ‘em here.
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#lesbian #gay #bisexual #transgender #schools #Ally Week #GLSEN #LGBT #allies #safety #bullyingAlly Week is almost a month away and allies are already beginning to speak up! Watch Yerenny share why she’s an ally.
WANT TO MAKE YOUR OWN ALLY VIDEO?
- Put the GLSEN Ally Week logo before the video begins. Use this logohttp://glsen.us/U8zey9
- For allies to LGBT youth: Start or end your video by saying “I’m [Your Name] and I’m an ally”.
- Tell us why you are an ally or why you love allies!
- The video must be less than one minute long (not including logo at the beginning)
- Upload the video to your YouTube account
- Include #AllyWeek in the title and make the video public so that we-and others-can find it.
We’ll be featuring ally stories here on our Tumblr and also on the Ally Week website!
WANT TO MAKE YOUR OWN ALLY VIDEO?
- Put the GLSEN Ally Week logo before the video begins. Use this logo http://glsen.us/U8zey9
- (For allies to LGBT youth) Start or end your video by saying “I’m [Your Name] and I’m an ally”. Tell us why you are an ally or why you love allies!
- The video must be less than one minute long (not including logo at the beginning)
- Upload the video to your YouTube account
- Include #AllyWeek in the title and make the video public so that we-and others-can find it.
Ally Week is October 15 - 19! Let’s build a movement and show that allies are important–and that it’s important to be an ally!
Grab an I’m An Ally or I ♥ Allies sign, download it, take a picture with it. Upload it to Tumblr and tag it with “Ally Week”, submit it through Tumblr or send it in using the Ally Week website.
Have you ever wondered how you can help promote equality in your school? Have you always had the ambition but never the opportunity to speak out for LGBT rights? Now’s your chance! Next month will be GLSEN’s annual Ally Week (October 15-19, 2012)! Registering is simple as taking the ally pledge! That means you are pledging to:
• Not use anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) language or slurs.
• Intervene, if I safely can, in situations where students are being harassed or tell an adult.
• Support efforts to end bullying and harassment.
• Encourage others to be Allies.
Have a great Ally Week everyone!
You can also grab an I’m An Ally or I ♥ Allies sign, take a picture a with it, and post it to your Tumblr or submit it to ours!
Ally Week is about identifying and supporting allies to LGBT youth. Why? Because our research shows that when LGBTQ students can identify supportive educators and peers, their school experience is better.
This year, we want to make sure it’s absolutely clear: Ally Week is about learning to be better allies and recruiting more folks to step up to the plate. Whether you’re a lesbian adult working to make schools safer for today’s youth, or a gay student organizing to create safe spaces for your trans* friends, everyone has an opportunity this week to recognize their allyship and take action to become better at it.
Are you organizing? Get resources and register at glsen.org/allyweek
Ally Week is right around the corner and boxes of merch just arrived in the GLSEN office. Want to get your hands on some for free? Register your Ally Week activities and we’ll send it your way!
Students and adult supporters in middle Tennessee are gearing up for Ally Week.
Are you an ally? Or do you ♥ allies? Grab a sign, take a pic, and share it with us.
The Gay-Straight Alliance at my school is preparing for GLSEN’s Ally Week, which starts on Monday. We made a video to introduce the week to the rest of the school. I’m quite proud of it, so I thought I’d share it - also features an appearance by yours truly, so enjoy and spread it around!
Great work! Love it!
Happy second day of Ally Week everyone! I hope it’s going well for all those participating. Personally, since my GSA is just getting together right now, I will probably end up celebrating Ally Week with them a little late. But that doesn’t mean that I can’t have some Ally Week blogging fun! So I’ll be posting some little facts and tidbits about allies all this week!
Fun Fact #1: Did you know that the first GSA was the idea of an ally? In 1998, a student of Kevin Jennings (the founder of GLSEN) proposed creating a club to promote LGBT inclusiveness to Mr. Jennings, and suggested it be called a Gay-Straight Alliance because she was straight and he was gay. Now, there are over 4,000 GSAs registered in the country!
Stay tuned for more Ally Fun Facts!
We love facts!
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Before we get on with the post, it’s important to note that these are two groups of diverse people who are very unique in many ways! However, in light of the month, (and mainly due to the fact that a lot of the resources available online are for both groups), here is a compilation of resources for Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ people! Other masterposts can be found here (and don’t hesitate to add anything if you have resources to contribute)!
GLSEN Pages:
Other organizations:
Historical information from the US National Park Service:
Some LGBTQ+ Asian/Pacific Islander Creators:
Other Helpful/Informational Links:
