Congratulations Jason!
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Bought a Jason Collins basketball jersey? You just supported GLSEN and the Matthew Shepard Foundation!
The NBA is donating all proceeds from Jason Collins jersey sales to these two organizations supporting LGBT youth. Jason’s jersey is already the top seller on NBA.com – let’s keep it that way.
Click here to thank the NBA for supporting Jason Collins and other LGBT athletes like him, or here to get your own jersey!
Jason Collins has announced he’s retiring from the NBA. Thank you, Jason, for being a role model to LGBT athletes and all LGBT people. You’re an inspiration!
What a night! 2013 Respect Awards - New York
Pictured:
GLSEN Respect Awards logo
Jason Collins, NBA athlete & 2013 Courage Award recipient, answers questions before the show begins
Matt Bomer greets students Joey Kemmerling and Emet Tauber
Members of Farrington High School GSA–GLSEN’s 2013 GSA of the Year–pose with Janet Mock
Janet Mock snaps a picture with two members from Farrington High GSA
Barbara Frankel (DiversityInc), Respect Awards - New York co-chair with guests.
Kyra Sedgwick & Kevin Bacon at dinner
GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard talks with Jason Collins and openly gay high school football player Leo Washington
Former NFL football player Wade Davis plants a kiss on Eliza Byard while walking the red carpet before GLSEN’s 2013 Respect Awards - New York
Lilla Crawford (Broadway's Annie) and Jonathan Del Arco (The Closer) on the red carpet before GLSEN’s 2013 Respect Awards - New York
For more Respect Awards photo, video, and recap check out youtube.com/glsen, glsen.org/respectawards, flickr.com/glsen and of course here on Tumblr – we’ll be posting more updates soon!
“Professional sports showing up for LGBT people is one of the biggest cultural developments of the last decade, and really the last five years,” said GLSEN executive director Eliza Byard. “The NBA has been showing up for LGBT youth and for GLSEN for a number of years. Having this be a league-wide initiative, knowing any LGBT fan in the country can choose to celebrate their team and themselves with one of those shirts, that’s a whole new thing.”
The NBA has partnered up with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to create a limited edition line of LGBT Pride shirts.
Each shirt features a different NBA team’s logo done up in rainbow colors and set on a black background. The shirts will be available for two weeks with all proceeds going straight to the GLSEN, which seeks to create safe spaces in schools for LGBT students.
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Coach Nicodemo has been a high school basketball coach for 17 years, leading his student players to victory and positively shaping their lives. And he happens to be gay.
Send a message to Coach Anthony Nicodemo and let him know he’s a role model that has your support.
Basketball is a sport that I hold near and dear to my heart. Born and raised in the hometown of five-time NBA championship winners, the San Antonio Spurs, I played for several years and found a sense of comfort in the game that I couldn’t really find anywhere else. When I was on the court, it was like the world stopped. I felt like I was home. I could forget all my other responsibilities, and I could just focus on something that I loved very much.
As I got older, I stopped playing basketball and focused on my advocacy work. I wanted to make school a safer and more affirming place for youth, regardless of how they identified or expressed themselves, so I started working with GLSEN and improved the GSA at my school. Things were starting to look pretty good. Everywhere seemed to be a safe space, until I realized I forgot the one place I used to call home: the basketball court.
Read more on the GLSEN Blog!
“I can’t join some sports because they say it’s not appropriate for me. They also say that the other students on the team wouldn’t want a gay student to play on the team and mess things up.”
- Male student, 9th grade, CA
Get the facts about LGBT students’ experiences in sports here.
Both The Wall Street Journal and CBS Radio summed up the night’s theme with one word: triumph.
Every year, we’re blown away by our partners, participants, and supporters who are working with us to make schools safer for all students regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
If you couldn’t join us in NYC for the Respect Awards, here’s a glimpse of the night.
In honor of Black History Month, we’re reflecting on the many black LGBT leaders who have shaped our movement into what it is today. We’re honored to have worked with amazing people like Janet Mock, Jason Collins and Robin Roberts in our shared fight for respect, acceptance and justice. And all month long, we’ll be looking at other influential black LGBT advocates throughout history who have made a difference – in the lives of LGBT youth, and in the world.
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:
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: