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GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Loretta Lynch: Ending Transgender Discrimination About ‘Fundamental Fairness’ All students - including transgender students - deserve schools that are free from discrimination. We’re ‪#‎GLSENproud‬ of these words from U.S. Attorney General Loretta... — Loretta Lynch: Ending Transgender Discrimination About ‘Fundamental Fairness’
All students - including transgender students - deserve schools that are free from discrimination. We’re ‪#‎GLSENproud‬ of these words from U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch!
“To me, this is really an issue of equality and fundamental fairness and what kind of a society do we want to be…We decided over 200 years ago that we wanted to be an inclusive society, and we wanted to guarantee equal rights for all. For that to mean something, we have to be careful, we have to be vigilant, so that when people, for whatever reason, are either [made to] feel like they’re on the outside — a particular group — or are placed on the outside, that that doesn’t happen. And transgender issues are no different, to me, in that regard.”
H/T: The Advocate

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“Today’s monumental decision reinforces the Obama Administration’s position that Title IX protects transgender and gender nonconforming public school students from discrimination. It is the first time that a federal appeals court has ruled on this... — “Today’s monumental decision reinforces the Obama Administration’s position that Title IX protects transgender and gender nonconforming public school students from discrimination. It is the first time that a federal appeals court has ruled on this specific issue and marks a major turning point that will ultimately solidify nondiscrimination protections for transgender and gender nonconforming students nationwide.“
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A transgender student in Colorado is under attack simply for being herself.
When a small group of parents objected to the student using the girls’ bathroom at school, her school supported her. But the anti-LGBT Pacific Justice Institute stepped in... — **A transgender student in Colorado is under attack simply for being herself.**
When a small group of parents objected to the student using the girls’ bathroom at school, her school supported her. But the anti-LGBT Pacific Justice Institute stepped in and made up a story that she was harassing girls in the bathroom. Conservative media like Fox News then spread the lies.
According to the school district and fellow students, the accusations are completely false, yet the girl has had to live with the harassment the stories have generated. She has even received death threats simply because she wants to be able to be herself and be safe in school.
**Click here to send the student a message of support and here to learn more about Transgender Student Rights, GLSEN’s student-powered program supporting trans youth.**

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Asian and Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ Resources

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:

APIQWTC (Asian & Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Coalition), which provides opportunities for Asian & Pacific Islander queer women and transgender people to socialize, network, build community, engage in inter-generational organizing, and increase community visibility
NQAPIA (National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance), a network of Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander LGBTQ organizations
Asian Pacific Islander Resource Kit by GLAAD (also links to other resources)

Historical information from the US National Park Service:

Some LGBTQ+ Asian/Pacific Islander Creators:

Jean Melesaine (queer, Sāmoan, artist, documentary photographer, and one of the founding members of One Love Oceania)
Ingrid Nilsen (half-Thai, lesbian, beauty vlogger and internet personality)
Kit Yan (trans/queer, Chinese-Hawaiian, playwright, poet, performer, and lyricist)
Chrysanthemum Tran (trans/queer, Vietnamese American poet, performer and teaching artist)
Chella Man (deaf, Jewish-Chinese, genderqueer, artist)
Patrick G. Lee (queer, Korean-American, journalist and filmmaker)
Pati Solomona Tyrell (queer, Sāmoan, artist/photographer based in Tāmaki Makaurau)

Other Helpful/Informational Links:

A collection of links to readings on Asian American gay and lesbian history
Being Asian/Pacific Islander & LGBTQ: An Introduction (an article by the HRC featuring research regarding important issues in the community, as well as links to other resources)
Gender Identity and Sexual Identity in the Pacific and Hawai'i
10 South Asian LGBTQ Books That Changed My Life (an article by Priya Arora)
Wikipedia’s Timeline of Asian and Pacific Islander diasporic LGBT history
Kumu Hina (a documentary about the struggle to maintain Pacific Islander culture/values within modern Hawaiʻi, told through the lens of Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, a Native Hawaiian māhū [someone who embodies both a male and female spirit], and an honored and respected kumu [teacher], cultural practitioner, and community leader)

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