Safe and Welcoming Schools
Safe zones, welcoming environments, and educator and GSA resources
Safe Zones and Welcoming Schools
- Safe Zones Overview
- Safe Zones: Rights and Responsibilities
- How to Make Your Office & Organization More Welcoming
- Creating a Welcoming Environment for LGBTQ+ Youth in Your Organization-Toolkit
- RLAS Guidance – Fostering Safe and Supportive Schools Through Language (2018)
- Communications & Organizing Toolkit for LGBT-Inclusive Schools
- Schools in Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 (2016)
- Human Rights Campaign- Supporting and Caring for Transgender Children (2016)
Self-Assessment
RLAS Self-Assessment (blank)
LGBTQ Inclusivity in Schools: A Self-Assessment Tool (CDC 2020)
Educator Guides
- Teaching Respect- LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum and School Climate (2011)
- GLSEN Educator Guides
- GLSEN-Inclusive Curriculum Helps LGBTQ Youth Infographic (2017)
- GLSEN-Developing LGBT-Inclusive Classroom Resources (2019)
- Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students: A Teaching Tolerance Guide
- Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students: A Teaching Tolerance Guide – Appendix
- Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students: A Teaching Tolerance Guide – Poster
- GLSEN- State Inclusive Curricular Standards
- GLSEN Safe Space Kit
- A Queer Endeavor—A nationally recognized center for gender and sexual diversity in education. Our work supports teachers and school communities to organize safer, more humanizing learning environments for LGBTQ+ youth, families, and staff.
For GSAs / Students
- Coming Out- A Handbook for LGBT Young People (The Trevor Project)
- LGBTQ Family Friendly Book List for Young Adults (2018)
- Know Your Rights-A Guide for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students (ACLU and GLSEN 2017)
- National Association of GSA Networks
Additional Resources, Guides, and Videos
- Safe Places, Safe Spaces: Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Environments for Traumatized LGBTQ Youth Video (2015) and Video Resource Guide
- LGBTQ Youth: Voices of Trauma, Lives of Promise (2016)
- GLAAD Back to School Resources for LGBT Students, Parents, and Teachers (2014)
- NM Genders and Sexualities Alliance Network
- Changing the Game – The GLSEN Sports Project
- We Choose All of Us Campaign (violence awareness and prevention, activism, graphic novels)
- ThinkB4YouSpeak Campaign – GLSEN (anti-slur/anti-defamation) and Educator’s Guide (2008)