GLSEN

GLSEN is such a great program, I had heard of it before but I never ventured to the website until now. There are so many great articles, resources and tools to help anyone become more aware of the alliance. With my sister being in theater I've been around lesbian and gay's all my life and I think nothing of it. I feel very strongly about this bullying and harassing of LGBT's. It made me remember a class discussion that I had back in the 7th grade. Our English teacher brought up the subject and was trying to make kids more aware of what was going on. There was one kid that was just outright rude and disrespectful and kept on saying how it was "gross and disgusting" and that it shouldn't be allowed. I was not going to let him get away with that so I stood up and freaked on him. I dont remember exactly what I said but I do remember how I felt and I was furious. I was upset and pissed off that people could be so unwilling to being supportive about this and I didn't understand why it was such a big deal in the first place. I later figured out that people are afriad of being different and out of the everyday "norm" of society.

The resource kit I liked the most was the one for the Day of Silence. I think that it shows courage and strength and really speaks to all people. By participating it speaks to other children/classmates, teachers, faculty and their own family. It has many useful handouts and information for teachers students and parents to try to get everyone on board with why this is so important.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOIIwmVbzw&feature=related