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Youth Resource Guide

Note: You can find a copy of "An Administrator's Guide to Handling Anti-Gay Harassment" and "An Educator's Guide to Intervening in Anti- Gay Harassment" at the website for The Safe Schools Coalition of Washington State, http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org. The guides are extremely clear and helpful. They may be duplicated.

The American Psychological Association
750 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: (202) 336-5500
Fax: (202) 682-6352
Web: http://www.apa.org

This organization has begun the Healthy Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students Project (HSP), http://www.apa.org/ed/lgby.html, which is designed to serve the needs of all personnel working with this student population. The project can be accessed through the Association's website, which includes "Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators and School Personnel."

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
125 Broad St., 18th Floor
New York NY, 10004
Phone: (212) 549-2627. (Phones are staffed from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)
Fax: (212) 549-2650
Web: http://www.aclu.org/safeschools
E-mail: lgbthiv@aclu.org

The Lesbian & Gay Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union has launched "Every Student, Every School." The in-service training program at the core of this campaign is geared to teach educators about the problems caused by homophobia in schools and how to take positive steps to resolve them. "Every Student, Every School" offers more than just the training program for schools. It also offers resources concerning how to advocate for district-wide nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policies, and how to resolve such common gay-related student issues as same-sex dates for proms and gay student clubs.

Committee on Lesbian and Gay Concerns
of the National Association of Social Workers 15 Park Row, 20th floor
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 501-2690
Email: nasw@naswnyc.org
Web: http://www.naswnyc.org

This committee provides social and educational support for social workers.

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
121 West 27th St., Suite 804
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 727-0135
Fax: (212) 727-0254
Email: glsen@glsen.org
Web: http://www.glsen.org

GLSEN provides student curriculum and staff training materials designed to fight anti-gay prejudice and hate motivated violence in schools. The organization also provides guidance and support in organizing Gay- Straight Student Alliances in schools.

GLSEN CT
179 A Louisiana Ave.
Bridgeport, CT 06610
Email: glsenct@aol.com
Web: http://www.outinct.com/glsen

This organization, together with Planned Parenthood of CT, has published "Tackling Gay Issues in School." This document contains recommended curriculum, staff development and extra-curricular activities and resources.

Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth
State House
Room 111
Boston, MA 02133
Phone: (617) 828-3039

Massachusetts has, as a state, set up a model program for addressing anti- gay bigotry in schools. The report, "Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth," outlines what they have done to address this issue.

Harvard Gay and Lesbian School Issues Project
Harvard Graduate School of Education
2 Appian Way
10 Longfellow Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 491-5301

This project produces materials for teachers, counselors and administrators. It also produces gay and lesbian curriculum for schools, K-12.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
120 Wall St., Suite 1500
New York, NY 10005-3904
Phone: (212) 809-8585
Fax: (212) 809-0050
Email: lambdalegal@lambdalegal.com
Web: http://www.lambdalegal.org

This organization publishes several useful documents that can be downloaded from the organization's site. Two of these documents are:

"Improving School Policies and State Laws: A Landmark Compendium of Model Policies and Laws:": http://www.lambdalegal.org/cgibin/pages/documents/record?record=196
"Legal Perspectives on Ensuring a Safe and Nondiscriminatory School Environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Students:": http://www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/pages/documents/record?record=706

National Education Association
1201 16th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036-3290
Phone: (202) 822-9700
Web: http://www.nea.org
This organization publishes several documents of value to the educator. Among them are: "Strengthening the Learning Environment: A School Employees Guide to Gay and Lesbian Issues" and "Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators and School Personnel." (The latter source was jointly developed by a variety of professional organizations and can be requested by email to ccalhoun@nea.org.)

National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)
1638 R Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: (202) 319-7596
Fax: (202) 319-7365
Email: nyac@nyacyouth.org
Web: http://www.nyacyouth.org
NYAC is the only national organization focused solely on information and education addressing the broad range of issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) youth. Their Bridges Project is the national clearing house for providing information, resources and assistance to GLBT youth and those that support them.

New Jersey Education Association
Sexual Orientation Issues in Schools Committee
180 West State St.
P.O. Box 1211
Trenton, New Jersey 08607
Phone: (609) 599-4561
Fax: (609) 392-6321
Web: http://www.njea.org
This committee has been established to address questions of sexual orientation in schools. It has developed training materials regarding employee rights and responsibilities regarding issues of sexuality.

The Safe Schools Coalition of Washington
Phone: (888) 307-9275
Phone: (206) 233-9136
Email: questions@safeschoolscoalition.org
Web: http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org
This organization produces the most frequently sited source of information for educators. It identifies sources of information and guidelines for administrators, teachers, GLBT students and their families when dealing with instances of harassment. The Resource Guide is available for download, at no cost, on the website.

Sexuality Information and Education Council
of the United States (SIECUS)
130 West 42nd St. Suite 350
New York, NY 10036-7902
Phone: (212) 819-9770
Fax: (212) 819-9776
Email: siecus@siecus.org
Web: http://www.siecus.org
This organization provides comprehensive information and educational resources on human sexuality. "SIECUS Reports" is a bimonthly professional journal.

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
65 Bergen St.
Room 715
Newark, NJ 07107
Phone: (800) 249-7750
The Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine has two programs available to schools. They focus on testing, treating and prevention aspects of teen health:

STOP (Spend Time on Prevention)
The program uses a mobile unit to visit Newark area high schools. It provides information on HIV and free HIV testing. If a teen tests positive, the teen is enrolled in the START program.

POWER Outreach: Peer Outreach Workers Educating Risk Takers
Phone: (973) 972-1373
This is a teen theatrical group that presents programs on substance abuse, HIV and sexual orientation for Newark-area schools.

U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-0498
Phone: (800) 872-5327
Web: http://www.ed.gov

This department publishes guides for schools on addressing harassment and hate crimes toward students, and for developing school and district policies and procedures around these issues. Probably most useful is the guide, "Protecting Students from Harassment and Hate Crime."

The following book has been cited and endorsed by an impressive number of practitioners in the field and many of the organizations listed above as an excellent text on counseling gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth:

Ryan, Caitlin and Futterman, Donna. Lesbian and Gay Youth: Care and Counseling. New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 1998.

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