Gay-straight alliances

Gay-Straight Alliances are student organizations, found primarily in North American high schools and universities, that are intended to provide a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) youth and their straight allies (LGBTA).
The goal of most, if not all, gay-straight alliances is to make their school community safe and welcoming to all students regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. They participate in national campaigns to raise awareness, such as the Day of Silence, National Coming Out Day, and No Name Calling Week. Many GSAs work with local chapters of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, commonly called GLSEN. The registered number of GSAs to GLSEN is over 3000, as of 2006.
Although rulings have made it possible for GSAs to legally meet at public schools, many of the groups are placed into a "non-school sponsored" status by their school boards or schools, thereby making it difficult for the students to officially form a GSA or have their concerns seen or heard on campus. For example, in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System of North Carolina, GSAs are allowed to meet but are considered non–school sponsored; the groups aren't allowed to use the school's intercom system for announcements like other student clubs, to be portrayed as a school club in the yearbook, to have their club funds held in school accounts, to participate in school activities in which sponsored clubs are allowed, or to be a part of the student organization component of each school's Student Government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay-straight_alliance

I find this to not only be wrong, but also crossing constitutional boundaries. Since obviously the schools "morals" are playing a role, which they shouldn't be, given separation of church and state.
And in in not allowing GSA's to be founded with in the school or exist at all, they are helping stir conflict and ignorance. Not to mention the fact they are beneficial to the school community as a whole by offering guidance and support to GLBT students who often can't get any.

are an excuse for straight people to go to gay pride!!!!!!
was fun

Why can't straight people go to a gay pride parade?

I mean, what's the point of gay people, showing off their pride to other gay people.
...Sorta, defeats the point.

Anji:

Why can't straight people go to a gay pride parade?

I mean, what's the point of gay people, showing off their pride to other gay people.
...Sorta, defeats the point.

good point.

There's a gay-straight alliance at my school, but I'm not in it. I'm gay, but I don't identify with that community at all.

Yeah, I'd prefer to keep it to myself, not out of embaressment, but for the sake of being conservative.

Our GSA has very few members. Everyone in our school is too embarassed to show up, regardless of orientation.

Damn my school and it's lack of club enthusiasm.

I don't live in North America

PLUS. I went to a Catholic school. I mean, come on, they never actually taught us about contraception in high school because of Catholic dogma on that subject, and considering that, would they really have a group for gay students?

No.

The GSA in my school was really popular among a vast majority of students.
My brother is gay and a member, I would've joined in support but I don't really....find myself liking those sort of groups. (Not the GSA group specifically, just...idk, school groups concerning labelling or whatever.)
in my school's GSA there was only one straight member. Our school supported the GSA, allowed them to put posters etc. up around the school...but I'm not sure if they'll be in the yearbook.

Should there even be a need for such groups? People should be more accepting of others in the first place.

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Should there even be a need for such groups? People should be more accepting of others in the first place.

There's a big difference between "should be" and "are", though.

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Should there even be a need for such groups? People should be more accepting of others in the first place.

Idealism, it's a good concept but really doesn't work in this world.

People AREN'T accepting of others, far from it. People are egotistical, EXTREMELY egotistical and they are EXTREMELY egocentrical. People only care about what they want and they only accept what they want to except. People don't bring the karts to the holding space( where they SHOULD be) because it takes SO much effort on there part to walk 20 feet, in the rain, heat or snow despite the fact that some poor bagger who maybe really tiny, tired or sick will have to get that kart, and all the others in the heat, rain and snow.
the same goes for excepting others. People SHOULD be excepting, but are they? no. And Why? Because that person and their sexuality is THEY think is not right. some people think that because THEY don't believe that persons sexuality "correct" they have the right harass them, beat them, even kill them.
Do they have the right to do that? No. Is it correct? ABSOLUTELY NOT. But they don't care because that's what they want to do and what they think is the right thing to do.

And you think this club makes people accepting? Not even close, the majority of people in the GSA at my school are there to make fun of other kids until they get kicked out so they can blow off advisory. And anyways, the people who join the club seriously already have accepting views. Them joining this club isn't going to impact the ones who don't, they'd only be isolating and seperating themselves even more.

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And you think this club makes people accepting? Not even close, the majority of people in the GSA at my school are there to make fun of other kids until they get kicked out so they can blow off advisory. And anyways, the people who join the club seriously already have accepting views. Them joining this club isn't going to impact the ones who don't, they'd only be isolating and seperating themselves even more.

We have laws that make people behave, but do people behave? no. Does that mean that we should do away with laws?
And no, it doesn't make people more excepting, and why should it? After all, people DO have free will. That's like saying, there's a church down the street so everyone is going to believe in God now, it's ignorant to think way. But the people who already believe will go and over time, some people who don't with the help of the church community or just by there own self, will aswell.

The point (ideally) of the GSA is to form a group of GLBT kids and straight kids so's to have an impact on the school and the community with regards to that lifestyle( like combating ignorance.) Which is something that has better and faster results when spearheaded by a group as apposed to one or two people. It's supposed to from bonds and alliances with said kids and at it's most basic function, it's a club, a meeting, where people with similar lifestyles and meet and talk which is really, the purpose for them. But if issues DO come up, because there is an organized group, something can be done, as apposed to their being nothing at all.

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And no, it doesn't make people more excepting, and why should it? After all, people DO have free will. That's like saying, there's a church down the street so everyone is going to believe in God now, it's ignorant to think way.

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The point (ideally) of the GSA is to form a group of GLBT kids and straight kids so's to have an impact on the school and the community with regards to that lifestyle

So then you think its pointless? If it isn't going to make people more accepting and if its ignorant to think that way then whats the point?

There's GSA at my school, and I support it and everything (I'm not in it but I have a lot of gay and bi friends) but some of the things people do disturb me. Like, I was talking to this girl and my gay friend Jason came by and she greeted him quite warmly, but then the second he walked away she said, "He's gay, isn't he? that's so gross." I gave her a disgusted look and walked away...haven't talked to her since and I have no desire to do otherwise. People that can't have respect for people that are different than them don't deserve my time.

Anji:

Why can't straight people go to a gay pride parade?

I mean, what's the point of gay people, showing off their pride to other gay people.
...Sorta, defeats the point.

I went to the Pride. Actually, I was in town by accident, but I bought a gay pride pin and told a bunch of homophobes that were spitting to piss off.

I am a proud supporter of the GHGSA(Glouceseter High Gay-Staight Allinace) my best friemd is bisexual and I'm totally ok with that even if i am as striaght as a board. I am proud to be part of it.

That's awesome! I wish there was one at my school, we could really use it. Although I'm not personally gay, the majority of my friends are, and if we had a GSA everything would be so much better, just generally.

I'm going to ask my principle about it once we get back to school.