Student Advocate of the Year Ose Arheghan at the 2017 GLSEN Respect Awards - Los Angeles I remember my first week of high school. During lunch, I was sitting in the journalism classroom (which doubles as the meeting room for my school’s Gay-Straight Alliance), and two of the coolest people I’d ever seen in my...
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10 LGBTQ Youth Share How They Carpe Love!
Many teenagers feel pressured to have some sort of romantic relationship around Valentine’s Day. We see posts on social media like “My boyfriend got me this!” “My partner got me that!” and many, including myself, will retweet or comment “goals” on those posts without thinking. GLSEN’s National Student Council partnered with...
This Law Isolates Queer Students Like Me, and It Has to Be Repealed
Growing up in school in South Carolina was so isolating. All of my friends would talk about having sex, and I would tell lies about how much fun I had with a made-up girl. Attending health class was hard for me as a gay high school student in 2015. I...