Gay Straight Alliance.

[The Flash]

Tomorrow is the first meeting for the Gay Straight Alliance at my school! and im wondering if i should join?
Im not gay, nor am i super straight.

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

Well if you want to join, join! :) You dont need to be bi, or gay to join.

[The Flash]

Well if you want to join, join! :) You dont need to be bi, or gay to join.

What kinds of things do they do?

[eggy101]

why not go see what do u have to loose?

[TigerBoy]

They should help build awareness and tolerance of LGBT people and counter bullying of them and in general.

So this doesn't have to be about your own sexuality, but it is about your own personal moral values. If you have friends or peers you think should be allowed to live their lives without being bullied, hurt or even killed, then yes you might want to join.

It is very likely you know LGBT people without even realising it, so just imagine that one of your close friends could be in the closet and do whatever you would do normally to take care of them.

[Jon Doe 401]

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[DerBear]

See we don't get these things much in the UK. Or well at least I have never heard of anything like it in my school or near by schools.

However if you want to join you join. I am sure it will be a great way to fight the LGTB haters.

Good Luck and if you join I hope it goes well :)

[StoppingTime]

If it is something you are passionate about, and want to do, then join.
As others have said, it creates a safe environment for LGBT teens, and, I think it tries to spread awareness of LGBT.

Of course, there will always be the people who will look at you differently if you do, but that's no reason not to.
"Climb a mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you."
Basically, do what you want so you can have the experience you want to, not shaped on what other people think.

[ImCoolBeans]

It is very likely you know LGBT people without even realising it, so just imagine that one of your close friends could be in the closet and do whatever you would do normally to take care of them.

That is a very good point. There is a chance that you know (many) people who are LGBT and you are not even aware of the fact. It could be very comforting for them to know that you are accepting and do not judge them based on their sexuality.

There is a GSA in my school. I've contemplated joining more than once; but I have a little anxiety over it so I've always strayed away from actually doing it. I think at some point this year I'll join since it's likely that I'll finish coming out in the near future.

While I may think the "day of silence" is pretty silly, I do think that the GSA club can be a really great place of comfort and acceptance for people. Even somebody doesn't join, they could confide in somebody knowing that they are a part of the GSA and be comfortable in telling them.

[The Flash]

See we don't get these things much in the UK. Or well at least I have never heard of anything like it in my school or near by schools.

However if you want to join you join. I am sure it will be a great way to fight the LGTB haters.

Good Luck and if you join I hope it goes well :)

in Ontario, they passed a bill wich requires all schools to have a Gay Straight alliance, if a student requests for one.

[Thomas01]

Well a GSA is a club/group create to help people feel safer at school especially te LGBT community, but not everyone has to be. If you want to help people feel welcome at school then you should join. It's also just another way to make friends and mee new people. At the meetings in my school we talk about lots of things, such as events going on in our area, how to fundraise so that we can put the money into things like promoting awareness, and we also just have fun.

[The Mockingjay]

I'm considering starting one of these, or something like it, at my school when I come out (which is very soon). Does anyone know how to go about it?

[Aidoon123]

What the hell is a gay-straight alliance?

[The Mockingjay]

What the hell is a gay-straight alliance?

It's basically where a group of gays and allies group together to increase awareness and acceptance of gay people in school. They're very good, but unfortunately there's not many in the UK. :(

[Brice]

I think you should do it. There are so many people out there who are gay or bisexual or anything else like that that have to live their whole lives in secret because they're afraid of discrimination by society. SO many people are pushed down by others each day because they're gay or anything else like that. If it was me, I'd do it, because even if people looked at me differently, I'd know that I'm helping people. Again, you don't have to if you don't want to though, like some others said.

[Twilly F. Sniper]

I wish they had this at my school. They dont.