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Butler Lab School 60 Gay Straight Alliance

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Gay Straight Alliance.

About Butler Lab School 60 Gay Straight Alliance

Services Offered

After-school programs

Curriculum

Free Activities available

Mentoring

Skills & Teaching Methods

Advocacy

Community Service

Leadership

Teamwork

Special Needs Offerings

ADD / ADHD

Autism

About

Gay-Straight Alliances, or GSAs, are student-led and student-organized school clubs that aim to create a safe, welcoming, and accepting school environment for all youth, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. GSAs provide a supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students, as well as those who are perceived by others to be LGBT, are questioning their identity, have LGBT friends or family members, or just care about LGBT issues.

GSAs help make schools safer for all students by providing support, educating others in their school about LGBT issues, and engaging in awareness activities like the national Day of Silence. GSAs also allow LGBT and straight students to work together to take on issues that affect all students, including harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Research has shown that LGBT students hear fewer homophobic slurs, experience less harassment, have better attendance, and feel safer at schools that have GSAs. Like any club, what a GSA does is up to its members, but it often includes things like pitching in on community service projects and getting together for social activities.


Location

IPS/Butler University Laboratory School 3330 N Pennsylvania St Indianapolis, Indiana 46205 US