GLSEN Central Ohio is focused on ensuring safe and inclusive schools for all students, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
Happy Pride, Ohio! 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
The first TransOhio Zine: “Trans Joy” is now available - download a free copy today! We had 56 trans contributors from 32 different Ohio localities. Thank you for sharing your joy!
Read (Zine 2023): tinyurl.com/TransOhioZine202…
Happy Pride Month and happy #LGBTQFamiliesDay! Participate by sharing a photo, image, or message in celebration of all families w/LGBTQ people in them! Need a reason to take part? Here are 12! #Pride#PrideMonth#PrideMonth2023
ALT 12 Reasons to Participate in LGBTQ Families Day
1. You’re an LGBTQ parent
2. You have an LGBTQ parent
3. You’re LGBTQ and want to be a parent
4. You’re LGBTQ with found, formed, or chosen family
5. You have an LGBTQ kid
6. You might have an LGBTQ kid someday
7. You have another LGBTQ relative
8. You have LGBTQ friends and/or friends with LGBTQ parents
9. Your kids have LGBTQ friends and/or friends with LGBTQ parents
10. You're a teacher, coach, or clergy member of LGBTQ kids and/or kids with LGBTQ parents
11. You’re an ally to LGBTQ families
12. You believe LGBTQ families, like all families, deserve equality, dignity, and respect
June 1, 2023 #LGBTQFamiliesDay
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! It's been a tough time for our community so while we continue to fight for equality and acceptance, we're gonna be celebrating queer joy all month long. Because we deserve it!
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Happy #Pride! For 50 years we’ve fought alongside the #LGBTQ community and everyone living with #HIV in pursuit of justice and equality—and we will continue leading the charge. ✊ There’s no stopping us because stopping isn’t an option. Our pride is unstoppable. 🌈✨
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Pride season's here, and whether we're showing up for a #Pride march or a PFLAG meeting, we are #PFLAGProud 24/7/365. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Join us this month and all year long to create a caring, just, and affirming world for #LGBTQ people and those who love them. #PrideMonth
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It's TIIMMEEEEEE!!!! PRIDE MONTH IS HERE, Y'ALL! 🏳️🌈
We are so excited to celebrate with you all month long! We're here, we're taking up space, and we're proud to be #LGBTQ!
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Happy Pride! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
🥳 We're celebrating YOU! In all the ways you can and can't show up in this world, we see you. Know that you are radiant. You are extraordinary. And you absolutely belong. We're proud to stand with and for you, always. #BelongingBeginsHere
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Happy Pride! As you celebrate, reflect & fight, remember that #intersex people are part of both the #LGBTQIA2S umbrella & the ongoing struggle for human rights. #Pride2023 💜💛🌈
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SEX. 👏 ED. 👏 FOR. 👏 ALL!
We are committed to bridging the gap for communities who have limited resources to accessible sexual health education here in Ohio.
Learn more about The Ohio Center for Sex Education: bit.ly/3VIy0T2
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BIG NEWS: Our #LetUsPlay campaign is LIVE!
Go to letusplay.team/ and tell the government that #TitleIX must protect ALL trans intersex students. We need your voice!
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1 in 5 new HIV cases occurs in people ages 13 to 24. #NYAAD reminds us to make young people’s health & education a priority. Learn more at bit.ly/3LsRWWM.
March is #WomensHistoryMonth. This month we're featuring BIPOC transgender and gender non-conforming women from history.
✨ Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002) was a gay liberation and transgender rights activist from New York City.
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✨ NEW✨ #RiseUp4LGBTQ shirts, stickers, lanyards, and pins have just landed in our shop! 100% of the proceeds support GLSEN's work to create safe and inclusive schools for all.
🛍️ Shop now at shop.glsen.org
ALT Blue illustrated people on a pink background with text that reads "In over of the over 2 million LGBTQ youth who exist in the United States, we Rise Up and engage affirming communities across the country to show 2 million displays of public support".
ALT Image of Mel wearing a black shirt that says "Rise Up for LGBTQ Youth" with the text "Whether it's wearing a button or shirt, or sharing a digital poster, we are creating symbols of hope that can spread the word far and wide to show we are here, and we will Rise Up for LGBTQ Youth"
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We must seek to transform narratives that deepen hate by supporting LGBTQ young people in public ways.
Sign the pledge today ➡️ glsen.org/riseup#RiseUp4LGBTQ
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