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Are you or a friend being harassed in school? Report it here. We'll begin a dialogue with you to address your harassment. If you request, we'll contact your school and see if we can work with them to make your school a safer place for all students.

Request Gatherings
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Have a complaint about something that violates Free Rein's Community Standards? Let us know.

National Organizations

HRC
As America's largest gay and lesbian organizations, HRC effectively lobbies Congress; mobilizes grassroots action in diverse communities; invests strategically to elect a fair-minded Congress; and increases public understanding through innovative education and communication strategies.

Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, the transgendered, and people with HIV or AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.

GLSEN
GLSEN (pronounced "glisten") is the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network, the largest national network of parents, students, educators and others ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression in K-12 schools.

NYAC
The National Youth Advocacy Coalition advocates for and with young people.

GLAAD
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

NGLTF
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is the oldest national organization working to working to eliminate prejudice, violence, discrimination and injustice against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people at the local, state and national level.

PFLAG
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

GSA Resources

Free Rein's compiled resources about GSAs.
This source combines much of the recent info on the web about GSAs - from what to do, what a GSA is, your school's legal requirements, and sample club bylaws. (You need to be registered to view this resource.)

GSA Network
Great resource on GSAs!

ACLU's Information on Safer Schools
Stats, tips, and general information on ways to get involved in your community.

GLSEN's GSA Resource Center
The name says it all.

Special note: Free Rein believes GSAs across the country should work together to share and expand on ideas. We'd like to develop a portion of our online community specifically for GSAs, and we've already started a forum with a complete outline of the basics of starting a GSA. Register with Free Rein today and join the discussions!

Health and Safety Matters

AIDSAction
Site dedicated to the education and prevention of HIV/AIDS.

Directories and Communities

Planet Out
Online queer community-- resourceful, yet very broad.

Youth Resource
Good starting point. They have an excellent community and web pages for and by GLBT teens just like you!

Youth Guardian Services
Okay-- if you have your own e-mail address, and you want to converse with people safely-- check this site out. They have e-mail discussion lists for GLBT teens of all age ranges.

Queer Resource Directory
Everything queer you could think of.

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