Terminology
Being an Ally
Demographics
Ways to Support
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100
A person who is emotionally and/or physically attracted to members of the same gender.
What is gay?
100
An individual who speaks out and stands up for a person or group that is targeted and discriminated against.
What is ally?
100
This is the rounded % that heard "gay" used in a negative way frequently or often at school.
What is 80%?
100
The presence of these can have a positive impact on LGBT's school experiences as well as their psychological well-being.
What is educators or teachers or instructors?
100
This champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.
What is Advocates for Youth?
200
A person who is female-identified and who is emotionally and/or physically attracted to other females.
What is lesbian?
200
All students are at risk of this happening at school.
What is bullying?
200
This is the rounded % of students who were harassed or assaulted at school and did not report the incident.
What is 60%?
200
This is most effective at combating anti-LGBT bullying and harassment.
What is a policy or law?
200
This is a national organization focused on the needs, issues, and concerns of gender variant people in human society.
What is Gender Education and Advocacy?
300
A system of oppression that benefits male-identified people at the expense of female-identified people.
What is sexism?
300
Anti-LGBT behavior creates this type of environment?
What is hostile?
300
This is the % of students with Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) that experienced less victimization related to their sexual orientation.
What is 23%?
300
Students who lives in these experience less victimization because of their sexual orientation.
What is states?
300
This promotes the health and well-being of GLBT persons, and their families and friends.
What is Parents and Friends of Lesbian and Gays?
400
An umbrella term referring to people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender. Sometimes the word queer is added to this term.
What is LGBT or LGBTQ?
400
Allies help LGBT students feel this in school?
What is safer or included?
400
This is the % of students that said their school had a GSA or similar club.
What is 45%?
400
The mission is to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
What is GLSEN?
400
This is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations, and supporting equitable school experiences for the nations children; free educational materials are provided to teachers and other practitioners in the U.S. and abroad.
What is Teaching Tolerance?
500
The ongoing process that an LGBT person goes through, to recognize their own identities pertaining to sexual orientation and/or gender identity and gender expression, and to be open about them with others.
What is coming out?
500
Allies do this to anti-LGBT behavior.
What is challenge?
500
This is the % of students in schools with an inclusive curriculum who were more likely to report that their classmates were somewhat or very accepting of LGBT people than other students.
What is 67%?
500
Members of this are certified as professional development facilitators by the national organization and, as volunteers, can make Safe Space training available at FHSU.
What is GLSEN - GKC?
500
This is an international public-private partnership in support of GLBT youth, that is working to help schools - in the U.S. and all over the world - become places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
What is The Safe Schools Coalition?
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