GSA Network founder Carolyn Laub to leave after 16 years as executive director

The board of directors of Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Nerwork) have announced  that the organization’s Founder and Executive Director, Carolyn Laub, will transition out of the organization at the end of August. The announcement comes as Laub concludes a 3-month sabbatical, which she used to reflect on her 16 years of leadership at GSA Network…

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Students and families optimistic that School Success and Opportunity Act (AB1266) will remain law

Transgender students, and their parents, educators and friends today are both relieved and concerned that that while the California School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266), which helps schools better understand how to provide a fair opportunity for transgender students to participate and succeed, failed to qualify for a referendum based on a random count…

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LGBT Youth Conference prepares hundreds to change their schools

SAN FRANCISCO, – Hundreds of California students joined together Dec. 14 with the goal of ensuring all youth, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, have the opportunity to succeed in school. The 9th annual Youth Empowerment Summit (YES), hosted by the Gay-Straight Alliance Network of California and planned and led by youth, drew high…

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