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The Boulder Valley Safe Schools Coalition

is a volunteer group working to make Boulder Valley schools safe and welcoming
for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and questioning students, parents, and staff.

Our Vision:

Each school is a place where every family can belong, every educator can teach, and every child can learn.

Upcoming Events!

TYES (Trans Youth Education and Support) support group meetings 4:00 to 6:00pm on: May 6.
TYES is a peer-facilitated support group for transgender/gender variant children and their families. Monthly meetings are held in Lafayette, and may include an opportunity for questions and/or a discussion with an excellent local gender therapist. Contact Karen at (720) 443-7708 or by email at tyes.group@gmail.com for location and further information.

Featured Items

Transgender 101
by Nicholas Teich
Columbia University Press
March 2012
Transgender 101 provides a wonderful introduction for anyone who is curious about transgender people and issues, including family and friends of transgender people. It’s also a perfect primer for graduate students in the fields of social work, psychology, counseling, and medicine, as well as students interested in gender and queer studies.
http://www.nickteich.com/Transgender_101/Home.html

Coming Out as Gay Can Have Health Benefits if Family is Supportive
Feb. 15, 2012
Coming out of the closet is good for your health -- if your family members are supportive, that is. Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health interviewed almost 6,000 LGB adults and found that two thirds of them experienced significantly less mental health and substance abuse problems if they received positive support from their parents after coming out – this was especially true for women.
The study was featured in the Huffington Post, April 12 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/coming-out-gay-health-benefits-study-_n_1418761.html
The full article was published in the Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 59, no. 2. - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00918369.2012.648878

Changing the Culture: Ideas for Student Action
Feb. 23, 2012
The purpose of this document is to provide positive action items that students can take to make their schools and communities healthier places and to challenge meanness and cruelty. It is presented as a list of ideas. While none of these initiatives have been evaluated, they are grounded in a research-driven understanding of interventions, practices, and actions that can be helpful in improving school culture.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/IdeasForStudents.pdf

“Becoming Me” – episode of In the Life
Excellent 30-min video. Eight families with transgender and gender non-conforming children ranging in ages from 5 to 25 share their stories. With the healthy development of their children at stake, parents must confront binary perceptions of gender, widespread transphobia, and complicated parenting decisions. Great combination of children’s perspectives, parents’ input, and expert opinion.
http://www.itlmedia.org/clips/entry/becoming-me-full-episode


 
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