LGBTQ Students: Letters for When You're Fighting Discrimination
Many of the ways in which schools violate LGBTQ students’ rights are things we at the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ have seen countless times. For example, public high schools try to prevent students from forming gay-straight alliance clubs all the time, despite very clear instructions from the Equal Access Act and over a dozen federal court victories for GSAs over the past two decades. The law is crystal clear, but schools keep getting away with breaking the law far too often.

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Students experiencing anti-LGBTQ discrimination at their schools can for help, but you may first want to try advocating for yourself using one of our many open letters to schools. These letters are PDFs on ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ letterhead that explain schools' legal obligations on a variety of issues that frequently affect LGBTQ students. Feel free to print any letter that applies to your situation, give it to your principal or superintendent, ask them to reconsider their position, and tell them, “I found this on the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ website!â€
Open Letters to Schools
Letters updated September 2024
Prohibitions on LGBTQ+ Rainbow Flags and Other Pride Displays