What We Do

Out Youth's Texas Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Network connects and empowers LGBTQIA2+ and allied youth leaders statewide so they can fearlessly be themselves while making schools safer for everyone. Research has shown that the presence of student-led GSA clubs in schools not only has many positive effects on LGBTQIA2+ students, but all youth in schools with GSAs benefit from a learning environment where bigotry is unacceptable. We are working to unite clubs through an online statewide forum and regional coalitions, and provide resources and virtual training to help students, parents, teachers and faculty make Gender & Sexuality Alliance Clubs sustainable for years to come.

36%

safety

LGBTQ students with GSAs in their schools are thirty-six percent more likely to feel safe in school

46%

GSA clubs

Only forty-six percent of students in Texas have access to a Gender & Sexuality Alliance Club in their schools

56%

homophobic school staff

Fifty-six percent of LGBTQ students report hearing homophobic comments
from school personnel