The head of my school is refusing to let my friends and I put together a GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) club because he doesn’t wanna make “controversy” or a “blunt message.” That is coming across as homophobic and disrespectful to the LGBTQ+ students and allies in the school that would enjoy and benefit from a GSA club and an experience that it has to offer.

“I spoke with a couple of other educators in other schools and they immediately knew what a GSA was and shared their common assumptions about what it meant for it to be in the school... exactly the kind of blunt message and misinterpretation that I would like to avoid.” -The Head of my School