FIVE ESSENTIAL ARTICLES


STOPPING ANTI-GAY ABUSE OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

Publication of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

This excellent publication should be in the hands of every school official. The contents include among other topics such vital information as how to report abuse, who is a legally viable school official, and how to document complaint procedures.

The full text is available through Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund through:
www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/documents/record?record=124

A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE STATEWIDE LAWS/POLICIES:
PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT STUDENTS IN K-12 SCHOOLS

Joint publication of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Gay and Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN)

This publication addresses how to stop discrimination, harassment, and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students in schools.

The full text is available through Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund:
www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/documents/record?record=958

MODEL ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY

This publication by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a model policy statement that addresses anti-harassment.

The full text is available through the ACLU:
lwww.aclu.org/issues/gay/schoolpolicy.html

THE EQUAL ACCESS ACT (EAA):
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Publication prepared by David Buckel, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal

…"Under the EAA, public secondary schools must recognize gay related groups where the schools receive federal assistance and have a "limited open forum." If the EAA applies, a school must provide a gay-related student group with access to the school equal to the access provided to other student groups."

This publication includes such topics as what does the EAA prohibit, what triggers the EAA, what is a limited open forum, and what is the meaning of noncurriculum related.

The full text is available through Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund:
www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/documents/record?record=78

GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCES FORMED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS

Why School Officials Need to Treat Them Equally

Lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal Defense and Education
Fund and the National Center for Lesbian Rights developed this document fighting bans on gay/straight alliances in Utah and in Glendale, California.

For the full text, contact the ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project 212.549.2627, http://www.aclu.org/, or Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund at 212.809-8585, 323.937.2728, http://www.lambdalegal.org/, or National Center for Lesbian Rights at 415.392.6257.