Founded 1998 Area served United States | Headquarters Oakland, California Website gsanetwork.org | |
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Motto Trans and queer youth uniting for racial and gender justice Key people Carolyn Laub
(founder and former executive director)
Ginna Brelsford
(current co-executive director)
Geoffrey Winder
(current co-executive director) | ||
GSA Network is a nonprofit organization that assists students with starting gay–straight alliances (GSA) to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools. GSA Network originally focused on supporting youth in California, and still has its headquarters in Oakland, California, but is now active nationwide.
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History
GSA Network was founded by Carolyn Laub in 1998 working with 40 GSA clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization expanded and in 2001 GSA Network became a statewide organization. In 2005, GSA Network began operating programs nationally. In 2008, GSA Network incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Prior to that, GSA Network was a fiscally sponsored project of The Tides Center.
In 2015, Ginna Brelsford and Geoffrey Winder assumed the roles of co-executive directors of GSA Network.
In the spring of 2016, GSA Network changed its name from "Gay Straight-Alliance Network" to "Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network" to better reflect the diverse range of identities of the youth participating in its programming. At the same time, the organization adopted its current tagline of "trans and queer youth uniting for racial and gender justice."
GSA Network currently has staff based in Oakland, Fresno, and Los Angeles, California, as well as New Orleans, Louisiana, and Chicago, Illinois.
Programs
GSA Network activities and programs currently active include: