The GenderYOUTH Network
empowers youth leaders to build safer classrooms and communities where
all youth can learn, grow and succeed, whether or not they conform to
expectations for masculinity and femininity.
Recent Accomplishments
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GenderYOUTH activists at Guilford
College lead successful bid to expand non-discrimination policy to
include "gender identity and expression."
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Published
2007 GENIUS Index --
documenting 147 colleges and universities with inclusive
non-discrimination policies.
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New Resource!
2007 GENIUS
Action Tool-Kit a companion piece to the GENIUS Index on expanding
school policies to be inclusive of gender identity and expression.
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Brought more than 250 community youth,
parents, and educators together in North Lawndale (Chicago)
with Talib Kweli and community leaders to strategize best ways to challenge messages of homophobia,
hyper-masculinity and misogyny in hip-hop.
What's happening
on your campus? Drop us a line at
youth@gpac.org!
