A coordinated political effort is trying to erase LGBTQ+ youth. Here’s what they say they need.
In a moment when LGBTQ+ young people are finding themselves talked about constantly, but rarely listened to, we decided it was time to do things differently. The current administration has made its hostility toward LGBTQ+ people in schools explicit. Policies targeting what this administration calls “gender ideology” – a label used to justify stripping documented protective content from schools already failing to keep LGBTQ+ students safe – are erasing LGBTQ+ young people from classrooms and from history itself. In February 2026, we launched a new name and brand identity: Glisten. After 35 years advocating for LGBTQ+ youth in K–12 education, […]