Administrators in a hostile school or community

Everything below should be read as being preceded by "If you can do so without getting fired or disciplined…"

Many of the suggestions in other parts of the educators' section are relevant for school administrators. So check those out in addition to what's here.

• This article might be a good place to start: Supporting LGBTQ Students in the "Don't Say Gay" Era.
• Support your teachers and staff who are out of the closet.
• Support your students who are out.
• If your school allows any extracurricular clubs, it cannot bar the creation of a GSA or stop the GSA meeting on school grounds.
  • Federal Officials Reiterate Protections for LGBTQ+ Student Groups
  • Lambda Legal: Gay-Straight Alliances
  • The Right to Establish a GSA in Public Schools: A Basic Primern (PDF)
• Support your librarians in their desire to purchase age appropriate books that would affirm and be reflective of LGBTQA+/SGL lives and experiences at all life stages.
• Implement your school's or district's anti-bullying and non-discrimination regulations in as queer- and trans-friendly a way as possible.