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Gay-Straight Alliances in High Schools: Social Predictors of Early Adoption
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Fetner, Tina; Kush, Kristin – Youth & Society, 2008
This article examines the patterns of emergence of gay-straight alliances (GSAs) in public high schools in the United States. These extracurricular student groups offer safe spaces, social support, and opportunities for activism to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and straight students. Combining data on various characteristics of…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Public Schools, Regression (Statistics), Homosexuality