Subject: strictly fyi: resource for health care (including school-based clinic) staff, twitter count of homophobic slurs, building community |
From: "Reis, Beth" <Beth.Reis@kingcounty.gov> |
Date: 9/27/2012 10:59 AM |
To: NEWS@safeschoolscoalition.org |
Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:
(1) free transgender medical consultation service for health care providers, staffed by trusted experts
(2) new website tallies homophobic slurs on Twitter in real time
(3) web sites rich with activity ideas for GSAs and other clubs and for community building in the classroom
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(1) free transgender medical consultation service for health care providers, staffed by trusted experts
A national online transgender medical consultation service that offers health care providers up-to-date transgender clinical information and individualized case consultation
across a broad range of clinical transgender issues. TransLine is staffed by expert medical providers from LGBT clinics from around the nation who can help you provide the best possible care to your transgender patients. Go to:
http://project-health.org/transline/
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(2) new website tallies homophobic slurs on Twitter in real time
Go to:
www.nohomophobes.com
The site counted more than 400,000 last week alone and over 17,000 so far today, as of this posting.
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(3) web sites rich with activity ideas for GSAs and other clubs and for community building in the classroom
A compilation of youth group games sites:
http://www.youthgroupgames.org/resources
K-12 lessons and teaching ideas from Scholastic:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/creating-classroom-community
K-12 classroom community-building from Teaching Tolerance:
http://www.tolerance.org/activity/classroom-community-building
A lesson for grades 3-5 from the Anti-Defamation League:
http://www.adl.org/education/911/911_3_5.asp
Building Your GSA from the GSA Network:
http://www.gsanetwork.org/resources/building-your-gsa
Build It Up from the Colorado GSA Network:
http://cogsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/OC_ProgrammingGuide.pdf
Community Building Activities from Teachers for Social Justice:
http://www.teachersforjustice.org/2009/02/resource-community-building-activities.html
Leadership for Social Justice: Capacity-Building Resource Manual:
http://www.sit.edu/SITOccasionalPapers/lsj_resource_manual.pdf
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