Friday, March 28, 2008

OKLAHOMA: Gay-straight network for schools will be formed

Local support organizations are launching a regional gay-straight alliance network for area high schools with a youth leadership summit Saturday.

Oklahomans for Equality, Youth Services of Tulsa and the Mental Health Association in Tulsa will present the day of workshops for teenagers, parents, teachers and school administrators at the Youth Services building.

The idea for a network of gay-straight alliances came from evaluating a 2005 needs assessment of the Tulsa lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community. More than half of the respondents said youth services was a top-five need.

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