Biden Admin Releases LGBTQ Toolkit Encouraging Schools To Support Student ‘Sexuality’ Clubs

The Department of Education (ED) released an LGBTQ toolkit in June for schools and wider districts to create an “inclusive” environment, encouraging the creation of student clubs centered around Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSA).

The ED’s “Toolkit for Creating Inclusive and Nondiscriminatory School Environments for LGBTQI+ Students” aims to provide school districts and wider areas with sample policies and practices they can adopt to create a “safe and supportive” environment for LGBTQ students. The toolkit encourages schools to hold student-led GSA clubs for kids to discuss “LGBTQI+ issues” and encourages the use of “gender-neutral language.”

“The U.S. Department of Education (Department) recognizes that student-led groups can be an important part of creating safe, inclusive and supportive educational environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) students and students with LGBTQI+ parents, friends, or family members,” the toolkit states. “The Department offers this resource to provide information about the rights students have to form and participate in Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) and other similar groups.”