Gay-straight alliances are associated with lower levels of school-based victimization of LGBTQ+ youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis

RA Marx, HH Kettrey - Journal of youth and adolescence, 2016 - Springer
Gay-straight alliances (GSAs) are school-based organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth and their allies that often attempt to improve school …

Social support in schools and related outcomes for LGBTQ youth: A scoping review

E Leung, G Kassel-Gomez, S Sullivan, F Murahara… - Discover education, 2022 - Springer
Recent research has increasingly focused on positive factors and supports for LGBTQ youth.
This scoping review explores existing social support for LGBTQ youth in schools through the …

Contextualizing gay‐straight alliances: Student, advisor, and structural factors related to positive youth development among members

VP Poteat, H Yoshikawa, JP Calzo, ML Gray… - Child …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Gay‐straight alliances (GSA s) may promote resilience. Yet, what GSA components predict
well‐being? Among 146 youth and advisors in 13 GSA s (58% lesbian, gay, bisexual, or …

Gay-straight alliances as settings for youth inclusion and development: Future conceptual and methodological directions for research on these and other student …

VP Poteat, H Yoshikawa, JP Calzo… - Educational …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Outside the immediate classroom setting, efforts within other school spaces also can shape
school climate, address inequality, and affect student performance. Nevertheless, in this …

Critical pedagogy enacted in the gay–straight alliance: New possibilities for a third space in teacher development

JB Mayo Jr - Educational Researcher, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Critical pedagogy, combined with partnerships with adults at school, enabled the Gay–
Straight Alliance (GSA) advisor to create the foundation for reflective, activist-oriented …

Promoting youth agency through dimensions of gay–straight alliance involvement and conditions that maximize associations

VP Poteat, JP Calzo, H Yoshikawa - Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Gay–Straight Alliances (GSAs) may promote wellbeing for sexual minority youth
(eg, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning youth) and heterosexual youth. We considered …

Challenging the sounds of silence: a qualitative study of gay–straight alliances and school reform efforts

M Mayberry, T Chenneville… - Education and Urban …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
We explore the efficacy of one increasingly familiar strategic intervention designed to disrupt
antigay school environments—Gay–Straight Alliances (GSAs). Despite the increasing …

Gender‐Sexuality Alliance meeting experiences predict weekly variation in hope among LGBTQ+ youth

VP Poteat, JP Calzo, SH Sherwood, RA Marx… - Child …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hope is considered a marker of resilience among youth facing oppression, including
LGBTQ+ youth. This 8‐week weekly diary study among 94 LGBTQ+ youth (ages 14–19; M …

Gay-straight alliances: Youth empowerment and working toward reducing stigma of LGBT youth

M Mayberry - Humanity & Society, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores sexual minority youth empowerment by examining the experiences of
Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club members, advisors, and school administrators from four …

Managing stressors online and offline: LGBTQ+ Youth in the Southern United States

MA Wagaman, KJ Watts, V Lamneck… - Children and youth …, 2020 - Elsevier
LGBTQ+ youth experience negative health and wellbeing outcomes resulting from the stress
of marginalization and unsupportive environments. Further, access to LGBTQ+ community …