GSA Support
Register Your GSA for the 2026-27 School Year!
Register your GSA each year to access opportunities for learning and connection!
Join the Vermont GSA Network!
Register your GSA here and join the Vermont GSA Network in the 2026-27 school year!
GSAs (Gender and Sexuality Alliances) provide safer spaces for students to gather, regardless of their gender or sexual identity. GSAs are essential supportive spaces that protect, validate, and offer connection and change-making opportunities to LGBTQ+ youth and their allies.
GSAs have a key role to play in building a Vermont where LGBTQ+ youth have hope, equity and power, through finding belonging in their schools and communities.
We’re here for you. We want to ensure you have all the impactful resources and information you need. This year, we’ll be offering even more ongoing opportunities for advisors and youth to learn, gather, take action, access resources, and stay informed. So, we’ve leveled up our advisor communication system, and have new and exciting offerings for youth and adults!
By registering with our GSA Network this year, you will have access to:
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Outright’s NEW GSA Activity Guide (curriculum guide with 10+ detailed activity plans for your GSA)
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Hosting and attending our NEW Regional Youth Power Days (regional conferences organized and led by youth, for youth!)
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Bold Futures Funds (microgrants up to $200 for your GSA)
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Visits to the Outright Office
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One-on-one support from our GSA Network Coordinator
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Weekly emails with timely GSA-related news, events, toolkits, promotional flyers for youth opportunities and more!
Just getting started with your GSA?
Is your GSA in the early stages? Just coming together? Still forming? That's fabulous! We've got lots of tools and support to help out as you launch your brand-new GSA. It's never too early to register your GSA!
Get Support
Got queeries about anything GSA-related? Contact:
Théodore Soucy
GSA Network Coordinator — they/he
gsa@outrightvt.org
GSA network support
Gender & Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) are school-based student groups for LGBTQ+ and allied youth to build community and organize around issues that impact their daily lives. GSA's are a springboard for young LGBTQ+ leaders and help to make schools safer for students.
Why GSAs are important
- GSAs can help prevent the negative impact of bullying and harassment experienced by some LGBTQ+ students.
- LGBTQ+ students in schools with GSAs are less likely to hear biased language, such as homophobic remarks.
- LGBTQ+ students are less likely to feel unsafe in school because of their sexual orientation and gender expression.
- LGBTQ+ students are less likely to miss days of school because they are afraid to go.
- GSAs increase social connections, advocate for more inclusive school policies and environments, are sites for emotional support, and more.
The Vermont GSA Network is currently composed of nearly 100 elementary, middle, and high school GSA's, and is part of the National GSA network. And, it’s growing!
We provide support and resources to youth, advisors, and new and well-established GSA's. And if it’s just a twinkle in your eye - a dream that you hope to make a reality - we’re here for you!
Here’s how we can help
- Provide resources and guidance to start a new GSA.
- Strengthen your existing group’s membership and/or purpose.
- Connect you with other GSAs statewide and nationally.
- Create a plan of action on an issue that impacts your life and community.
- Support advisor and youth access to peer connections and resources through an online listserv, regional networks, and more.
- Provide funding for GSAs through Bold Futures Fund