This is the PSUSD LGBTQ Alliance's monthly newsletter. Our vision is to empower and affirm the LGBTQ+ students, staff, and families of PSUSD by developing policy, implementing trainings, and increasing student, parent, and community engagement.

November 4-6 is Pride Weekend in Palm Springs! Read on for more information. Additionally, this November issue of the Shout Outs Newsletter has some wonderful updates from GSAs across the district.

You can also find great resources, including the Alliance's Year at a Glance calendar, helpful glossaries of terms, updates on GSA clubs, a staff resource library, and more!

🌈PSUSD LGBTQ Alliance

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Pride Weekend in Palm Springs in November 4th-6th!

Click here for general information.

The Palm Springs Pride Parade is Sunday, November 6th. If your club is marching in the parade, you should already have received a parade contingent number.

Staff members and students are also invited to march with the PSUSD LGBTQ+ Alliance! The parade contingent number is 149 and will be marked on the street, likely near Stevens Road on Palm Canyon. Participants marching with the PSUSD LGBTQ+ Alliance are asked to arrive between 9:15 and 10:00 am.

The DSMS GSA is making beaded bracelets to "sell" on campus... the "price" varies from the promise of one or two good deeds, an act of kindness, or outreach to a fellow student - all on the honor system. What a lovely idea! Way to go, DSMS GSA!

Students at RMHS celebrated National Coming Out Day on October 11th. Check out these amazing photos!

The GSA at Edward L. Wenzlaff Education Center has 8 students attending consistently. The club president is a gifted artist who has come up with a fun design featuring a quote by Harvey Milk that will be printed on the back of the students' t-shirts for Palm Springs Pride weekend!. The members are also responding to journal prompts during their meetings, and recently watched a film about Harvey Milk.

Cielo Vista Charter School is initiating their first Rainbow Club for 2nd-5th graders! Their first meeting will be Tuesday, November 28th.

The members of the Cabot Yerxa Rainbow Club enjoyed a read-aloud called the GayBCs by M.L. Webb and discussed the meanings of the words represented by the acronym LGBTQ+. Then they made posters to hang on campus sharing what they learned with the rest of the school!

Additionally, students in 3rd-5th grade celebrated LGBTQ+ History Month in October by reading picture books centered on the stories of LGBTQ+ people, learning vocabulary, and making welcoming posters.

We want to celebrate YOU!!

If you would like your school featured in the next newsletter,

send updates and pictures to Annie Axsom at aaxsom@psusd.us!

Click the image to view the PSUSD LGBTQ Alliance 2022-2023 Year at a Glance! Here you'll find training opportunities, GSA meeting dates, community events, and more.

If you would like your school's event or GSA meeting dates added to the calendar, email the PSUSD LGBTQ Alliance at lgbtq@psusd.us.

Brave Spaces Parents is hosted by the LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert. Meetings are the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Brave Spaces is a support group for adult family members and allies of transgender, non-binary and gender-expansive tweens and young teens. The mission of this group is to create a safe/brave peer community where adults can support each other and find helpful tools on the parenting journey. One-on-one parent support/education meetings are also available for parents seeking additional resources.

All are welcome to attend the LGBTQ+ Parent Advisory Committee meetings to offer input and learn about supports and services offered in PSUSD.

Please share these flyers with the families at your school!

Email: lgbtq@psusd.us

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