Happy Ally Week 2010!

To celebrate National Ally week, Advocates for Youth is working with a broad coalition of organizations to support straight allies across the United States and around the world as they "come out" in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.

In addition to visiting our Ally Week 2010 page on Amplify, we invite you to join us in three important ways:

Help us take action:

1) Sign the Ally Pledge created by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network at www.allyweek.org.

By doing so you demonstrate your belief that "all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression deserve to feel safe and supported" and pledge to:

- Not use anti-GLBTQ language or slurs.
- Intervene, if you safely can, in situations where students are being harassed.
- Support efforts to end bullying and harassment.

2) Publicly show your support by changing your Facebook or Twitter status. After all, the fight for equality cannot be the responsibility of GLBTQ people only. We're all in this together!

Add this as your Facebook status:
"This week I am coming out as an ally to the GLBTQ community because I believe all young people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression, deserve to feel safe and supported."

You can also click here to share this message on Twitter.