Editing GLSEN (section)

=== 2000s ===
==== 2000 ====
* The Chicago chapter of GLSEN was inducted into the [[Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?page=inductees&todo=year |title=Inductees to the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame |publisher=Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame (GLHF) |access-date=2015-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017032241/http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?page=inductees&todo=year |archive-date=2015-10-17 }}</ref>

==== 2001 ====
* Students ask GLSEN to become the first national sponsor of the Day of Silence. Participation grows from hundreds of college students to thousands of middle and high school youth.

==== 2002 ====
* GLSEN begins a partnership with the [[National Education Association]], which asks school districts to protect LGBTQ students and staff by adopting policies that protect students from bullying and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.

==== 2003 ====
* U.S. Representative [[Linda Sánchez]] introduces the Safe Schools Improvement Act,<ref name="SSIA">{{cite web|url=http://www.glsen.org/article/safe-schools-improvement-act-s-311hr-2902 |title= SSIA|date= May 5, 2009|access-date=2015-11-11}}</ref> an LGBT-inclusive federal anti-bullying bill that includes protections for sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.

==== 2004 ====
* GLSEN's No Name-Calling Week launches as an annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=No Name-Calling Week |url=https://nationaltoday.com/no-name-calling-week/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=National Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Vermont becomes the first state to pass an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying law that includes protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.

==== 2005 ====
* GLSEN and [[Harris Insights & Analytics|Harris Interactive]] release ''From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America, A Survey of Students and Teachers,''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glsenboston.org/GLSENFromTeasingToTorment.pdf |title=From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America, A Survey of Students and Teachers |date=2005 |access-date=2015-11-11 |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022194530/http://www.glsenboston.org/GLSENFromTeasingToTorment.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> the first national study of the general population of secondary students and teachers to address LGBT issues. This study documents disparities between LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ students and finds that LGBT students were more than three times as likely to not feel safe at school. 
* GLSEN's Jump-Start National Student Leadership Team develops an idea that turns into the first Ally Week that is now in schools nationwide every October.

==== 2006 ====
* GLSEN launches the "Think Before You Speak" public service announcement initiative with the Ad Council, the nonprofit advertising company's first LGBT-focused campaign.

==== 2007 ====
* GLSEN helps develop the [[New York City Department of Education]]'s "Respect for All" initiative.

==== 2008 ====
* [[Murder of Larry King|Lawrence King is murdered]] by his eighth-grade classmate at E.O. Green Junior High in [[Oxnard, California]]. GLSEN's Day of Silence is held in Larry's honor as students from more than 8,000 schools participate. 
* Lance Bass films a public service announcement in the GLSEN office that is viewed more than 300,000 times on [[YouTube]].
* GLSEN releases, ''The Principal's Perspective: School Safety, Bullying and Harassment,''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/The%20Principals%20Perspective.pdf |date=2008 |title=The Principal's Perspective: School Safety, Bullying and Harassment |access-date=2015-11-11 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001222/http://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/The%20Principals%20Perspective.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> a report conducted in collaboration with the [[National Association of Secondary School Principals]].

==== 2009 ====
* Eleven-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover takes his life after enduring anti-gay bullying at school. His mother, Sirdeaner Walker, becomes a GLSEN spokesperson and later joins GLSEN's National Board of Directors.
* GLSEN releases ''Harsh Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation's Schools,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Harsh%20Realities.pdf|title= Harsh Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation's Schools|access-date=2015-11-11}}</ref> the organization's first report that focuses specifically on the experiences of transgender students. The study finds that transgender youth face much higher levels of harassment and violence than LGB cisgender students, and as a result, miss more school, receive lower grades and feel more isolated from their school community.
* GLSEN releases ''Shared Differences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in our Nation's Schools.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Shared%20Differences.pdf|title= Shared Differences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in our Nation's Schools.|access-date=2015-11-11}}</ref> The study focuses specifically on the school experiences of LGBTQ students of color and provides insight into the ways in which LGBTQ students' school experiences differ based on race or ethnicity. The report finds that the majority of LGBTQ students of color faced both LGBTQ-based harassment and race-based harassment at school.