Editing GLSEN (section)

=== 1990s ===
==== 1990 ====
* [[Kevin Jennings]], a high school history teacher in [[Massachusetts]], Kathy Henderson, Assistant Athletic Director at Phillips Academy, Andover, and Bob Parlin, a high school history teacher at Newton South High School lead a coalition of gay and lesbian educators to form what was then called the Gay and Lesbian Independent School Teacher Network (GLISTN).

==== 1993 ====
* In Massachusetts, the Governor's Commission released its report, ''Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 1993 |title=Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth |url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/server/api/core/bitstreams/4c45a237-d352-461c-b06d-29fa422f1ddf/content |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>

==== 1994 ====
* GLSTN became a national organization with the founding of the first chapter<ref name="GLSEN chapters"/> outside Massachusetts in St. Louis.
* GLSTN launches the first [[LGBT History Month]] in October with official proclamations from the governors of [[Connecticut]] and Massachusetts.

==== 1995 ====
* GLSTN hired its first full-time staffer, founder and Executive Director Kevin Jennings.
* GLSTN accredits chapters for the first time.<ref name="GLSEN chapters"/>

==== 1996 ====
* GLSTN started annual celebration of [[Day of Silence]] at the [[University of Virginia]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2017-04-21 |title=Annual 'Day of Silence' combats anti-LGBTQ hate and bias |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/annual-day-silence-combats-anti-lgbtq-hate-bias-n749331 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>

==== 1997 ====
* GLSTN staged its first national conference in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], in response to the legislature's effort to prevent the formation of GSAs in the state by banning all student groups. 
* GLSTN changed its name to GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) in order to more accurately reflect the importance of straight educators in shaping safe schools.
* Kevin Jennings meets with President [[Bill Clinton]] at the White House to discuss anti-LGBT bias in America's schools—the first meeting of its kind in the Executive Office of the United States.

==== 1998 ====
* ''Out of the Past'', a GLSEN-sponsored documentary developed as a resource for high school history classes, wins the Audience Award at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] and is broadcast nationally on [[PBS]]. [[Eliza Byard]], the film's co-producer, would become GLSEN's Deputy Executive Director in 2001.

==== 1999 ====
* GLSEN conducts the National School Climate Survey—the first and only national study regularly documenting the experiences of LGBT youth in schools.  The survey is conducted and published biennially.
* GLSEN, the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], and a coalition of national education, mental health, and religious organizations release ''Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators and School Personnel'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/just-the-facts.pdf|title= Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators and School Personnel |access-date=2015-11-11}}</ref> which provides authoritative statements about how "[[conversion therapy]]" is harmful to youth. Sixteen years later, President [[Barack Obama]] would call for an end to the practice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/08/obama-lgbt-conversion-therapy_n_7029648.html|title= Obama calls for an end to conversion therapy|website= [[HuffPost]]|date= April 9, 2015|access-date=2015-11-11}}</ref>