✨From MENTEE 2 Panelist. ✨
Some of our TrueYou participants attended the 2026 G4GC National Convening! TrueYou(th) left Milwaukee to rep GSAFE and talk about what it means to advance opportunities and outcomes for girls and gender expansive youth of color and highlight the programs impact❣️
Watching our young people step into rooms with confidence, conviction, and community is the work. Today, one of our TrueYou mentees took the stage at the G4GC Convening and reminded us exactly why youth voices deserve to be centered, protected, and heard.
To learn more about the TrueYou program, email Sevyn at [email protected] or follow the QR code in the last slide!
RSVP today! Fair Wisconsin needs Volunteers in Madison. No experience is required. Meet new people! Support the LGBTQ+ community! Have fun! 📲 link in bio to RSVP!
Advocates for Youth just dropped two new racial justice in sex ed free online modules. Each module is 30-45min long, free and can be taken on its own or as part of their larger learning series.
Module 11 - The Impact on Education & Health: What is Anti-Blackness?
Module 12 - The Impact on Education & Health: Outcomes and Resistance
@advocatesforyouth
Leadership Training Institute 2026. LTI is a four-day, three-night camp for LGBTQ+ high school students who are interested in activism and expanding upon their leadership qualities. Campers participate in workshops on queer and racial justice and how to create change in their schools. They also will participate in gender, sexuality, and racial identity caucuses. LTI is staffed by a team of GSAFE staff, six Adult Mentors, and six Peer Mentors. Campers may reapply in 2027 as Peer Mentors.
LTI 2026 will take place from July 23th-26th, 2026, on the UW Whitewater campus, located in Whitewater Wi. The registration cost for LTI is $450.00. We do offer partial scholarships and a limited number of full scholarships, please note that no one is turned away due to inability to pay. #lgbtq #lgbtqyouthcamp
Hey do you have a youth project rooted in joy, storytelling, narrative shifting, black liberation, care, community healing, food sovereignty and more? If you’re a young person in Milwaukee with an idea that supports youth and builds community power, apply to the Young Leaders Fund!
We’re funding youth-led projects working toward a future beyond punishment and helping us end youth incarceration in Milwaukee.
Your ideas matter. Your leadership matters. Your community matters✊🏿🤞🏾
Front page, today's Daily Times:
Over 170 sign letter before WUSD Board meeting
ED ZAGORSKI
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WATERTOWN — The outcry of support for Watertown High School Wind Symphony students continues to grow as more than 170 alumni, parents, former staff and community members have signed an open letter urging the Watertown Unified School District Board of Education to allow the performance of “A Mother of a Revolution” at the May 18 spring concert.
Board members are expected to decide whether the piece will remain in the concert program on May 12 in a special meeting at Watertown High School (825 Endeavour Dr.) at 5:30 p.m.
The work’s connection to LGBTQ+ history — and how that relates to board policy 2240 “Controversial Issues in the Classroom,” passed in September — is at issue.
In the letter, signatories express concern that the school board’s last-minute intervention undermines band director Reid LaDew’s discretion as an educator and dishonors the many months of practice students have put into their concert program.
“Public schools exist to help every student learn, grow and reach their full potential,” the letter states. “Decisions made by school leaders should always put students’ education, opportunities, and wellbeing first — creating strong schools where young people feel supported, challenged, and proud of the work they accomplish. The WUSD we know and love has a long history cultivating these principles. We are deeply concerned that the current board is moving in a different and divisive direction.”
Organizers added that the board’s effort to remove the piece just days before the concert sends a harmful message to students and threatens the integrity of education in the district.
“Watertown’s public schools have prepared so many of us for life, no matter where we end up in the world,” said Watertown High School Alumni Class of 1997 Adam Klaus. “Educators need the freedom to teach a range of ideas, including ones that are new and challenging. The school board’s actions set a dangerous precedent for censorship and degrade WUSD’s quality of education.”
HOFFMANN SAYS BOARD WAS KEPT IN THE DARK
In emails sent last week and made public on Facebook,
🎤We’re thrilled to announce this year’s Celebration of Leadership hosts: Angela Russell and Dina Nina! 🌈✨
Join us on May 30 in Madison as we celebrate 30 years of leadership, advocacy, and community impact supporting LGBTQ+ youth across Wisconsin.
With Angela and Dina guiding the evening, it’s sure to be a joyful,inspiring and funny celebration you won’t want to miss. @dinaninaxo #lgbtq #lgbtqyouth #gsafe
🎟️ Learn more and get tickets at GSAFEWI.org
All students lose out when anti-Black, anti-trans, and anti-woman voices gain the levers of power through fear-mongering and deception. This is a board whose bottom line is exclusion and will ignore their own policies to achieve it.
From @wisconsinpublicradio :
Watertown High School band students have spent months preparing for their May 18 spring concert. But a piece of music will likely be struck from their set list over its history.
The Watertown Wind Symphony will learn on May 12 during a special school board meeting if they will be allowed to perform “A Mother of A Revolution.”
The piece was composed in 2019 by Omar Thomas for contemporary wind ensembles and does not have lyrics. But Thomas dedicated the work to transgender activist Marsha Johnson, a key figure in the 1969 Stonewall uprising against police raids in New York.
This week, the board’s Educational Services Committee signaled they were in favor of pulling the piece.
The full school board will meet six days before the students’ spring concert, despite band director Reid LaDew following the district’s “controversial issues policy.”
🌈 Happy (Almost) Pride!
Milwaukee PrideFest, our first big Pride event of the summer, is officially less than a month away— and the GSAFE team is gearing up for a full, exciting season ☀️
We know that Pride is not only a celebration of our community’s visibility, but also a crucial space for resource sharing and coalition building 🤝 That’s why we’ll be showing up at celebrations across the state— from Sheboygan to Viroqua to Fox Valley, and so many more!
Want to connect with local community members and share lifegiving resources for youth, families, and educators?
Go to gsafewi.org/volunteer to join us at tabling opportunity near you 🫶 🌈
Come celebrate with us as we award these two incredible LGBTQ+ activists and Youth scholarship recipients at GSAFE’s 30th Celebration of Leadership banquet on May 30th! Tickets are now for sale @ gsafe2026.givesmart.com/. Join the GSAFE community in Madison for our 30th Annual Celebration of Leadership-an evening rooted in connection, courage, and collective impact.
This year’s theme, “We All Have a Role”, reminds us that building a safer, more affirming world for LGBTQ+ youth takes ALL of us. Your event ticket includes admission to a joyful celebration featuring delicious food stations, an inspiring program honoring our award and scholarship recipients.
During the evening, we will award scholarships to four outstanding high school seniors who exemplify leadership, resilience, and a commitment to creating positive change. We will also recognize four individuals and/or organizations from across Wisconsin who demonstrate exceptional advocacy and support for LGBTQ+ youth.
Interested in sponsoring this event and showing your organization’s commitment to inclusion and leadership? Please email [email protected] for sponsorship opportunities.
We want everyone who wishes to attend to feel welcome. If ticket cost is a barrier, please reach out to [email protected] to learn more about sliding-scale pricing options. #lgbtqyouth #madisonpride #gsafe
Trans youth in Wisconsin need your support. Make a tax-deductible gift to the Wisconsin Trans Youth Health Care Access Fund today! Follow the link in our bio to donate to the Wisconsin Trans Youth Health Care Access Fund. Visit to fill out an intake form for support in accessing gendering-affirming care for youth.
