Welcome to the River Ridge Gay Straight Alliance!
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Our club advisors:
- Kasey Silvers ksilvers@nthurston.k12.wa.us
- Shawn Harris sharris@nthurston.k12.wa.us
- Meeting Location: Room 120
If you are interested in participating, please send Shawn Harris your name and the email address where you would like to receive GSA communications.
Club Description
- The River Ridge Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) is a school-sponsored club for students who identify as LGBTQIA+ or as an ally.
- LGBTQIA+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning/Queer, Intersex, Asexual students and their Allies. The “+” is to make sure we are being inclusive; if you don’t have a label or if the labels above don’t work, you (of course) are still welcome!
- The primary purpose of GSA is to provide a safe, supportive gathering and social space for LGBTQIA+ students.
- In past years, the club has also done awareness activities on campus, such as Awareness Week (rainbow face-painting, handing out skittles with positive LGBTQIA+ messages, putting posters and signs on campus) and we have participated in our school’s Cultural Awareness Assembly.
Resources
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General Resources, Thurston County
- Olympia PFLAG (Parents, Friends, and Families of Lesbians and Gays)
- Email: info@pflag-olympia.org
- Website: pflag-olympia.org
- Free at Last (Alcoholics Anonymous, GLBT specific)
- Phone: 360-352-7344
- Mpowerment Washington
- Website: www.mpowerwa.org
- Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=YLkQ4tjHyNo
- SafePlace (support and freedom from violence)
- Phone: Office 360-786-8754
- Crisis Line: 360-754-6300
- TTY: 360-943-6703
- Website: safeplace.org
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Partners in Prevention Education
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Phone: 360-357-4472
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Website: pipeolympia.org
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Queer/Trans-Friendly Health Professionals
- Complete Women’s Health Care
- Julie Dybbro
- 200 Lilly Rd Ne Suite B. Olympia, Washington. 98506
- Office: 360-754-9409
- Connections ~ Mind and Body (counseling)
- Teresa Guajardo: 360-789-7025
- email: Teresa@Connections-MindBody.com
- Sigafoos Counseling Services
- Nancy Sigafoos
- Phone: 360-943-5430
- Email: nsigafoos@aol.com
- TransYouth-TransFamilies (psychotherapy for gender-variant youth and their families)
- Keylee Marineau, MA
- Phone: 360-464-7636
- Email: keylee.marineau@gmail.com
Other Counties
- Lambert House (activities and support for GLBT youth in Seattle)
- Phone: 206-322-2515
- Website: www.lamberthouse.org
- Oasis (drop-in center for GLBTQ youth ages 14-24 in Pierce County)
- Phone: 253-534-3204
- Email: oasisyouthcenter@hotmail.com
- Website: www.oasisyouthcenter.org
- Rainbow Youth of Mason County (support, info, etc., for GLBT youth)
- Phone: 360-426-6925
- Stonewall Youth-Lewis County
- Phone: 360-748-1368
- Triple Point (support for GLBT youth in Vancouver, WA)
- Phone: 360-695-1325
- Email: triple3point@hotmail.com
- Odyssey Youth Center (support for GLBT youth in Spokane, WA)
- Phone: 360-325-3637
- Email: odyssey@odysseyyouth.org
Emergencies/Hotlines/Helplines
- Crisis Clinic (serves Thurston and Mason Counties)
- Phone: 360-586-2800
- Website: www.crisis-clinic.org
- Foster Care Helpline (specifically for LGBT youth)
- Phone: 866-LGBTeen
- STD Hotline
- Phone: 800-227-8922
- Gay and Lesbian Victim’s Assistance 24-Hour Hotline
- Phone: 800-259-1536
- Trevor Helpline (24-hour suicide hotline for LGBT youth)
- Phone: 800-850-8078
- Website: www.thetrevorproject.org
- Olympia PFLAG (Parents, Friends, and Families of Lesbians and Gays)