Erickson, Doug,

Gay-Straight Alliances Catch On in Middle Schools. Doug Erickson. - Wisconsin State Journal, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 61, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Gay-Straight Alliances Catch On in Middle Schools, Jan. 18, 2004; pp. A1+.

"While gay-straight alliances, or GSAs, have been around for a decade at Madison (Wisconsin) high schools, the trend now is to start them at middle schools." (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL) This article reveals how the new national trend to start gay-straight alliances in middle schools, driven largely by the growing number of gay parents, has some critics worried they "promote homosexuality to impressionable children."

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Children of gay parents
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Homosexuality
Middle school students--Attitudes
Parents--Attitudes

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