GSA-History

=History of CDO GSA= The CDO GSA was founded in 1997 and had a tough time for the first few years. This page will act as some documentation on the history of Canyon del Oro High School Gay-Straight Alliance. This page can easily have additions for info about the current GSA and what those students have accomplished. Here's a page that students can fill out with their ideas of the Mission of the CDO GSA.

I found this old document that I used for the initial GSA meeting--this was for the **[|Matthew Shepard] Memorial Student Alliance** (MSMSA) -- the first name of the CDO Gay-Straight Alliance because the then principal would not allow us to use "gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender" in any part of the group name. The group was next named, "Young, Loud & Proud" -- that didn't take too well with the later GSA students so they requested that the newer administration permit them to use "Gay-Straight Alliance" as the group name. Here we are today!

Purpose of MSMSA

 * to provide an atmosphere of acceptance and security for all students: gay and straight
 * to provide a sense of community on campus
 * to provide visibility for gay students on campus
 * to help stop the demonization of gay students
 * to help straight students and faculty on with a human face attached to a gay student
 * to promote an understanding