GSA Link, Inc.

Happy first day of Kwanzaa to all who celebrate!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

✨SOMETHING NEW IS COMING IN JANUARY ✨
GSA Link is super excited to drop some BIG NEWS in 2024, and we highly recommend you keep your eyes peeled 👀 🏳️‍🌈

🌟 Exciting News! We're thrilled to welcome Dkéama Alexis to our team! 🌈✨

As a Black gender fugitive/trans—lesbian, Dkéama brings a wealth of experience in community organizing, political education, and programming for LGBTQI+ communities. Read more about Dkéama's inspiring journey and contributions on our website! https://www.gsalink.org/ourteam/dk%C3%A9ama-alexis

ARE YOU LGBTQ+ AND BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 17?
Join our Let's Link Up! group, hosted every Sunday at 6pm EST via Zoom! Facilitated by staff member Maxx and mentor Lily, this group is a place for LGBTQ+ youth to build community, get support and have fun!!
Interested in joining? Know a young person who is interested? Email Maxx at [email protected] for more information or to get added to the reminder list!

What are your pronouns? A simple and important way to show solidarity and respect to EVERYONE is to respect each individuals pronouns.
This includes transgender AND cisgender people.

BRB, I'm harnessing my gay magic

SAY IT WITH US: GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IS LIFE SAVING CARE

Happy first day of Hanukkah to all who celebrate!

Have a chance to get FREE Q***r Books! 📚
Our staff member Maxx is starting a Holiday Q***r Book Initiative through their book Instagram and their large professional network where q***r folks with low access to books or unsupportive family can receive q***r literature over the holidays (November/December), and we are happy to be partnering with them!
How to Get a Book: Create an Amazon or Bookshop.org Wishlist with q***r books you want, and then share a Google form (linked below). Then book bloggers, book sellers and individuals will share those Wishlists out for folks to purchase books for them!
The link to the Google Form for submission is: https://forms.gle/ZwgAn63VLRMKHCrh8
Contact [email protected] for more information!

Trans rights are human rights. Today, tomorrow, and every day.

Love will prevail. We have always, and will always, be here.

This consider donating to GSA Link, so we can continue to provide free mentoring and groups for LGBTQ+ youth across the country!
You can donate via PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gsalink?fbclid=IwAR3waoXigrlUZWCLJYiLWA2pkH4tbH4W-1W9RX7RDHYVlr-ep-4Sx-Nl29o
You can donate via our website at gsalink.org/donate

Have a chance to get FREE Q***r Books! 📚

Our staff member Maxx is starting a Holiday Q***r Book Initiative through their book blog where q***r folks with low access to books or unsupportive family can receive q***r literature over the holidays (November/December), and we are happy to be partnering with them!

How to Get a Book: Create an Amazon or Bookshop.org Wishlist with q***r books you want, and then share a Google form (linked below). Then book bloggers, book sellers and individuals) would share those Wishlists out for folks to purchase books for them!

The link to the Google Form for submission is: https://forms.gle/ZwgAn63VLRMKHCrh8

Contact [email protected] for more information!

Meowdy there pardner! Round these parts we reckon trans rights are human rights. Protect trans youth.

Somehow, it is already November!
What are you looking forward to this month? Let us know in the comments!

Happy Halloween to all who celebrate from all of us at GSA Link!

Today Maxx, our Director of Community Engagement and Outreach and avid reader/book blogger, is recommending five q***r books found in our LGBTQ+ Book Database!

Books mentioned in this post:
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Want more q***r literature to check out? Visit our LGBTQ+ Book Database here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eWDBgYUHXslpSk32erE1eN-QNodsRAcjbuY66Jrnc00/edit?usp=sharing

The database has over 1300 books, with new titles being added every week!

ALERT THE PRESS! It's a good day to be gay!!

Hey! You deserve to have a nice day!

Join Love Your Labels and Safe Homes this Thursday, October 26th from 5:30 to 8:30pm in Worcester for an LGBTQ+ youth Halloween Party! This year's theme is Alternate Universe - who might you be in another universe? Maybe in space, a movie you love, the animal kingdom, a magical world, or beyond! Get dressed up at home or with items from our costume closet and enjoy a night of food, crafts, music, and photo opportunities. Drag performers Lana B and Darren Tashine will perform and lead crafts & activities.

You can learn more and RSVP to this event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alternate-universelgbtq-youth-halloween-party-tickets-739354628597?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

The Healthy Youth Act Coalition is hosting a "S*x Ed Isn't Spooky" rally at the Massachusetts State House this Wednesday, October 25th at 2:30pm!

"The Healthy Youth Act Coalition invites you to join us in front of the MA State House from 2:30pm to 5:00pm to remind our legislators that we need the Healthy Youth Act because our young people deserve sexual health education that is medically accurate, consent based, and inclusive of LGBTQ+ identities and experiences."

Show up and support this important cause!

We run a LGBTQ+ youth group via Zoom every Sunday!
Open to LGBTQ+ youth across the country between the ages of 10 and 17! Interested in joining, or know someone who might be? Email Maxx, our Director of Community Engagement and Outreach and co-facilitator of the group, at [email protected] for more info and to get added to the weekly reminders!

Three young adult horror book recommendations from our LGBTQ+ Book Database!

Tag horror lovers in the comments!

Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan - a sapphic vampire love story, written in verse.

Dead Flip by Sara Farizan - 80s horror with haunted arcade games.

This Delicious Death - a cannibalistic virus makes a return at a music festival.

As with any book recommendations, please look up content warnings before purchasing or consuming!

Want more LGBTQ+ books? Visit our LGBTQ+ Book Database here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eWDBgYUHXslpSk32erE1eN-QNodsRAcjbuY66Jrnc00/edit?usp=sharing

Loud, proud and gay every day!

Our LGBTQ+ Book Database now has OVER 1300 titles!
Maxx, our Director of Community Engagement and Outreach, has continued hard at work to keep this database growing!
New titles are added every week, so we suggest you bookmark it so you always know where it is!
You can access the database here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eWDBgYUHXslpSk32erE1eN-QNodsRAcjbuY66Jrnc00/edit?usp=sharing

LGBTQ+ people refuse to be silenced.
We are strong. We are worthy. We are beautiful. We are IMPORTANT,

It is always a good day to share some love with your q***r friends and family!
Tag someone to show them some love today!

Today is Indigenous People's Day.
We urge you to read about the real history of Christopher Colombus, and you can start here: https://grist.org/politics/heres-the-real-story-of-columbus-that-people-prefer-to-ignore/
Today, and as often as you can, we also urge you to contribute to mutual aid for Indigenous folks, follow Indigenous creators and activists, and join protests and support actions and initiatives surrounding Land Back (https://landback.org/ )and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children (https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw )

A gay day is a good day!

We have been here and we always will be.
Q***r people are past, present and future. We deserve to be loved, protected and heard. We deserve rights and respect.

OCTOBER IS LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH
October is a month where we look back on and celebrate the LGBTQ+ activists and changemakers that brought us to where we are today, and acknowledge the work that still needs to be done.
You can learn more about LGBTQ+ history month here: https://lgbthistorymonth.com/

Are you 18+, live in the US, LGBTQ+, and have access to the internet? You can apply to be a volunteer mentor with Linked Mentoring! We would match you with a LGBTQ+ youth to meet weekly (virtually!) to connect with and support! Commitment is about an hour a week! Interested? Email us at [email protected] or fill out the Interest Survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFrQGzsY5_lmF-okmv556MipHhQS-nkgaxWXagKDwkAJ9Zag/viewform
Feel free to share with your networks!

You are a ray of sunshine in human form!

You are amazing. Do not let anyone take that away from you.

Happy first day of Autumn from GSA Link! What are you looking forward to during this season?

Are you 7-17 years old or know someone who is that lives in the US, is LGBTQ+, and has access to the internet? You can apply to be matched with a volunteer mentor with Linked Mentoring! We would match you with a trained LGBTQ+ adult to meet weekly (virtually!) to connect with and get support! Commitment is about an hour a week! Interested? Email us at [email protected] or fill out the Interest Survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFrQGzsY5_lmF-okmv556MipHhQS-nkgaxWXagKDwkAJ9Zag/viewform
Feel free to share with your networks!

You deserve to be seen, heard, believed and loved. Always.

Growth takes time, and progress is not linear. Give yourself the opportunity to rest. You deserve it.

We at GSA Link wish a happy Rosh Hashanah to all who celebrate!

To learn more about the history of Rosh Hashanah, visit https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4762/jewish/What-Is-Rosh-Hashanah.htm