Safe Space Programs in K-12 Schools: Creating a Visible Presence of LGBTQ Allies

Manivong J. Ratts Department of Counseling and School Psychology, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, USA

Meghan Kaloper Thurgood Marshall Elementary, Seattle School District, Seattle, Washington, USA

Courtney McReady Cedar Way Elementary, Edmonds School District, Mountlake Terrace, Washington, USA

Loni Tighe Inglemoor High School, Northshore School District, Kenmore, Washington, USA

S. Kent Butler Department of Child, Family, and Community Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA

Keith Dempsey Department of Counseling, George Fox University, Portland, Oregon, USA

Julian McCullough Counseling and Psychological Services, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Abstract

Safe Space Programs can provide school staff with critical knowledge and skills to create a supportive learning milieu for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in K-12 schools. The literature related to Safe Space Programs suggests that they may be instrumental in helping alter anti-LGBTQ climates in schools. This article illustrates how Seattle University's Graduate Counseling program developed a student advocacy organization to provide Safe Space programming to school personnel in local area schools.

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