Posted: Mon 9:40 PM, Apr 12, 2004
Reporter: Associated Press
Updated: Wed 10:14 AM, Jan 12, 2005

High School To Form Gay-Straight Alliance

Students at Reno's McQueen High School are forming a gay-straight alliance.

It's the second school in Washoe County to join a network of clubs across the country to help promote tolerance on campuses.

Galena High School's Gay-Straight Student Alliance began in spring of 2002. McQueen's group is in the process of drafting bylaws and getting school approval.

The New York City-based Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network says the groups in Northern Nevada join about 2,100 Gay-Straight Alliances or similar organizations in secondary schools nationwide.

Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network online records show seven Las Vegas-area high schools have alliances although a spokeswoman said that number could be higher because not all clubs register nationally.

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