{"title":"The Struggle for México's First Gay-Straight Alliance: Como una Novela Real","authors":"I. Macgillivray","doi":"10.1300/J367V04N01_04","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In 2004, a group of high school students at a private American school in México City started the first gay-straight alliance in México. A small group of conservative parents and a Mormon principal organized in opposition. This paper details the students' struggle to keep their club and offers lessons learned about student activism, school change, and personal growth.","PeriodicalId":213902,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J367V04N01_04","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT In 2004, a group of high school students at a private American school in México City started the first gay-straight alliance in México. A small group of conservative parents and a Mormon principal organized in opposition. This paper details the students' struggle to keep their club and offers lessons learned about student activism, school change, and personal growth.