GLSEN Upstate New York advocates for LGBTQ+ K-12 education policies at the statewide and local levels to ensure LGBTQ+ K-12 youth are supported, empowered, and affirmed in their schools and communities.  

Since 2017, our chapter has been a co-organizer of EqualityNY's LGBTQI Day of Advocacy at the NYS Capital, has worked with numerous school board members across the counties we represent, have trained LGBTQ+ youth on how to translate their lived experiences as their expertise, and have advocated and helped pass numerous bills at the state level.

Currently, our Public Policy Coordinator serves on EqualityNY's TGNC Equity Committee and the LGBTQI Youth and Families Committee.