DeKalb school's club promotes understanding

Gay-Straight Alliance in 2nd year at middle school

By DAVID THOMAS - dthomas@shawmedia.com

Created: Friday, March 15, 2013 5:30 a.m. CDT

DeKALB – The classrooms where the Gay-Straight Alliance meet are meant to be safe places.

It’s in these classrooms where the Clinton Rosette Middle School students decorate banners or generate fundraising ideas. It’s a safe place for jokes, secrets and friends.

The Gay-Straight Alliance chapter formed at the middle school during the 2011-12 academic year. Chapters were established years ago at DeKalb High School and Northern Illinois University. The group’s advisers believe the Clinton Rosette Middle School chapter is the first Illinois middle school to have one.

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