The Gay Straight Alliance Bermuda (GSA Bermuda)
| Founded | 2013 |
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Key people
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Jordan Ess (Founder) |
| Website | www |
The Gay Straight Alliance Bermuda (GSA Bermuda) is a support and advocacy group for persons in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning LGBT community. It was founded by Jordan Ess in 2013. Jordan Ess is a Hedge Fund Trader, Consultant, lobbying professional and Human Rights. The group was founded to address the needs of the LGBTQ community in the Island of Bermuda but it also engages in advocacy activities in persons in the LGBTQ community around the world.
The Gay Straight Alliance Bermuda was founded on October 25, 2013. It was a break out group from the Rainbow Alliance. It branched out to get more work done as a result of enough not being done by the rainbow alliance. It was set up primarily as a lobby group, sending out emails and letters and publishing articles in order to influence policies and public opinion. It has a blog which is run by the founder Jordan Ess which he uses to promote the group’s activities.
The organization is a volunteer-driven network for members of the LGBTQ community and for all other persons being discriminated against in any way. It has a large presence of non-gay volunteers and anonymous financial partners.
In response to a 2016 article written by the Royal Gazette, the need for support services for young person’s dealing with sexual identity issues in Bermuda was addressed, the Gay Straight Alliance Bermuda have set plans in motion to set up a telephone hotline to help young people dealing with sexual identity issues in Bermuda. In an interview with the Royal Gazette, GSA founder Jordan Ess said: “There are sufficient crisis services available on the island to meet demand. Our goal in creating a help desk for LGBTQ youth, especially, is to deal not with emergency situations but with coping skills and life strategies to handle issues that LGBTQ youth may face, like parental disapproval, discrimination and bullying”. “Other people who may be concerned or dealing with their child being LGBTQ or simply other people in the community [will be] welcome to call as well on LGBTQ-related matters.”
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