Are America's largest school districts safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth? Which school districts have put in place even basic measures to protect such youth? Which districts have done nothing?

GLSEN's report comes amid court and regulatory rulings that have held school districts financially and programmatically responsible for the safety of their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

Also present at GLSEN's news conference will be Leslie Sadasivan of Strongsville, Ohio, mother of a gay son who committed suicide, and representatives from four national groups endorsing GLSEN's school safety campaign.

The organizations, which have a combined membership that exceeds 3.4 million, are the American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association, American Counseling Association and National Association of School Psychologists.

For more information contact Kate Frankfurt, GLSEN director of advocacy, at (212) 727-0135 or via e-mail at kfrankfurt@glsen.org . Today only, Frankfurt may be paged toll-free at (888) 650-1190.

Training Teachers, To Keep Kids Safe:

Project YES has begun intensive trainings for four Miami-area high schools on how to create safer school environments for their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

The trainings will then be analyzed to determine whether Project YES's "Safe Schools, Healthy Families" initiative should be replicated nationally, said Martha Fugate, Project YES director.

She said, "Studies show that 33 percent of teenagers who commit suicide are gay. No one can keep children from killing themselves if they are determined to do so, but we hope to make the community supportive enough that gay youths will not want to take their lives."

For more information contact Martha Fugate at (305) 663-7195 or visit the Project YES website at http://www.projectyes.org .