GLSEN, a nonprofit organization focused on promoting safe and inclusive schools for LGBTQ+ students, has laid off 60% of its workforce due to significant financial pressures and right-wing adversities. Executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers remarked on the restructuring as a painful yet necessary move for the organization's survival. With 18 employees affected and no department spared, the layoffs reflect broader strains within LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, highlighted by other groups like the Human Rights Campaign also announcing job cuts.
"Right-sizing is bringing attention to the conditions, responding to the conditions, and being humble enough to do what is possible for us to survive."
"The decision was painful and necessary in response to mounting financial pressures and coordinated right-wing attacks."
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