JASMYN founding CEO to retire after nearly 30 years of leadership
Cindy Watson, founding board member and inaugural CEO of JASMYN announced her retirement effective December 31, 2023. JASMYN stands for Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network and it is the areas only LGBTQ+ youth center designed to empower young people.
โBelow our expectationsโ: State test results show Duval County schools underperforming in English, math
Duval County Public Schools ranked below the state average in English language arts and math for the 2022-2023 school year, according to newly released results from the Florida Department of Education.
JASMYN CEO addresses controversial Instagram post during Duval County School Board meeting
The CEO of JASMYN, a group that provides resources for the LGBTQ community, addressed the Duval County School Board during Tuesdayโs meeting โ following DCPSโ decision to end its decades-long services agreement with the organization.
Uncut: DCPS Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene explains decision to cut ties with JASMYN
During a meeting of the Duval County School Board on Tuesday night, Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene spent approximately 10 minutes addressing the districtโs decision to end its decades-long services agreement with JASMYN, an organization that provides resources for the LGBTQ community.
DCPS ends over 20-year relationship with LGBTQ advocacy group over โinappropriateโ materials
Duval County Public Schools ended its decades-long services agreement with JASMYN, an organization that provides resources for the LGBTQ community, citing the perceived use of materials deemed to be inappropriate for children.
JASMYN to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ JASMYN, Jacksonvilleโs LGBTQ Youth Center, will host a week of events for the first time virtually to honor the lives of transgender people lost to violence. Trans folx are resilient! JASMYN serves trans people as well as the rest of the rainbow of LGBTQ youth in Northeast Florida. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual national observance on November 20th that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. JASMYN is leading a movement to rename the day Transgender Day of Resilience, honoring the trans communityโs ability to find their way forward against tremendous odds especially from aggression based on appearance.