Janet Joyner is a community leader in supporting LGBTQ youth in Winston-Salem. In 2000, the State Superintendent of Education appointed her to the Safe Schools Advisory Board of the NC Department of Public Instruction where she served for 5 years. She was instrumental in the passing of a state-wide anti-bullying policies, specifically the Stop School Violence Protection Act in July of 2009. Joyner served on the national Advisory Council of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), founding the GLSEN Winston-Salem chapter.