Young Adult

Your resource for news and information which features or directly impacts young adults; Frequent topics include K-12 schools and higher education, young adult media, young adult advocates, coming out, family and community acceptance, youth homelessness, and student advocacy including Gay Straight Alliances and safe schools initiatives.

Latest Update on Young Adult

Sunday, May 19, 2013
12:12pm

To give an accurate representation of where people of faith stand on marriage equality, let's look at some of the major denominations that support scouts for a quick recap. GLAAD has created a handy graphic that shows which denominations support inclusive scouting for all.

03/24/13

GLAAD is joining advocates to call for an end to Smith College's discrimination against trans women applicants.

03/23/13

Texas Governor and failed presidential candidate Rick Perry is angry with music legend and LGBT ally Madonna. Why? Because she had the audacity to join the millions of people calling on the Boy Scouts of America to drop their ban on gay scouts and gay leaders.

03/21/13

#girlslikeus, the hashtag created by trans activist and writer Janet Mock, has reached its one-year anniversary!

03/20/13

When the Phoenix City Council approved a local LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance in a 5-3 vote last month, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton affirmed, "This is the right thing to do for our city." State Representative John Kavanagh disagrees.

03/20/13

In the effort to showcase positive LGBT advancements in athletics, GLAAD interviewed Cason Crane who is attempting to become the first openly gay man to scale the "Seven Summits".

03/14/13

As the Boy Scouts of America surveys pack leaders about gay scouts, CNN welcomed Ohio mom Jennifer Tyrrell to speak about this latest development and what it means for a possible end to the ban on gay scouts and leaders.

03/13/13

'Decepcionados' Todos: El presidente de GLAAD sobre la elección del nuevo Papa

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04/29/13

With his father and siblings watching and cheering from the sidewalk out front, transgender high school student Issak Wolfe attended his prom.

04/29/13

A trans woman won’t get to fulfill her dream of attending Smith College, a private women’s university in Massachusetts, because on government federal financial aid documents she is registered as a male.

04/29/13

One final vote stands between Rhode Island joining the rest of New England and four other states in allowing gay couples to marry.

04/29/13

When the Rhode Island State Senate tallied up the votes against a same-sex marriage bill passed there on Wednesday, something was missing: Republicans.

04/26/13

Six months after Salina residents voted to repeal anti-discrimination protections based on gender identity and sexual orientation, the city’s new mayor has joined a national group of mayors who support gay marriage.

04/26/13

We bet John Stemberger probably didn't know what he was getting into when he joined CNN earlier this week to discuss the Boy Scouts' ban on gay members. The Boy Scouts of America announced last week that it would consider repealing the ban for scouts (but not for scout leaders.)

04/26/13

Philadelphia City Council passed a first of its kind LGBT Equality bill on April 25.

04/26/13

The fight against a controversial therapy that purports to "cure" gay people of their gayness and make them straight has come to New York.

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