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.

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Anti-gay activists only present less than 19,000 signatures to Boy Scouts
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
10:30am

Anti-gay activists from Alliance Defending Freedom presented less than 19,000 signatures to the Boy Scouts of America requesting that they keep in place their anti-gay membership policy. This compared to the 1.8 million presented in a petition by Scouts for Equality.

GOP strategist urges support of gay unions
01/29/13

A national Republican strategist said in Iowa on Monday that Republicans should speak out in favor of same-sex marriage because the majority of Americans support it and it's consistent with conservative values.

Vicco, KY: Sewers, Curfews and a Ban on Gay Bias
01/29/13

In a former pool hall that is now the municipal building for a coal smudge of a place in eastern Kentucky called Vicco, population 335, the January meeting of the City Commission came to order.

Uptown lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender groups seek a base in Harlem
01/29/13

Harlem's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is looking for a space to call their own, and one local group has started a petition to garner support for a community center.

Illinois Senate President: ‘Timing is right’ to pass marriage equality
01/29/13

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton said Monday that the timing is right to legalize same-sex marriage, providing a glimpse of what’s ahead in the spring legislative session.

Fight Over Same-Sex Couples Could Complicate Immigration Reform
01/29/13

The news that the Senate and the House both have bipartisan plans for immigration reform put politicians in an unusually optimistic mood on Monday, but it may not last long.

Mormon-founded Marriott joins push against anti-gay marriage law
01/29/13

One of the nation's leading gay-rights advocacy groups, the Human Rights Campaign, has formed a coalition of major companies calling for the repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Wyoming Legislative Committee Rejects Marriage Equality, Passes Domestic Partnerships
01/29/13

A Wyoming legislative committee voted Monday to advance a bill to legalize domestic partnership in the state, while killing a bill to permit gay marriage.

In Wyoming, gay pride flag focus of Worland senior photo dispute
01/29/13

Matt Jolley never wanted to make a scene. The Worland High School senior submitted a yearbook photo his mom had snapped and he, a budding photographer, had edited.

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