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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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01/23/13
An essay written by an 11-year-old transgender child named Sadie Croft, following President Obama's historic inauguration speech, calls for transgender equality.
01/22/13
A new blog titled "No More Strangers: LGBT Mormon Forum" has been created to address a wide range of topics from the diverse perspectives of LGBT and allied Mormons.
01/20/13
On Tuesday's episode of the syndicated talk show Katie, host Kate Couric will speak to Judy Shepard, Moisés Kaufman and Leigh Fondakowski about moving forward after the unthinkable.
01/17/13
My name is Ivan Aguilar. I am 21 years old and I live in Maryland. As someone who is a youth and who works with youth, I’m tremendously excited to attend Creating Change and the first-ever Latino Institute
01/16/13
The 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees include a variety of trans-inclusive stories in several categories.
01/16/13
The New York City-based LGBT organization Harlem Pride has launched a petition calling for the creation of a Community Pride Center in the neighborhood. Sign the petition!
01/15/13
Author, professor and GLAAD board member Jennifer Finney Boylan is now a blog contributor to PsychologyToday.com.
01/11/13
National Youth Pride Services featured an essay by Brian Alston Carter, an alumnus of the HBCU Morehouse College in Atlanta.
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04/22/13
Friday marked the 18th National Day of Silence in the US, an annual event in which students tackle homophobia and transphobia through vows of silence.
04/22/13
Former Rep. Jim Kolbe will urge the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday to amend the immigration bill to include a path to citizenship or permanent residency for same-sex partners — including his own.
04/22/13
The new BSA policy appears to mirror this LDS Church policy in differentiating between gay youth and gay adults.
04/22/13
The ceremony, entitled “Suhaag: A Hindu Same-Sex Mock Wedding,” was one of the first student events to take place in
04/22/13
Thousands of gay marriage opponents waving pink and blue flags marched through Paris on Sunday in a last-ditch protest before a law allowing same-sex union and adoption is passed next week.
04/19/13
The National Center for Lesbian Rights' executive director calls on Congress to keep the momentum going on immigration reform in the wake of the tragedy in Boston.
04/19/13
The School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266), authored by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, has passed the Assembly’s Committee on Education by a vote of 5-2. Now it is headed towards the Assembly Floor.
04/19/13
GRESHAM, Ore. - Support is growing for an openly gay school principal who will soon be out of a job.