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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GLAAD thanks the many tireless advocates working to bring change to the #BoyScouts
Friday, May 24, 2013
3:01pm

After Thursday's historic vote, GLAAD would like to thank these incredible and tireless advocates for their working in helping to the BSA's anti-gay policies

10/21/11
Your Stories from #SpiritDay! | 10/21/11

Youth across the country share how they participated in Spirit Day and what it means to them to see so much PURPLE!

10/20/11
Jersey Shore Stars Going Purple for Spirit Day | 10/20/11

Right now the Jersey Shore stars are gearing up for tonight's Italian set season finale, but four of them were celebrating Spirit Day today in some creative ways.

10/20/11
The CW and Seventeen Magazine Turn Twitter Purple | 10/20/11

The CW has gone purple today and has been showing its support for Spirit Day on Twitter alongside Seventeen Magazine!

10/20/11
Yahoo! Shows Off Their Spirit Day Pride! | 10/20/11

Yahoo! really went all out for Spirit Day. Beyond going purple on Facebook and Twitter, Yahoo! asked employees to do the same and featured a blog post about Spirit Day on the Yahoo! OMG Blog, in which they tout the features of Spirit Day from its youth-inspired roots to its star studded power.

10/20/11
Spirit Day's Going Primetime! | 10/20/11

It's not just daytime TV that's celebrating Spirit Day. Purple will be popping up all over primetime and late night TV as well, and here's where you can find it!

10/20/11
The Weather Channel, GMA, The View, The Talk, The Chew & Wendy Williams 'Go Purple' for Spirit Day | 10/20/11

Daytime television's brightest stars were among the millions of Americans who wore purple for Spirit Day 2011. In doing so, they sent a powerful message of support to LGBT youth and took an important stand against bullying.

10/20/11
Spirit Day Carries Particular Significance for Southern States | 10/20/11

10/20/11
Cast of Degrassi Wearing Their Spirit Day Purple with Pride | 10/20/11

The big cast of Teen Nick's hit show Degrassi has gone above and beyond for Spirit Day this year, sharing a ton of photos of cast members in their favorite purple duds.

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Losing Access to Sisterhood: Tomboys, Masculinity, and the Unmaking of a Girl
03/15/13

When I woke up to International Women's Day celebrations this past weekend, the first thing on my mind wasn't politi

Md. Senate committee kills transgender rights bill
03/15/13

A Maryland state Senate committee on Thursday struck down a bill that would have banned anti-transgender discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation.

Protest Erupts After Trans Woman Dies in Berkeley Police Custody
03/15/13

Angry protesters marched from People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., to the downtown police station Wednesday to voice anger at the death of Kayla Moore, a transgender woman who died in police custody.

Safe Schools Act re-introduced in U.S. House, aims to help prevent bullying
03/15/13

U.S. Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) on Thursday re-introduced the Safe Schools Improvement Act in the U.S. House, a bill to help ensure a safe learning environment at schools nationwide and provide necessary resources to prevent school bullying and reduce the rising drop-out rate.

‘Non’ to anti-marriage equality march on Champs Elysées
03/15/13

As France’s divisive gay marriage bill heads to the Senate in early April, police in Paris have refused to grant opponents to the proposed law the right to march on the capital’s historic Champs Elysées, highlighting security reasons.

For Roberts, Gay Rights a Defining Moment
03/15/13

Chief Justice John Roberts preserved one of President Barack Obama's main legacies—and helped forge his own—by largely upholding the president's health-care law last year.

Gay rights supporters fighting repeal of Royal Oak's anti-discrimination ordinance
03/15/13

Nine days after the city of Royal Oak passed an anti-discrimination ordinance, a group put together enough signatures to prevent it from taking effect.

Marriage Equality Seen As Inevitable By Americans: Poll
03/15/13

Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe legalized same-sex marriage in the U.S. is inevitable, according to a study by LifeWay Research, a Nashville polling firm with ties to the Southern Baptist Convention.

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