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

04/15/11
LGBT Students and Allies Nationwide Participate in Day of Silence | 04/15/11

04/05/11
Connecticut Teen's Unspoken YouTube Video Actually Says a lot About Bullying | 04/05/11

03/18/11
"Lead with Love" Reaches Out to Parents of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth | 03/18/11

03/15/11
Share Your "Modern Love" Stories with The New York Times | 03/15/11

03/09/11
Reflections on This Week's Episode of "Our America with Lisa Ling" & Post-Show Discussion | 03/09/11
03/09/11
UPDATE: Texas School District Allows Gay-Straight Alliance On Campus - For Now | 03/09/11

03/02/11
Texas School District Prohibits Formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance; Protest, Legal Action in the Works | 03/02/11

02/11/11
Nickelodeon Features Will Phillips on LGBT-Inclusive News Segment This Sunday | 02/11/11

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Chinese Parents Fight for Gay Children's Marriage Rights
03/12/13

Of all the ways a son can be disrespectful to his parents, argued the ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius, the worst is to have no offspring.

Analysis: Death, taxes and Supreme Court's marriage equality case
03/12/13

Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, the lesbian couple at the center of a major gay rights case set to go before the Supreme Court this month, were in many ways a typical New York power couple.

About A Boy: Transgender surgery at sixteen.
03/11/13

For high-school seniors like Skylar—who live in prosperous suburbs, have doting parents, attend good schools, and get excellent grades while studding their transcripts with extracurricular activities—the hardest part of the college application is often the personal essay.

Colorado school officials decline mediation in transgender restroom dispute
03/11/13

School officials who banned a 6-year-old transgender girl in Colorado from using the girls' lavatory have declined to take part in mediation of the civil rights complaint brought by her parents, the two sides said on Friday.

One LGBT Brazilian murdered every 26 hours in 2012
03/11/13

Once again, activists claim Brazil has the world’s highest occurrence of homophobic murders.

Queen Elizabeth Gay Rights: Royal Expected To Sign Commonwealth Charter Against Discrimination
03/11/13

Queen Elizabeth II is expected to sign a new charter for the Commonwealth, a document which many have interpreted as a nod to gay rights.

Marriage equality advocate Zach Wahls to speak at Laramie symposium
03/11/13

Zach Wahls was a 19-year-old University of Iowa freshman in 2011, when he spoke to a state judiciary committee about full marriage equality. His words went viral and drew national attention.

Gay rights issues back in the forefront in Nebraska state legislature
03/11/13

Nebraska lawmakers plan to bring gay rights issues back into the forefront with three proposals seeking to extend rights to employees and families.

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