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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President of Boy Scouts to USA Today: Let in gay youth
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
7:16pm

USA Today published an op-ed by Wayne Perry, the President of the Boy Scouts of America, in which he urges the 1,400 voting members gathering in Dallas to vote to allow gay youth to be a part of Scouting.

03/27/09
GLAAD Educates Future Journalists about LGBT Issues | 03/27/09

01/05/09
New Study On Families Reactions to Teens Coming Out | 01/05/09

Over the holidays, the results of an important new study about the role that family reactions to teenagers coming ou

09/23/08
Chicago’s Proposed School Would Keep LGBT and Ally Students Safe | 09/23/08

The below post is by Sarah Kennedy, the Central Region's Media Field Strategist here at GLAAD.

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GOP vet: Marriage equality ‘generational’
03/06/13

Craig Stowell is the star of a new TV ad put out by the Respect for Marriage Coalition, a new gay rights group that garnered attention recently for another ad that featured such prominent Republicans as Colin Powell, Dick Cheney and Laura Bush speaking in favor of gay marriage.

Poll: Majority of Minn. voters still oppose legalizing same-sex marriage
03/06/13

Just four months after Minnesota voters rejected a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, a new poll finds that a majority of Minnesotans still oppose marriage equality for gays and lesbians.

COLUMN: Major League Player Comes Out as Gay?
03/05/13

Well, not quite. However, the groundwork is being laid for an active member of a major American sports team to come out and survive the act professionally. This is excellent news for the promotion of positive self-regard among LGBT people, especially LGBT youth.

OP-ED: Reading God’s Mind
03/05/13

Jeff Chu was married last September, on the lawn of a house on Cape Cod, against the backdrop of an ivy-covered fence. About 80 people came. His mother and father weren’t among them. His mother sent an e-mail just beforehand, to let him know that she was thinking of him.

N.C.A.A. Advises on Sexual Orientation Issues
03/05/13

The N.C.A.A. released an 82-page guide Monday intended to help its constituents — administrators, coaches and students — navigate the broadening world of gay, lesbian and transgender athletes amid its myriad sports.

Nevada bill expands hate crimes, adds transgender persons
03/05/13

Lawmakers are considering a measure to include transgender persons to the list of protected identities in Nevada's hate crime statute.

Calif. lawmaker seeks rights for transgender students
03/05/13

A California lawmaker has introduced legislation aimed at guaranteeing transgender students the right to use public school restrooms and participate on the sports teams that correspond with their expressed genders.

OP-ED: How DOMA hurts our military families
03/05/13

Last December, U.S. Marine Corps. Captain Matthew Phelps got down on one knee and proposed to the person he loved most in the world. It was one of the happiest moments of his life.

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