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.

COLUMN: The Episcopal Church’s gay rights pilgrimage
03/01/13

Today the U.S. Supreme Court received friend-of-the-court briefs arguing in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples in two historic cases challenging California’s Proposition 8 and the federal “Defense of Marriage Act” or DOMA.

Demographic research on lesbians and gays emerges from shadows
03/01/13

A few salient facts are known about the Americans whose lives might be changed by a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage expected this summer.

212 Members Of Congress Ask Court To Strike Down DOMA
03/01/13

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and 210 other Democratic members of Congress urged the Supreme Court Friday to strike down the federal definition of marriage contained in the Defense of Marriage Act.

Transphobia in Latin America prevents effective HIV response
03/01/13

Ahead of International Women’s Day on 08 March, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance is launching a new report, The Night Is Another Country, which reveals horrific acts of abuse and violence against transgender women in Latin America.

Colorado civil unions passes House committee
03/01/13

Civil unions for gay couples advanced a Colorado House committee with one Republican joining Democrats in support of a bill that's expected to become law this year.

COLUMN: Transgender Politics: Michael Long and the New York Conservative Party Are Short on Tolerance
03/01/13

In New York, great strides have been made in protecting the civil rights of the gay and lesbian community, like the legalization of same-sex marriage. However, if you ask any of the thousands of transgender New Yorkers, they will tell you that they still face severe discrimination and bullying in their workplaces, and even threats of violence in their communities.

EDITORIAL: School wrong on transgender girl
03/01/13

Colorado law protects the right of Coy Mathis, a 6-year-old transgender child, to use the girls' restroom at her public elementary school. Administrators at the Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 should have allowed her to do so.

Gay Denver lawmaker presents civil unions bill for third year
03/01/13

For the third year in a row, Denver Democrat Mark Ferrandino is presenting his bill to allow gay couples to form civil unions, but plenty has changed since his two previous failed efforts.

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