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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Danielle Powell: Expelled for being gay and told to repay scholarships
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
3:01pm

In the spring semester of 2011, Grace University, a Midwest Christian college in Omaha, Nebraska decided to expel Danielle Powell, simply because she is gay. After her expulsion, Powell says she was told that she would have to repay the $6,300 of tuition for the semester she wasn't allowed to finish.

Florida: 12 charged in connection with the hazing death of gay student
03/06/13

Twelve former members of Florida A&M’s university marching band have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a gay student – although the family say it wasn’t a hate crime.

OP-ED: Time for Illinois to pass marriage equality bill
03/06/13

Is marriage equality finally going to become a reality in Illinois?

Texas High School Pulls Gay Couple’s Photo From Yearbook For Being “Too Intimate”
03/06/13

A student at Brennan High School has started a petition after the yearbook supervisor pulled a picture of her and her girlfriend in what she believes is a case of discrimination.

Jewish group backs RI marriage equality bill
03/06/13

A Rhode Island Jewish organization has come out in support of gay marriage in the state.

Children as happy with gay parents - research
03/06/13

Children adopted by gay couples are just as happy as those placed with traditional heterosexual families, new research has confirmed. Family experts at Cambridge University say the study disproved the assumption held by some that homosexual couples are not as successful at parenting.

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.

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