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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MMA Fighter Fallon Fox to compete in first match since coming out as transgender on Friday
Thursday, May 23, 2013
11:29am

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Fallon Fox is set to fight in her first match since news broke that she was transgender via a Sports Illustrated magazine article.

04/25/13
Call for Submissions: I Don't Do Boxes, a Magazine by and for Queer Youth | 04/25/13

The magazine 'I Don't Do Boxes' is looking for submissions, ideally from queer youth in the south, for their first issue.

04/23/13
Philadelphia LGBT community asks what - or who - killed transgender woman Nizah Morris 10 years ago | 04/23/13

Nizah Morris, a transgender woman, sustained a fatal head wound while in the custody of three Philadelphia police officers in December of 2002. Circumstances surrounding her death were never fully understood by the community and now 10 years later the community and Morris's family are demanding further investigation.

04/23/13
LA Boy Scouts support adult gay members | 04/23/13

The Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) proposal to appease critics of its longstanding anti-gay ban, admitting gay youth but not gay adults, is a bad solution says David Meshulam, president of the Los Angeles Area Council for the BSA.

04/22/13
Zach Wahls appears on CNN to debate against Boy Scouts anti-gay policies | 04/22/13

04/22/13
Brothers petitioning BSA to lift ban so both can be Eagle Scouts | 04/22/13

Lucien Tessier, 20, and Pascal Tessier, 16, of Kensington, Maryland, are openly gay brothers

04/20/13
Faith Leaders Express Disappointment on Continued Ban on Gay Boy Scout Leaders | 04/20/13

Yesterday, the Boy Scouts of America proposed maintaining its ban on adult gay leaders, while dropping the ban on gay scouts. Several faith leaders quickly expressed their disappointment in the proposed policy change. All faith leaders continued to call for a fully inclusive scouting program that included qualified gay leaders, even while some expressed joy that gay scouts would no longer be removed.

04/19/13
Boy Scouts of America moves to maintain ban on gay and lesbian parents and adults | 04/19/13

Today, the BSA released proposed language for a revised Membership Standards Resolution, which, if approved, would open Scouting to openly gay youth but would maintain the organization's ban on participation by gay and lesbian mothers, fathers and adutls.

04/19/13
Today is the Day of Silence! | 04/19/13

Today is the 17th annual Day of Silence. Students across the country and beyond will be silent to support the people who are silenced everyday by bullying and harassment due to their perceived or actual sexual orientation or gender identity

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Poll: Most Americans support lifting ban on gay Boy Scouts
05/09/13

A wide majority of Americans support the Boy Scouts of America’s proposal to admit gay scouts for the first time, and most oppose the organization’s plans to continue to bar gay adults from serving as scout leaders, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Gay marriage legal in 11 states, could Minn., Ill. be next?
05/09/13

The national momentum on gay marriage has been limited mostly to the East and West coasts, but it looks like that's about to change.

Minnesota Legislature poised for gay marriage votes
05/08/13

Gay marriage supporters feel victory in the air. Their confidence is high as Minnesota state representatives plan to vote on overturning an existing same-sex marriage ban on Thursday, with senators following in a few days.

Gay rights amendment offered to immigration bill in Congress
05/08/13

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Tuesday proposed a gay rights amendment to the Senate's immigration bill, prompting one of the measure's Republican sponsors to repeat his prediction that it could sink the legislation.

Same-Sex Couples Welcome Delaware Marriage Law
05/08/13

Mikki Snyder-Hall married her partner, Claire, in California in 2008, and moved two years ago to Rehoboth, a gay-friendly Delaware beach town.

Another Minnesota Senate Committee Advances Marriage Equality
05/07/13

Following in the footsteps of the House Ways & Means Committee Monday night, the Minnesota Senate Finance Committee voted today to advance the marriage equality legislation by a voice vote.

Not Just an 'Issue' -- Invisibility in the Immigration Debate Hurts Real People
05/07/13

Media should stop distracting Americans with coverage about the political games being played around immigration reform, which reduces it to simply an "issue" and as a result divorces it from the people whose lives hang in the balance.

Pennsylvania school district refuses to change policy on transgender students
05/07/13

The Red Lion Area School District (RLASD) has refused to change its policy regarding transgender candidates for prom court, nor will it agree to allow transgender students to use a name at graduation to match their gender identity, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

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