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 to Media: Tell the Story of Anti-Transgender Violence Correctly
Friday, April 5, 2013
3:13pm

Two instances of anti-transgender murders occurred in Orlando, Florida and Baltimore, Maryland over the last 24 hours. Both were transgender women of color. And when the media doesn't tell their story correctly, it perpetuates misleading stereotypes about transgender people.

09/26/11
American Federation of Teachers works with GLAAD to prevent anti-LGBT bullying | 09/26/11

Many young people are bullied daily in classrooms and school communities around the country.

09/15/11
Join Dustin Lance Black, Neil Giuliano: Sharing Their Stories with the Homecoming Project | 09/15/11

An invitation to share your story with the Homecoming Project where LGBT role models return to their high schools to speak with students.

09/07/11
Los Angeles Times Publishes Moving Story About the Friendship Between Catholic Nun and Transgender Woman | 09/07/11

09/07/11
Carl Siciliano Speaks with Sojourners about LGBT Youth and Homelessness | 09/07/11

09/02/11
GLAAD Reviews ABC's "My (Extra)Ordinary Family: Transgender" | 09/02/11

On Wednesday night, ABC's Primetime Nightline

09/02/11
"Two Spirits, One Heart": A Mother's Memoir About Unconditionally Loving Her Transgender Son | 09/02/11

Earlier this week, I had the chance to speak with Marsha Aizu

08/31/11
Huffington Post Standing By Anti-Gay Stereotypes | 08/31/11

Tuesday’s home page of the Huff

08/29/11
Religious Millennials Increasingly Support LGBT Equality | 08/29/11

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COLUMN: The marriage equality penalty
02/28/13

Same-sex couples can legally wed in nine states and the District of Columbia. This week, 80 prominent Republicans urged the Supreme Court to make it the law of the land. But come tax time, married gay couples have few rights and more headaches.

Eric Holder: Marriage Equality Is the Next Civil Rights Issue
02/28/13

President Obama has “evolved” on gay marriage, his administration opposes the federal law against it, and now Attorney General Eric Holder says it’s the next big civil-rights issue.

Obama faces deadline on marriage equality case
02/28/13

We should know today whether President Obama will weigh in on a landmark gay marriage case pending before the Supreme Court.

Corporate Call for Change in Marriage Equality Case
02/28/13

Arguing that the federal Defense of Marriage Act imposes serious administrative and financial costs on their operations, some of the nation’s largest companies filed a supporting brief with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, urging it to overturn a section of the act that denies federal benefits and recognition to same-sex couples.

Love is what makes a family
02/27/13

Just last week, Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court upheld a law that prohibits joint adoption by gay couples.

Md. Senate committee holds hearing on transgender rights bill
02/27/13

A Maryland state Senate committee on Tuesday held a hearing on a bill that would ban anti-transgender discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation.

Colorado school bars transgender 1st-grader from using girls' restroom
02/27/13

Just like she did during the first half of the school year, first grader Coy Mathis wants to use the girls' restroom at her Colorado elementary school. But school officials won't let her.

FL lesbian teen sues school after being suspended for pro-gay activism
02/27/13

A lesbian teen is suing a Florida school district for suspending her for participating in an event raising awareness of LGBT bullying.

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