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.

08/26/11
"Circumstance": Lesbian Love Story Set in Iran Opens in Theaters Today | 08/26/11

Circumstance, a new film depicting the

08/24/11
"Gun Hill Road" Explores Themes of Gender, Family, and Culture; Last Chance to Catch It in Theatres! | 08/24/11

08/24/11
Story to Watch: The Murder of Waterloo, Iowa Teenager Marcellus Andrews | 08/24/11
08/24/11
October is Queer Youth Empowerment Month: Share Your Story! | 08/24/11

08/18/11
Lutherans Vow to Prevent Bullying | 08/18/11

08/09/11
Archbishop of Albany to hold Mass at LGBT Catholic Conference; Vatican Investigates LGBT-friendly Catholic Community in Mexico | 08/09/11

08/05/11
Gay-Straight Alliance Founded by Nikki Peet Allowed to Remain at Flour Bluff High School | 08/05/11
07/29/11
Stories to Watch: 1 in 4 Lesbian and Gay Youth are Homeless According to New Massachusetts Study | 07/29/11

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Chambersburg, PA school board to revisit Gay-Straight Alliance club question Wednesday
02/27/13

A decision on the status of a gay-straight club at the Chambersburg Area Senior High School is expected at Wednesday night's school board meeting.

Costa Rican Psychologists Condemn Ex-Gay Therapy
02/27/13

Costa Rica’s Psychologists Association has issued a bold statement today condemning attempts to “cure” homosexuality through ex-gay therapy.

A New Jersey gay teen's Christie campaign
02/27/13

A New Jersey high school senior whose eloquent coming out video has gone viral is challenging Gov. Christie to outlaw "conversion" therapy for gay youth.

Phoenix city council bans anti-LGBT discrimination
02/27/13

Phoenix city council voted to expand an anti-discrimination law to include protections for LGBT people in city contracts, housing, employment and public accommodations, such as restaurants and hotels

Gay Couples Face a Mixed Geography of Marriage
02/27/13

The border with Washington State is just two miles from the home that Henry D. Johnston and his partner, Alex Irwin, own here in western Idaho, but for a gay couple it might as well be a thousand.

Illinois House committee advances gay marriage bill
02/27/13

A bill legalizing gay marriage cleared a Democratic-led committee late Tuesday and now moves to the full House, where the issue is expected to meet its toughest test.

Corporations urge Supreme Court to embrace marriage equality
02/27/13

More than 200 businesses will urge the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down a federal law that restricts the definition of marriage to heterosexual unions.

Conn. school, under pressure, OKs anti-gay shirt
02/26/13

The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut says Wolcott school officials have reversed themselves and are allowing a student to wear a T-shirt with an anti-gay message.

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