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.

05/20/11
UPDATE: Widespread Support for "Glee" & GLAAD's Action Against FOX Houston's "Is TV Too Gay?" Segment | 05/20/11

05/03/11
GLAAD Calls on FOX Houston to Apologize for Broadcasting Extremist Views in Response to "Glee" Anti-Bullying Episode | 05/03/11

04/15/11
LGBT Students and Allies Nationwide Participate in Day of Silence | 04/15/11

04/05/11
Connecticut Teen's Unspoken YouTube Video Actually Says a lot About Bullying | 04/05/11

03/18/11
"Lead with Love" Reaches Out to Parents of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth | 03/18/11

03/15/11
Share Your "Modern Love" Stories with The New York Times | 03/15/11

03/09/11
Reflections on This Week's Episode of "Our America with Lisa Ling" & Post-Show Discussion | 03/09/11
03/09/11
UPDATE: Texas School District Allows Gay-Straight Alliance On Campus - For Now | 03/09/11

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Republicans Sign Brief in Support of Marriage Equality
02/26/13

Dozens of prominent Republicans...have signed a legal brief arguing that gay people have a constitutional right to marry, a position that amounts to a direct challenge to Speaker John A. Boehner and reflects the civil war in the party since the November election.

Illinois GOP Chairman May Be Fired For Public Marriage Equality Support
02/25/13

Will Illinois Republican Committee Chairman Pat Brady get the boot following his public support of marriage equality?

Texas Republicans Threaten Funding For Schools With Pro-LGBT Policies
02/25/13

Two Republican Texas lawmakers have filed bills that would cut funding for schools and universities that have policies supporting their LGBT students and staff.

COLUMN: The GOP's Uncomfortable Debate Over Marriage Equality
02/25/13

As Republicans rebound from the 2012 election and plot their future, an uncomfortable debate over gay rights is taking place.

LGBTQ youth of color activists lead nationwide summit
02/25/13

More than 40 LGBTQ youth and young adults from across the country gathered in Chicago to discuss ways to protect and organize other LGBT youth of color.

Soldier booed at GOP presidential debate joins effort to overturn Ohio’s marriage equality ban
02/25/13

A gay U.S. soldier who was booed during a Republican presidential debate in 2011 has joined the effort to overturn Ohio’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Kansas high court rules non-biological same-sex parent can have parental rights
02/25/13

The Kansas Supreme Court [official website] on Friday ruled [opinion, PDF] that a non-biological mother of children conceived using assisted reproductive technologies has parentage rights under Kansas law.

House G.O.P. Offers Violence Act With Fewer Specific Protections
02/25/13

“The Republican plan omits protections for the LGBT community, offers inadequate assistance to Native American women, and leaves out critical human trafficking provisions,” Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic leader, said in a statement.

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