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.

10/20/10
CNBC Goes Purple for Spirit Day | 10/20/10

Today, millions of people came together to remember those young people who've lost their lives to anti-LGBT bullying

10/20/10
Logo Goes Purple for Spirit Day | 10/20/10

10/20/10
Hillary Clinton Sends Supportive Message to Struggling Teens | 10/20/10

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has joined numerous other Americans in promoting positive messages of acceptance

10/20/10
First Rule of Spirit Day: You DO Talk About Spirit Day | 10/20/10

10/19/10
Jill Zarin, Joel Burns, Ryan Seacrest Join GLAAD to Support Spirit Day | 10/19/10

10/18/10
Ask Ellen to Wear Purple on Wednesday's Show in Honor of LGBT Youth and Spirit Day | 10/18/10

10/18/10
Wednesday is #SpiritDay - How You Can Go Purple | 10/18/10

10/15/10
UPDATE: GLAAD Provides Media Training to Joel Burns; See All Media Coverage | 10/15/10

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Group hopes to take homophobia out of sports
02/22/13

Boston College cross country runner Jose Estevez heard the slurs in the locker room. There was, “That’s so gay” or “Don’t be a fag.” Even though the sophomore believes the words were intended as playful profanity rather than hate talk, it was hard to hear.

NJ Dem Leaders Renew Push for Marriage Equality
02/22/13

Democratic leaders in the New Jersey Legislature will try to override Gov. Chris Christie's gay marriage veto.

Marriage equality group to feature new ads after Laura Bush said she didn’t want to be included
02/22/13

A pro-gay marriage group will replace ads that include former first lady Laura Bush speaking on the topic with a new ad this weekend after Bush said she did not want to be part of its campaign.

CNN Panel Asks: Are Gay Rights Civil Rights?
02/22/13

After President Obama drew a rhetorical line connecting Selma to Stonewall in his inauguration speech, the question of whether gay rights are equivalent to the civil rights movement has resurfaced.

Marriage equality advocates tell Supreme Court same-sex marriage ban is ‘badge of inferiority’
02/22/13

Gay and lesbian couples who are challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage said Thursday that the Constitution prohibits discrimination against them in the nation’s largest state or anywhere else in America.

Transgender Teenager Receives Medical Care in Afghanistan
02/21/13

At 16, a boy became the youngest in the Paloso naw village of Kunar province to have a life-changing operation.

Mississippi newspaper owner defends marriage equality cover story
02/21/13

A newspaper in rural Mississippi is defending its decision to run a cover story on what it called the first same sex marriage in the county it serves.

Marriage Equality Supporters, Opponents Gather In Springfield
02/21/13

As supporters and opponents of gay marriage gather in Springfield today to lobby members of the House of Representatives, a Crain’s/Ipsos poll shows that 50 percent of Illinoisans support allowing members of the same sex to marry each other.

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Gay-Marriage-Supporters-Oppone...

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