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.

08/13/10
Degrassi's Transgender Teen Story Starts Conversations [Take Poll] | 08/13/10

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03/08/10
GLAAD Fellows Continue to Make Lasting Contributions | 03/08/10

Since 2000, GLAAD’s Fellowship Program has successfully allowed young, driven graduate students and recent post grad

02/25/10
Sassafras Lowrey's Kicked Out Anthology Shares Stories of LGBTQ Youth Homelessness | 02/25/10

International award-winning artist, former homeless youth, and former GLAAD Young Adult Media Fellow Sassafras L

09/28/09
Tyra Banks Show Features Story of Teen's Alarming Attempt to Turn Straight | 09/28/09

03/27/09
GLAAD Educates Future Journalists about LGBT Issues | 03/27/09

01/05/09
New Study On Families Reactions to Teens Coming Out | 01/05/09

Over the holidays, the results of an important new study about the role that family reactions to teenagers coming ou

09/23/08
Chicago’s Proposed School Would Keep LGBT and Ally Students Safe | 09/23/08

The below post is by Sarah Kennedy, the Central Region's Media Field Strategist here at GLAAD.

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Obama considers weighing in on marriage equality case
02/21/13

The Obama administration is quietly considering urging the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on gay marriage, a step that would mark a political victory for advocates of same-sex unions and a deepening commitment by President Barack Obama to rights for gay couples.

WATCH: Bayli Silberstein, Bisexual Eighth-Grader, Speaks Out As Florida School Board Tries To Block GSA
02/20/13

A bisexual middle school student has become something of an LGBT celebrity in Florida this week, after her attempt to start a Gay-Straight Alliance club at her school became a countywide controversy.

Puerto Rico Denies Gay Couples Right To Adopt Children
02/20/13

Puerto Rico's Supreme Court has narrowly voted to uphold a law banning gay couples from adopting children.

STUDY: LGBT Students Would Benefit From More-Inclusive Athletic Opportunities
02/20/13

The Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) has released a new study today analyzing the impact of anti-LGBT bullying on middle and high school students who participate in athletics.

COLUMN: Americans are done with DOMA
02/20/13

Two new polls out today show that support for marriage equality and rejection of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) are on the rise. President Obama hasn’t said whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.

Virginia Senate overwhelmingly passes anti-bullying bill
02/20/13

The Virginia Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Monday that sets in place a framework for local school boards to follow when crafting and adopting policies and procedures aimed at curbing bullying in Virginia schools.

Illinois Poll: Majority Support Marriage Equality In New Crain's/Ipsos Report
02/20/13

A new poll released Tuesday suggests that a majority of Illinoisans are hoping that their state legislature will move to legalize same-sex marriage this year -- and are more passionate in that belief than opponents of such legislation.

FL Lawmakers Table Domestic-Partnership Bill, Roll Back The Clock
02/20/13

Anita Bryant should be happy that her legacy of hate is alive and well in the Sunshine State: Florida legislators have tabled a bill that would have created a domestic-partnership registry for same-sex (and opposite-sex) couples.

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