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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5 year old LGBT advocate takes anti-gay lemons and makes pink lemonade for peace
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
5:46pm

"A little lemonade can go a long way," and that's exactly what happened when 5 and a half year old Jayden Sink decided to sell her Pink Lemonade for Peace this weekend. Her stand was located in front of the beautifully-painted rainbow Equality House that is located across from the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church.

10/05/10
In the Wake of Tragic Suicides, Online Contributors and Media Personalities Express Their Support for LGBT Youth | 10/05/10

The rash of recent suicides by LGBT youth has thrown the issue of anti-gay bullying back into the national spotlight

10/05/10
National Media Dedicates Time to Address Anti-Gay Bullying | 10/05/10

10/01/10
Media Roundup: The Tragedy of LGBT Teenage Suicide | 10/01/10

10/01/10
How You Can Support the Families of Seth Walsh & Asher Brown | 10/01/10
09/28/10
Transgender Student Denied Homecoming Title by High School, But Still Finds Support | 09/28/10

09/24/10
Univ. of Rhode Island Administrators Acknowledge LGBT Discrimination on Campus, Pledge to Resolve | 09/24/10

09/21/10
Study Reveals High Level of Hardships for LGBT Students, Faculty & Staff at U.S. Colleges & Universities | 09/21/10

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

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Pope Francis Once Supported Civil Unions, But Only As the ‘Lesser of Two Evils’
03/20/13

When it was announced that as pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio would be taking the name Francis, after the reformer Francis of Assisi, many briefly got their hopes up before being informed that while he might address corruption in the Vatican, Pope Francis probably won't be reversing any of the church's controversial positions on social issues.

Gay fan asks NFL team to end Kiss Cam 'joke'
03/20/13

If you've seen Kiss Cam, you know this trick: After a series of shots of men sitting next to women, Kiss Cam will sometimes frame a pair of players of the opposing team on the bench. Dave Uible, who is gay, saw this gag and didn't think it was funny.

COLUMN: Why support for marriage equality has risen so quickly
03/20/13

Less than a decade ago, almost six in ten Americans said gay marriage should be illegal. Today that same six in ten believe it should be legal.

'Different Instead of Somebody Being Wrong,' Marriage Equality Gains Support in ABC/Wash-Post Poll
03/20/13

For Mark Uhron, it was his clients' financial entanglements that led to a change of heart on gay marriage.

Republican: Violence Against Women Act ‘horrible’ because it protects transgender people
03/19/13

Republican Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas says he opposed the Violence Against Women Act because it contained protections for transgender individuals.

COLUMN: From Harvey Milk to 58 percent
03/19/13

In a powerful 1978 speech celebrating the defeat of California’s Proposition 6, banning gays from teaching in the public schools, Harvey Milk, the openly gay member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, urged other gay men and lesbians to come out.

NY Lawmakers Lobby For Gay Couples To Be Protected Under Immigration Laws
03/19/13

Local elected officials, gay rights and immigration officials joined forces Monday to urge Congress to include gay couples under any federal immigration reform laws.

Charles Murray's Marriage Equality Surprise
03/19/13

Political scientist Charles Murray has never backed away from controversy, but usually his opponents have been liberals.

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