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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Congress, these are real people's lives: Stop draconian amendments to immigration reform
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
2:00pm

GLAAD and other LGBT groups decry Senate's proposed amendments to immigration reform bill that make draconian demands for excessive and unfair enforcement provisions and border armament.

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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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

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Obama's political group pushes Illinois marriage equality bill
03/20/13

Organizing for Action, the offshoot of President Barack Obama's successful re-election campaign, is joining the push for same-sex marriage in Obama's home state, the group announced Tuesday.

House Across From Westboro Baptist Is Painted With Gay Pride Rainbow Colors
03/20/13

Aaron Jackson took inspiration from a 9-year-old kid who stood up to Westboro Baptist Church protesters.

Guerilla Campaign Against Gay Conversion Launched In Orthodox Jewish Community
03/20/13

It isn't easy being gay in the Orthodox Jewish community, and it's extremely hard in the Tel-Aviv area.

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.

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