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 Observes International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Friday, May 17, 2013
2:46pm

Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), when advocates across the globe take a stand against anti-LGBT violence and discrimination.

Emory University Students Aren’t Backing Down Campaign Against Campus Chick-fil-A
01/30/13

LGBT students at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia have been campaigning against the Chick-fil-A franchise on campus because of the company’s anti-gay policies and giving.

We Proudly Present: The Purim Superhero
01/30/13

The Purim Superhero is the first LGBT-inclusive Jewish children's book in English.

Tennessee ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Now Requires Teachers To Inform Parents If Their Child Is Gay
01/30/13

Tennessee’s so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay‘ bill died with the adjournment of the state assembly last year. But now the measure is back — with new, harsher requirements.

First openly gay candidate running in Niagara Falls
01/30/13

Niagara Falls has a reputation as being slow to change. That’s why a 23-year-old city resident is turning heads as the first openly gay political candidate in city history.

Two Eagle Scout Ministers Say, Lift the Ban on Gay Scouts
01/30/13

Call­ing Chris­tians and churches to con­tinue, if not expand, their sup­port for the Boy Scouts of Amer­ica should it lift the ban on gay scouts. Two min­is­ters argue that their expe­ri­ences and oaths as Eagle Scouts are entirely con­sis­tent with—and will be deep­ened by—this pro­posed pol­icy change. This let­ter will be shared with the BSA Exec­u­tive Board as a wit­ness to our sup­port­ive organizing.

PA school board to make decision on Gay-Straight Alliance club
01/30/13

Chambersburg Area school board will vote Wednesday whether to approve a new Gay-Straight Alliance club for Chambersburg Area Senior High School.

Gay-Straight Alliance says Wisconsin schools unsafe
01/30/13

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students are not safe in Wisconsin schools, representatives of the new Ashland High School Gay-Straight Alliance told the Ashland School Board on Monday night.

One San Diego gay Boy Scout's 'brutal day'
01/30/13

Maybe the most emotional conversation a gay teenager could have with his parents is coming out to them. Jeremy Zaida’s toughest exchange came soon after that. Zaida was 16 when he disclosed his sexual orientation to his parents over a couple days two summers ago.

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