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.

08/09/11
Archbishop of Albany to hold Mass at LGBT Catholic Conference; Vatican Investigates LGBT-friendly Catholic Community in Mexico | 08/09/11

08/05/11
Gay-Straight Alliance Founded by Nikki Peet Allowed to Remain at Flour Bluff High School | 08/05/11
07/29/11
Stories to Watch: 1 in 4 Lesbian and Gay Youth are Homeless According to New Massachusetts Study | 07/29/11

07/27/11
The New York Times Examines Young People and Marriage Equality in New York | 07/27/11

06/24/11
LGBT Undocumented "Unsung Heroes" Show the World Where LGBT and Immigrant Advocacy Intersect | 06/24/11
06/13/11
Tracy Morgan to meet with GLAAD, LGBT Youth and Families | 06/13/11

06/13/11
Webby Awards to Honor Dan Savage for It Gets Better Project | 06/13/11

06/09/11
Maine Legislature Upholds Protections for Transgender People; House Passes Anti-Bullying Legislation | 06/09/11

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Chinese Parents Fight for Gay Children's Marriage Rights
03/12/13

Of all the ways a son can be disrespectful to his parents, argued the ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius, the worst is to have no offspring.

Analysis: Death, taxes and Supreme Court's marriage equality case
03/12/13

Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, the lesbian couple at the center of a major gay rights case set to go before the Supreme Court this month, were in many ways a typical New York power couple.

About A Boy: Transgender surgery at sixteen.
03/11/13

For high-school seniors like Skylar—who live in prosperous suburbs, have doting parents, attend good schools, and get excellent grades while studding their transcripts with extracurricular activities—the hardest part of the college application is often the personal essay.

Colorado school officials decline mediation in transgender restroom dispute
03/11/13

School officials who banned a 6-year-old transgender girl in Colorado from using the girls' lavatory have declined to take part in mediation of the civil rights complaint brought by her parents, the two sides said on Friday.

One LGBT Brazilian murdered every 26 hours in 2012
03/11/13

Once again, activists claim Brazil has the world’s highest occurrence of homophobic murders.

Queen Elizabeth Gay Rights: Royal Expected To Sign Commonwealth Charter Against Discrimination
03/11/13

Queen Elizabeth II is expected to sign a new charter for the Commonwealth, a document which many have interpreted as a nod to gay rights.

Marriage equality advocate Zach Wahls to speak at Laramie symposium
03/11/13

Zach Wahls was a 19-year-old University of Iowa freshman in 2011, when he spoke to a state judiciary committee about full marriage equality. His words went viral and drew national attention.

Gay rights issues back in the forefront in Nebraska state legislature
03/11/13

Nebraska lawmakers plan to bring gay rights issues back into the forefront with three proposals seeking to extend rights to employees and families.

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