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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GUEST POST: A gay Mormon pleads for inclusive Scouting
Thursday, May 23, 2013
3:07pm

Some of us don’t have to imagine how painful it is to be a gay Scout. We were one. Growing up as a Mormon boy in Idaho, scouting was pretty much built into my pathway to becoming an adult. It was as much a part of the plan for my youth as many Mormon rights of passage: baptism, being ordained to the priesthood, and passing the sacrament on Sundays.

08/29/11
Religious Millennials Increasingly Support LGBT Equality | 08/29/11

08/26/11
"Circumstance": Lesbian Love Story Set in Iran Opens in Theaters Today | 08/26/11

Circumstance, a new film depicting the

08/24/11
"Gun Hill Road" Explores Themes of Gender, Family, and Culture; Last Chance to Catch It in Theatres! | 08/24/11

08/24/11
Story to Watch: The Murder of Waterloo, Iowa Teenager Marcellus Andrews | 08/24/11
08/24/11
October is Queer Youth Empowerment Month: Share Your Story! | 08/24/11

08/18/11
Lutherans Vow to Prevent Bullying | 08/18/11

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

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Minnesota Ex-Lawmaker Regrets Vote For Marriage Equality Ban
03/13/13

A former state representative says she has always regretted her vote for a constitutional amendment that would have limited marriage to one man and one woman.

Michigan mom's gay adoption heartbreak
03/13/13

Marie Wolfe says she and her partner of four years, Becky, were as in love as any straight couple when they decided to start a family.

IRS revokes ‘ex-gay therapy’ group’s tax-exempt status
03/13/13

On Monday, the IRS notified the public that it has revoked The National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality’s (NARTH) tax-exempt status for failure to file proper forms for three consecutive years, according to psychology professor Warren Throckmorton, who focuses on sexual identity, religion and public policy.

Tennessee's New ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Forces Teachers To Tell Gay Kids They Need A Psychiatrist
03/13/13

The latest version of Tennessee‘s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill would require teachers to tell gay students they need a psychiatrist, and literally hand them a referral.

In Bible Belt, rift emerges in pro-marriage equality movement
03/13/13

In Kentucky, a Bible Belt state where voters have passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, the movement to promote gay rights has two factions.

Minn. House, Senate panels pass marriage equality bills
03/13/13

A mother's voice tearfully trembled as she spoke of seeing her gay son marry one day. A child plainly asked Minnesota lawmakers: "Which parent do I not need, my mom or my dad?"

Being Seen: Video Diaries of Transgender Youth
03/12/13

In researching my article for The New Yorker about transgender adolescents and their quest for earlier and earlier physical transformations, I spent some time on YouTube, where you can find thousands of videos chronicling the gender switches of young people.

'Gay Panic' Defense Trotted Out In Murder of Mississippi Mayoral Candidate
03/12/13

The family of the man charged with killing Marco McMillilan, a gay mayoral candidate in Clarksdale, Miss., told a local news station that McMillian tried to assault the suspect and that he killed McMillian in self-defense.

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