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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Florida teen facing serious charges filed by her girlfriend's anti-gay parents
Monday, May 20, 2013
5:15pm

Kaitlyn Hunt, age 18, is being prosecuted for two felony counts of “lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12-16 years of age” due to her long-term, committed relationship with another teenage girl

COLUMN: The GOP’s shift toward marriage equality — or not
02/28/13

More than 100 big-name Republicans have signed a new brief urging the Supreme Court to codify the right to gay marriage in one of the biggest shifts toward embracing gay marriage in the recent history of the GOP. But while significant, the shift is less than meets the eye.

COLUMN: The marriage equality penalty
02/28/13

Same-sex couples can legally wed in nine states and the District of Columbia. This week, 80 prominent Republicans urged the Supreme Court to make it the law of the land. But come tax time, married gay couples have few rights and more headaches.

Eric Holder: Marriage Equality Is the Next Civil Rights Issue
02/28/13

President Obama has “evolved” on gay marriage, his administration opposes the federal law against it, and now Attorney General Eric Holder says it’s the next big civil-rights issue.

Obama faces deadline on marriage equality case
02/28/13

We should know today whether President Obama will weigh in on a landmark gay marriage case pending before the Supreme Court.

Corporate Call for Change in Marriage Equality Case
02/28/13

Arguing that the federal Defense of Marriage Act imposes serious administrative and financial costs on their operations, some of the nation’s largest companies filed a supporting brief with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, urging it to overturn a section of the act that denies federal benefits and recognition to same-sex couples.

Love is what makes a family
02/27/13

Just last week, Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court upheld a law that prohibits joint adoption by gay couples.

Md. Senate committee holds hearing on transgender rights bill
02/27/13

A Maryland state Senate committee on Tuesday held a hearing on a bill that would ban anti-transgender discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation.

Colorado school bars transgender 1st-grader from using girls' restroom
02/27/13

Just like she did during the first half of the school year, first grader Coy Mathis wants to use the girls' restroom at her Colorado elementary school. But school officials won't let her.

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