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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Danielle Powell: Expelled for being gay and told to repay scholarships
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
3:01pm

In the spring semester of 2011, Grace University, a Midwest Christian college in Omaha, Nebraska decided to expel Danielle Powell, simply because she is gay. After her expulsion, Powell says she was told that she would have to repay the $6,300 of tuition for the semester she wasn't allowed to finish.

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

09/23/08
Chicago’s Proposed School Would Keep LGBT and Ally Students Safe | 09/23/08

The below post is by Sarah Kennedy, the Central Region's Media Field Strategist here at GLAAD.

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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.

COLUMN: From Harvey Milk to 58 percent
03/19/13

In a powerful 1978 speech celebrating the defeat of California’s Proposition 6, banning gays from teaching in the public schools, Harvey Milk, the openly gay member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, urged other gay men and lesbians to come out.

NY Lawmakers Lobby For Gay Couples To Be Protected Under Immigration Laws
03/19/13

Local elected officials, gay rights and immigration officials joined forces Monday to urge Congress to include gay couples under any federal immigration reform laws.

Charles Murray's Marriage Equality Surprise
03/19/13

Political scientist Charles Murray has never backed away from controversy, but usually his opponents have been liberals.

S.F. may kick Walesa to curb over anti-gay stance
03/19/13

He may be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and democracy icon, but former Polish president Lech Walesa may also soon carry the distinction of having his name stripped from a San Francisco street.

WATCH: 12-Year-Old Son of Gay Dads Reads Letter to Justice Roberts
03/19/13

Daniel Martinez, a Northern California 12-year-old adopted by a gay couple, wrote a deeply personal letter to Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts, the father of adopted children.

Marriage equality support hits new high in Post-ABC poll
03/19/13

Public support for gay marriage has hit a new high as Americans increasingly see homosexuality not as a choice but as a way some people are, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Chick-fil-A increases donations to anti-gay groups
03/19/13

According to a new report, fast food chain Chick-fil-A, who caused a stir in Boston last year when Mayor Menino took issue with the companys policy of donating to anti-gay groups, has not only continued to donate to these groups but in 2011 increased it’s donations over previous years.

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