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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5 year old LGBT advocate takes anti-gay lemons and makes pink lemonade for peace
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
5:46pm

"A little lemonade can go a long way," and that's exactly what happened when 5 and a half year old Jayden Sink decided to sell her Pink Lemonade for Peace this weekend. Her stand was located in front of the beautifully-painted rainbow Equality House that is located across from the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church.

Losing Access to Sisterhood: Tomboys, Masculinity, and the Unmaking of a Girl
03/15/13

When I woke up to International Women's Day celebrations this past weekend, the first thing on my mind wasn't politi

Md. Senate committee kills transgender rights bill
03/15/13

A Maryland state Senate committee on Thursday struck down a bill that would have banned anti-transgender discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation.

Protest Erupts After Trans Woman Dies in Berkeley Police Custody
03/15/13

Angry protesters marched from People's Park in Berkeley, Calif., to the downtown police station Wednesday to voice anger at the death of Kayla Moore, a transgender woman who died in police custody.

Safe Schools Act re-introduced in U.S. House, aims to help prevent bullying
03/15/13

U.S. Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) on Thursday re-introduced the Safe Schools Improvement Act in the U.S. House, a bill to help ensure a safe learning environment at schools nationwide and provide necessary resources to prevent school bullying and reduce the rising drop-out rate.

‘Non’ to anti-marriage equality march on Champs Elysées
03/15/13

As France’s divisive gay marriage bill heads to the Senate in early April, police in Paris have refused to grant opponents to the proposed law the right to march on the capital’s historic Champs Elysées, highlighting security reasons.

For Roberts, Gay Rights a Defining Moment
03/15/13

Chief Justice John Roberts preserved one of President Barack Obama's main legacies—and helped forge his own—by largely upholding the president's health-care law last year.

Gay rights supporters fighting repeal of Royal Oak's anti-discrimination ordinance
03/15/13

Nine days after the city of Royal Oak passed an anti-discrimination ordinance, a group put together enough signatures to prevent it from taking effect.

Marriage Equality Seen As Inevitable By Americans: Poll
03/15/13

Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe legalized same-sex marriage in the U.S. is inevitable, according to a study by LifeWay Research, a Nashville polling firm with ties to the Southern Baptist Convention.

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