This Is Our Plan to End Youth Homelessness
CommentaryLGBT youthYouthLarry CohenWhat if I told you that we’re on the brink of ending the youth homelessness crisis, one of the nation’s most visible and shameful epidemics? Yes, it will take a...
View ArticleTrinity Academy Alum Leaked Anti-LGBT Policy for 'Greater Good'
YouthChristianityKansasDaniel ReynoldsThe previously anonymous sources who leaked a Christian high school's anti-LGBT admissions form have come forward.Morgan Douglas Faulkner, a 2013 graduate of the...
View ArticleOkla. Lawmakers Lie, Revive Anti-LGBT Bill
TransgenderLGBT youthYouthNeal BrovermanActivists with the LGBT organization Freedom Oklahoma say they were told by leaders in the state House that a bill to stigmatize trans students would not go...
View ArticleThese Student Activists from GLSEN's Award-Winning GSA Are Changing Their World
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View ArticleShare This with A Conservative: Transgender Children Are At Risk (Video)
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View ArticleDear Media: Ronan Farrow Models How to Cover Trans People
MediaTransgenderMSNBCYouthLucas GrindleyAt a time when most cable news shows invite guests on TV to argue about so-called bathroom bills, and all too frequently no one talking is transgender, NBC’s...
View ArticleWhy LGBT Youth Are Susceptible to Sexual Abuse
CommentaryYouthLGBT youthFABIO COTZAIt’s June and you can’t escape the rainbow.As an openly gay man, I am proud to wave my rainbow flag. And so do countless corporations, media outlets, and politicians...
View ArticleThe Time Two White Gay Men Heckled a Latina at a Pulse Vigil
YouthMissouriThe Pulse ShootingOrie GivensTiffany Melecio wanted to go to the vigil at the University of Missouri at Columbia because she thought it would be a safe space for her to honor the victims...
View ArticleLGBT History Classes Are Coming to California Schools
YouthLGBT youthCaliforniaNico LangCalifornia is hoping to bring schools into the 21st century.On Thursday, the California State Board of Education voted on new curriculum for its history and social...
View ArticleWhy Young Black Activists Locked Down New York and D.C. Police Union...
YouthAfrican-AmericansBlack Lives MatterOrie GivensTen people were arrested in New York City today as activists locked down two major police unions in New York City and Washington, D.C. The...
View ArticleDads of Trans Kids Make Us Proud in New Video
TransgenderHuman Rights Campaign (HRC)FamiliesYouthMari BrigheWhile the Republican National Convention is busy demonizing LGBT people in Cleveland, the Human Rights Campaign is trying to change the...
View ArticleFlorida Principal's Facebook Post: Gays Should Be 'Put to Death'
YouthFloridaNeal BrovermanThe principal of Center Academy in Pinellas Park, Fla., has been suspened without pay for two weeks and sent to mandatory diversity training and professional counseling, after...
View ArticleInjustice: How the Sex Offender Registry Destroys LGBTQ Rights
CommentaryYouthLGBT youthTom Wahl and Nicole PittmanIt’s hard to believe that until recently, there were still laws on the books that made it illegal to be gay. Our legal system may no longer...
View ArticleThe CDC Paints a Dark Picture for LGB Youth, But Don't Despair
CommentaryLGBT youthYouthAbbe LandThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released the results of the Youth Risk Behavior Study that measures results among lesbian, gay, and bisexual high...
View ArticleTennessee School System Settles Lawsuit Over Pro-Gay T-Shirt
YouthEducationSchoolsTennesseeACLUTrudy RingA Tennessee school district that refused to allow a student to wear a T-shirt with a gay-supportive slogan has revised its dress code, settling a lawsuit...
View ArticleDoes University of Chicago Know the Meaning of 'Safe Spaces'?
YouthCollegeIllinoisEducationChicagoOrie GivensThe University of Chicago caused an internet firestorm this week after a letter issued by the dean of students to the incoming freshman class went public,...
View ArticleThe Colleges New to Campus Pride 'Best of the Best' List
YouthEducationJulia WilliamsonThe nonprofit organization Campus Pride — which advocates for more inclusive college environments — recently released its Best of the Best list of LGBT-friendly campuses....
View ArticleCan Homeless LGBT Kids, House Balls, and $9 Million Change How We Deal With HIV?
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View ArticleBillboard Promoting 'Ex-Gay' Conversion Therapy Appears in Texas
YouthTexasEx-gay TherapyNeal BrovermanGroups are still pushing "conversion" or "ex-gay" therapy -- which attempts to turn LGBT people straight or cisgender -- and pouring money into promoting the...
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