The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is urging media outlets in Washington and Idaho to draw attention to hate motivated harassment and violence against gay and transgender students at universities in these states. This follows a series of incidents involving anti-gay and anti-transgender harassment and violence at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. and the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.
Pointing to studies showing that gay high school students are at greater risk of dropping out because of stigma and fear of violence, Chicago Public Schools leaders said Wednesday that they will recommend opening a campus aimed at these students.
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, today released the most comprehensive report ever on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students, the 2007 National School Climate Survey. The report is being released in conjunction with the announcement that GLSEN will partner with the Ad Council on a multiyear national public education campaign targeting anti-LGBT language among teenagers.
The FYI Radio team launched their new series, FYI New Generation, with resounding success on Tuesday 30 September. Following funding from LGBT Consortium, Youth In Action and vCASHpoint, the FYI crew are raring to go and proved it with a launch show jam-packed with great music and queer banter.
Abbotsford high schools have been prevented from teaching the controversial new Social Justice 12 course because the local school board wants to review its content.
Primary school classrooms should be a place where "queer sexualities are affirmed and celebrated" in order to stop homophobic bullying, educational researchers have said.
What makes this case particularly tragic is that the young woman does not even know she is HIV positive. Her mother has decided not to tell the young woman about her HIV status, and the Doctor is unfortunately obliged to respect her wishes.
Habbo, the largest global virtual community for teens, and the Matthew Shepard Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting understanding, compassion and acceptance among young people, announced today that they have entered into a new relationship in an effort to educate online users about dignity and respect. The Foundation, through its "Erase Hate" project, will host an ongoing series of conversations among users in the Habbo.com InfoBus.
The American Civil Liberties Union is demanding an apology from a Virginia high school for punishing a student who wore a lesbian t-shirt to class. I.C. Norcom High School officials threatened the 17-year-old senior with suspension for wearing a shirt featuring an image of two overlapping female gender symbols.
Gay youth make up an inordinate amount of New York City’s homeless population according to the city’s first ever census of homeless youth which has found that, of the nearly 4,000 young people under the age of 24 who go homeless each night in New York City, nearly one-third identify themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual.
During the entire month of April, rocker Ariel Aparicio’s song “Pretty In Pink” will serve as encouragement for women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. From April 1st-30th, Ariel will donate his proceeds of $.54 cents from each iTunes sale of his take on the Psychedelic Furs’ 1980s classic to the Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For The Cure ®
