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California Passes Groundbreaking Bill Protecting Transgender Students
California made history Monday with passage of the School Success and Opportunity Act, a bill that protects transgender students and ensures their full participation in schools. This post originally...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Signs Bill Banning Conversion Therapy for...
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill Monday which bans conversion therapy for minors. — New Jersey is now the second state in the country to institute such a ban. According to a statement...
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NOM Abandons Marriage Mission to Focus Campaign Against Transgender Children
After a pretty significant losing streak on marriage, NOM is now jumping ship on its mission, proving that it’s just another anti-LGBT organization that will sink to any low. — This post originally...
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Homelessness is a Major LGBT Issue
As a new report from the Center for American Progress details, LGBT people, especially LGBT youth, are at a far greater risk not only of winding up homeless, but being abused on the streets as well. —...
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No ‘Mass Exodus’ From Boy Scouts as New Gay Scout Rule Goes Into Effect
A new policy allowing openly gay youth to participate in Boy Scouts of America—but continuing to prohibit LGBT adults from serving as leaders—went into effect Wednesday. — This post originally...
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NEW STUDY: Stigma Causes Gay Community to Die Younger
A new study finds that it’s not homosexuality that’s unhealthy, but anti-gay stigma. — This post originally appeared at ThinkProgress By Zack Ford A new study from Columbia University’s Mailman School...
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Photo Book Documenting Gender Non-Conforming Summer Camp Aims to Humanize...
Photographer Lindsay Morris has spent the last six years attending a traveling summer camp for LGBT and gender non-conforming children, documenting the annual weekend as a trailblazing and...
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Out Broadway Performer Antuan Raimone is Making a Difference in the Lives of...
Live Out Loud’s Homecoming Project sends happy and successful LGBT adults back to their hometown high schools to share their knowledge, experience, and life lessons with the current student body. —...
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A Dad’s Open Letter to the Homophobic Parents Caught on Video Throwing Their...
When Rob Watson viewed the shocking on-line video, he saw red. He confronts Daniel Pierce’s family on what it means to be a parent in this open letter. — Another young person has been thrown out of...
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#GMPChat: LGBT Youth and Bullying
How can we create safe spaces for LGBT youth in school and their communities? Join our #GMPChat on Twitter Wednesday, October 22nd 9:00pm Est – Our guests for our #GMPChat are educator Edmund Adjapong...
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The Family with Two Dads Who Gave Up All Their Christmas Presents to a Group...
An amazing family gave up their own Christmas gifts so homeless teens could have more. Writer Rob Watson had to tell their story confidentially however. They are in hiding. — Years ago when my partner...
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Religious Freedoms or Bad Medicine?
Does our right to religious freedom include the endangerment of our LGBT youth? — Earlier this year, Pastor Jamie Coots of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name in Middlesboro, Kentucky was bitten...
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3 Misperceptions About LGBT Kids in Christian Schools
Coming out as LGBT in a conservative Christian family can be difficult, but coming out in a Christian school can be even harder. —— Until about a year ago, I hadn’t thought much about what it means to...
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Open Letter to Parents of Gay Kids: This Is Not About You
It’s back-to-school time. If you have, or even know, an LGBT kid, tune in. So, you have an LGBT kid. This might feel like the perfect time to freak out. You probably have tons of questions, or maybe...
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CDC Report finds Significant Health Disparities Between LGB and Heterosexual...
Embed from Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control released a new report, on August 12, 2016, which, for the first time, estimates the number of lesbian, gay, and bisexual high school youth,...
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Cyberbullying and Effects on LGBTQ Youth
Embed from Getty Images — Ryan Patrick Halligan was born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1990. His parents described him as a shy, sensitive, and affectionate young child with an infectious smile that...
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Why White Parents Must Teach Their Children About Racism
Embed from Getty Images — . Our #StopRacism Weekly Calls are every Tuesday at 8 pm EST / 5 pm . RSVP for #StopRacism Weekly Calls We’ve been talking to our kids about race for a long time in our...
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Because No One Should Be Bullied. Ever.
No one should ever be bullied. Ever. JJ Vincent hopes that one day, we won’t need to share anti-bullying messages. Bullying is part of our conversation. We try to teach children not to do it, and to...
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My Relationship With My Father is Broken, But it is Not Lost
Embed from Getty Images — Fathers take on different roles through the course of our lives, but the course isn’t always clean and smooth. There are few examples of father/son relationships so commonly...
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Realizing What You Can Be with Brian Falduto
Brian Falduto was thrust into the spotlight at a young age after appearing in the 2003 hit movie School of Rock at the age of eleven. Since then, Falduto has reflected on the experience and how it...
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