by admin | Mar 7, 2013 | Articles, News
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have proposed their own version of the Violence Against Women Act that effectively strips out any protections for LGBT and possibly Native American victims of domestic abuse. The newest proposed bill takes out “sexual...
by admin | Mar 4, 2013 | Articles, News
The label “LGBT” (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered) has been around since the late 80s and early 90s. Some expand that label to LGBTQ to include “questioning” or even to LGBTIQQA to add on intersex, queer, questioning, and allies. Now London’s Pink Therapy is...
by admin | Mar 1, 2013 | Power LGBT
In response to a planned picket of “Ivy League Whorehouse Vassar College” by the Westboro Baptist Church, students, faculty and alumnae/i of Vassar College banded together to raise money for the Trevor Project. The goal was to raise $4,500 or $100 for every minute of...
by admin | Feb 28, 2013 | Articles, News
Last week, a new sex-education bill was introduced in the House. The new bill, called the Real Education for Healthy Young Act, proposes offering 5-year grants to LGBT inclusive programs, effectively encouraging the exclusion of gender stereotypes that have long been...
by admin | Feb 26, 2013 | Articles, News
The Lake County School Board in Florida is considering new rules that would bar a Gay-Straight Alliance club from forming at Carver Middle School. Bayli Silberstein, a 14-year-old seeking to form the club, was denied last year and reapplied this year. According to her...
