by admin | Mar 25, 2020 | Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Power LGBT, Queer Community
In the fall of 2019, two teachers at John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington let their employer know that they’d each gotten engaged to their respective partners over the summer. Michelle Beattie, who taught health and coached soccer, and...
by admin | Apr 30, 2019 | Featured, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News
The Trevor Project is now able to save more lives than ever before, thanks to financial backing from some major corporations. Founded in 1998, The Trevor Project has long operated a nationwide, toll-free, 24-hour suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ youth. But now,...
by admin | Apr 4, 2017 | Featured, LGBTQIA+ Youth
It’s difficult to find hard statistics on homeless youth in the United States for many reasons, not all of them obvious. But the current educated guess is in the neighborhood of 1.6 million. (Youth, in this instance, means under 19 years old). And...
by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Featured, LGBTQIA+ Youth
In 2005, Bea Arthur, best known as Dorothy Zbornak on the 80’s sitcom Golden Girls, gave one of her last performances as a benefit for the Ali Forney Center in New York City. The AFC’s mission, which she believed strongly in, is to house homeless...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Featured, LGBTQIA+ Youth
Steven Universe, a children’s cartoon series, is exploring queer identity. The popular TV show just wrapped up season three and began season four, which included the episode “The Answer,” which is Steven Universe’s second Emmy-nominated episode. “The...
by admin | Jan 15, 2016 | Education, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Transgender
Title IX, the federal law, meant to protect students against gender discrimination on campus, adopted protections for transgender students only two years ago, but it frequently gets held up as proof that LGBT students face no challenges or safety issues at school....
