by Beth Holmes | Apr 3, 2023 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality, Transgender
Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has vetoed a broad bill proposed by Republican lawmakers to regulate trans youth out of existence. The bill would have banned all gender-affirming health care for minors, including therapy, and would have forced trans students to use...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 24, 2022 | Education, Homophobia, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality, Transgender
A youth poll has found that LGBT schoolchildren report less support and more hostility from teachers as well as classmates. GLSEN is a national organization working on methods to support safe schools. They conduct a survey each year called the National School Climate...
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 | May 4, 2016 | Education, Entertainment, LGBTQIA+
We may still be waiting for a lesbian Disney princess (or not, depending on your take on Elsa). Despite Disney’s slow progress many children’s books with same-sex couples are being published at a slow and steady rate. One of the latest children’s book...
