by admin | Dec 16, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News
For too many LGBTQ youth, the holidays carry a lonely sting. Disowning and isolation are still all-too-common chapters of the narrative of growing up queer, and with the message of ‘Christmas is a time for family!’ being shouted from all sides, November...
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
Sunday the 11th was National Coming Out Day, and to engage with the day the Fire Department of New York released a video PSA for the It Gets Better project, targeted at LGBT youth. Federal legislation, like the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and the Supreme...
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, News
A United States government report, backed by the Obama administration, says that the practice of “conversion therapy”—efforts to “convert” LGBT youth to heterosexuality—must stop. The therapy is dangerous and poses significant risk and harm to LGBT-identified youth...
by admin | Aug 21, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, News
Even with so many recent gay rights victories, advocates for sexual minorities estimate that there are still hundreds of thousands of LGBT teens around the country that are still rejected by their families. Many of these rejected kids end up homeless in New York City,...
by admin | May 16, 2014 | Equality, LGBTQIA+
Have you ever heard of the LGBT initiative A Note to My Kid? Originally created by Patrick Wallace, Mike Curry, and Michael Volpatt, and recently adopted by Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), the program is designed to support LGBT youth as...
