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Tag Archives: LGBT youth
Erasing LGBT Profiles from Student Yearbooks Perpetuates LGBT Stigma
As winter turns to spring, so does a school district’s fear that students may see lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and be okay with it. Typically, this comes in the form of banning same-sex dates at proms, but … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT Youth
Tagged James Yoakley, LGBT Profiles, LGBT students, LGBT youth, student life, Taylor Ellis, Zac Mitchel
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LGBT youth need access to mentoring services, report finds
From San Diego Gay & Lesbian News comes an article focusing on the need for mentoring programs to service Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) youth. The article distills tips for how current organizations can help meet this need: • … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT Youth
Tagged LGBT youth, mentoring, mentoring programs, youth programs
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Movie Trailer: Geography Club
I read the book on which the below movie is based. It was a great book; touching, realistic, sexy as well as heartbreaking. I thought that it captured well the complication of young, closeted gay youth; their struggles with building … Continue reading
Posted in film, LGBT Youth
Tagged Brent Hartinger, gay romance, Gay-Straight Alliance, Geography Club, LGBT film, LGBT novels, LGBT romance, LGBT youth, queer cinema
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“How come you didn’t have to make a video saying you’re straight?”
That’s the question that Lucas Cruikshank, best known for his fictional web and Nickelodeon character Fred Figglehorn, in a funny question and answer video on the web (at 1:15). It’s a good question Lucas; one that we hope as time … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged coming out, Fred Figglehorn, gay actors, LGBT actors, LGBT youth, Lucas Cruikshank, Nickelodeon stars, TV personalities
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First ever LGBT youth summer camp launches in the UK
From PinkNews: A new summer camp for gay LGBT youths has launched in the UK, the first of its kind, and aims to reach out to teenagers who may have felt isolated or lonely because of their sexuality or gender … Continue reading
Why It Gets Better: The Sequel: Yearbook’s ‘Cutest Couple’ Goes to the Prom
A few posts back I introduced you all to the two guys who were voted as the ‘cutest couple’ in their yearbook. The blog, Towleroad, points us to a follow video interview with the guys: See the orignial Towleroad blog … Continue reading
Why It Gets Better: Your Could Be Voted Cutest Couple By Your High School
We often here about high school administrations that challenge inclusion of gay students, but heres a story that turns that on its head: The Huffington Post reports that students at an unnamed high school have named two boys the “cutest … Continue reading
Benefit Concert for the N.Y.’s Ali Forney Center for Homeless LGBT Youth
This popped up in my inbox the other day (click for full size). As far as I can tell it seems to be a concert featuring performances from a number of various divas. From the Ali Forney Center website: Night … Continue reading
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Tagged Ali Forney Center, divas, friend of Dorothy, homeless youth, Judy Garland, LGBT Homeless, LGBT youth
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The Luxury of ‘Gay’ Being Viewed with Indifference
In the latter part of his December 11, 2013 post, ‘Why I Never Want to Be Just Like Straight People (And Why You Shouldn’t Either)’, Huffington Post Gay Voices editor, Noah Michaelson laments gays who view being gay with a … Continue reading →