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Dear youth, keep challenging the systems of power – no matter who tells you to ‘chill’.
Trump’s fear-filled attempt to bully Greta Thunberg, and other young leaders like her, only shows that they are closer and closer to making the progress they are working for.
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Study finds an epidemic of suicide among LGBTQ youth. Most blame “recent politics.”
54% of young trans people had considered suicide in the last year. 76% said “recent politics” impacted their mental health.
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History has overlooked the Gay Liberation Front’s role in Stonewall … until now
The group was at Stonewall and planted the seeds that started a revolution for years afterwards.
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A lesbian couple found this heartwarming note from a neighborhood kid on their front step
They couldn’t have possibly known how much that front porch has meant to the young person who wrote the note.
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The key to queer youth health & happiness is a supportive family
Researchers are showing even the most misguided parents how to become their children’s allies.
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LGBTQ youth are flooding the child welfare system, but they’re treated the worst
LGBTQ youth face poorer conditions in the child welfare system, even as more LGBTQ youth end up in the system than their non-LGBTQ counterparts.
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Google’s refusal to remove ‘ex-gay’ app raises red flags about the influence of extremist groups
If Google is going to start using the lives of LGBT youth as collateral damage in their efforts to cozy up to conservatives, they better plan for the fight of their lives.
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Pat Robertson told a mom that her son looks at gay porn because he’s being molested
He couldn’t think of any other reason a boy would look at gay porn.
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Measure to allow adoption agencies to ban gay & lesbian parents dies in the House
The measure would have punished states that ban discrimination against LGBTQ parents.
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Tyler Clementi died 8 years ago today & his mom wants to share something with you
Eight years ago this Saturday, my son, Tyler Clementi, died by suicide after vicious cyberbullying at Rutgers University.