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For trans teens, America’s juvenile detention centers are hell on earth
Some centers house trans teens in hallways or handcuff them to desks because the institutions don’t know where to put them.
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Major survey of transgender Americans reveals pervasive bias, abuse and fear
Despite gains in transgender rights, the new survey shows little or no improvement in terms of their day-to-day experiences with bias.
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Hundreds rally for antibullying program in Australian schools following suicide
Nearly all of us once felt like Tyrone, a 13-year-old victim of antigay bullies who took his life last month.
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How Supergirl and an out comic book shop clerk saved a closeted Indiana teen
Mary describes in tweets what she calls “probably the greatest single moment I have experienced” at her Fort Wayne comics store.
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This Thanksgiving, try something new: include and support someone LGBTQ
A Colorado survey shows supportive adults can reduce the risk of suicide and substance abuse among LGBTQ teenagers. So? Try it.
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What every parent needs to know about Trump’s choice for Education secretary
Michigan’s teachers union called DeVos “devastating” because she has devoted her career to “undercutting” public education.
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Maine official promises review following transgender teenager’s suicide
The corrections commissioner called Charles Knowles’ death a “tragedy” and says he was the first young resident to die in detention in two decades.
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After suicide of transgender teen, mom sees need for more mental health care
“A child died because mental health issues were not being addressed.”
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Thousands of students walk out of classrooms in protests against Donald Trump
HIgh school students in California, Colorado, Maryland, Washington and other states walked out of their classrooms Monday in protest.
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9-year-old boy becomes Bob The Drag Queen for Halloween with help from gay uncle
He isn’t telling his friends what he’s going as for Halloween. Not, like his mom feared, because he worries about bullying, but so that no one steals his idea.