INDIANAPOLIS – A new organization formed by three high school sophomores will capitalize on the power of social media to demand action from federal and state legislators and judicial officials to eliminate discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teens.
“The advent of social media advocacy has had a huge impact on this country’s social politics,” said Emma Troughton, founder of One Million Teens for LGBT Rights. “After decades of discussion and discrimination, One Million Teens For LGBT Rights is focused on motivating and mobilizing the nearly 300,000 teenagers in America.”
Some of the rights issues One Million Teens for LGBT Rights is focusing on include: support for same-sex marriage, equality in the workplace, the ability of the LGBT community to adopt children, bullying of LGBT teens in schools, general perception and acceptance issues, and eliminating derogatory LGBT insults that have become mainstream.
In just one week the Facebook page has garnered several hundred members, including Tillett Wright, famous photographer and LGBT rights activist who recently appeared on Ted Talk, and Janet Mock, a writer and LGBT rights advocate.
“Teenagers and technology go hand-in-hand and in 2013, with all of the advocacy outlets and immediate social connections available due to social networking, the teenagers of America can help create equality,” said Troughton.
