San Diego’s neighbors to the north, the San Francisco Giants, will be the first professional sports team to contribute a video to the ‘It Gets Better’ YouTube campaign. Thus far, the campaign has garnered participation from a wide variety of celebrities and politicians in addition to everyday people and spurred the creation of over 10,000…
Inspired by the positive impact of Dan Savage’s ‘It Gets Better’ YouTube campaign, many celebrities, politicians and even the President himself have created videos promising a better future for LGBT youth struggling with bullying and discrimination due to their sexual orientation. Last week’s highly publicized Google Chrome ad showcasing the campaign featured many a familiar…
It began as a small, simple YouTube campaign to support gay youth in the wake of devastating teen suicides; but now, gay activist Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” video campaign has exploded into the mainstream. On Tuesday night, a video created by the Google Chrome team compiling messages of support from countless individuals, community leaders,…
A Washington Post blogger reported today that education officials in the conservative Malaysian state of Terengganu have created a camp for effeminate young boys. The objective? To teach them conventionally masculine behavior and steer them back to “a proper path in life.” 66 Muslim schoolboys are currently enrolled in the camp, where over the next…
After LGBT Weekly’s coverage of anti-discrimination initiatives in San Diego schools earlier this week, state-wide progress in the form of Senate success for both the FAIR Education Act and Seth’s Law signals further victory for LGBT equality activists. Today, the California Senate passed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act, a piece of…
As reported earlier this week by LGBT Weekly, the San Diego nonprofit Photocharity raises funds to benefit homeless youth throughout the city with annual concerts, auctions and public events. This Sunday marks the occasion of Photocharity’s biggest event of the year, the Celebration of Hope gala dinner and auction at downtown’s family-friendly Anthology venue. Unfortunately,…
San Diego nonprofit Photocharity is a youth support organization with a twist; and at this weekend’s fundraising gala event, organizers hope to bring the San Diego community together to share in their mission and create solutions for homeless and LGBT youth throughout the city. Designed to serve the severely underrepresented population of 18-24 year-old homeless…
Representatives of the San Diego Unified Board of Education have announced plans to vote on an anti-bullying policy at a meeting set for April 12, 2011. The proposed measure, developed with input from the Safe Schools Task Force, is called the Bullying, Harassment and Intimidation Prohibition Policy and is designed to create a safer learning…
Things have changed when it comes to coming out in your teens. Popular advice columnist and rights activist Dan Savage reflected on the differences between his own youth in the 1970’s and that of LGBT youth in today’s increasingly open cultural climate during a recent interview with a popular Australian news outlet. Unlike the 1970’s…
A college-age gay fan of the popular musical TV show Glee wrote in to AfterElton.com’s advice column after a recent episode to ask a question that, apparently, is on the minds of many gay viewers: Is Kurt’s romantic, sensitive boyfriend Blaine a figment of pure, unattainable fantasy? The fan wrote, “I just watched Kurt and…
