The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a nationwide survey of high school students, which found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people are far more likely to experience violence and bullying, and attempt suicide, than their heterosexual peers. This year marked the first time the biannual Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the launch of a historic public education campaign aimed at preventing and reducing tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young adults ages 18-24. Of the more than 2 million LGBT young adults in the U.S., more than 800,000 smoke occasionally. The “This Free Life”…
WASHINGTON⇁The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation in partnership with the National Education Association and the American Counseling Association, is hosting its third annual Time to THRIVE conference Feb. 12-14 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. The event features more than 70 workshops addressing urgent challenges LGBT and questioning youth are…
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. —A new study provides clinical data to support growing evidence that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more prevalent in children and adolescents with gender dysphoria than in the general population. Among youths seen at a pediatric gender clinic who were screened for ASD, 23% possibly or likely had Asperger syndrome, according to…
Most of us exercise to maintain a youthful appearance or to feel younger than our age. Get in a healthy mindset by turning back the clock and looking at all the old memories. Retrieve those boxes of nostalgia from your elementary school days. Life was so simple and so much fun when you were reading…
Publishing company Scholastic has just released one of the first children’s books to deal with transgender issues. Aimed at Grades 3-7, the book is authored by Alex Gino who who identifies as genderqueer and uses they/them/their pronouns. On its Web site, Scholastic describes the book as: BE WHO YOU ARE. When people look at George,…
Whoa … not so fast! As the celebration of marriage equality winds down our community appears poised to pivot toward, and bring the primary focus of our formidable influence, to the fight for passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). It may seem the obvious course. After all, as the saying goes, a gay or…
Same Difference is a feature length documentary film that shows the difference between learning in a supportive school climate versus an oppressive school climate, featuring stories from Justin Aaberg and Graeme Taylor. Same Difference presents the lives of two real-life adolescent boys who identify as gay from a young age. The film demonstrates a schools’ responsibility…
WASHINGTON – A ground-breaking report published today by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation reveals that 40 percent of more than 10,000 LGBT youth surveyed by the organization identify as bisexual — and many of them say they face more challenges coming out and gaining acceptance than their lesbian and gay peers. The Supporting and Caring…
The talent and variety shows currently monopolizing the TV screens are justifiably enjoyable and engaging to be sure, but have you noticed how many of the acts of our youth are missing? When was the last time you heard a marimba solo? Don’t you miss the accordionist’s anthem “Lady of Spain” or the “The Bell…
