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Over 90 percent of parents surveyed support their child's gender identity, but half of the kids are getting bullied at school, according to the report, released along with a new guide for these parents.
A second effort is on the table to take down California's FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, Respectful) Education Act, which will require that the state's public schools teach the contributions of LGBT and handicapped people.
The New Jersey state senate and assembly voted Tuesday to pass what experts call the nation’s toughest antibullying law, propelled by a sense of urgency following the suicide of gay Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi earlier this year.
Well, well, well who could have seen this HYPOCRISY coming?
A controversial bill has been proposed in Maryland, HB 235, which protects against discrimination concerning gender identity and gender expression. The bill originally included protections in housing, employment and public accommodations. Unfortunately, the alarming compromise was recently made to remove protections for public accommodations, which will legalize second class citizenship to transsexual and transgender Marylanders. The community has mobilized to counter this unconstitutional agenda, and to oppose Equality Maryland and the elected officials who support the fractional bill.
The anti-LGBT group Focus on the Family organized the event in response to GLSEN's 'sexual activism in classrooms.'
This is SO satisfying!
Russell Weiner, CEO and co-founder of the energy drink ROCKSTAR, announced today that the company will be donating significant financial contributions to a variety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations to show his support of the LGBT community.
Pepperdine School of Law alumni are demanding the university separate itself from dean Ken Starr's stance on Proposition 8, the law banning same-sex marriage. The alumni from Pepperdine School of Law wrote their opinions and signed a letter sent to Starr last week in a public group on Facebook. The Group is called 'Pepperdine Law Alums in Support of Repealing Prop 8.'
Being bullied in childhood often means physical, social, and mental health repercussions even 40 years later, says a new U.K. study.
Only New Jersey and California have made similar requirements.
"We feel that Into’s closure is a tremendous loss for LGBTQ media, journalism, and the world."
The Broadway superfan was recognized for her commitment to NYC's public school children through the arts education program Rosie's Theater Kids.
A new public education campaign, Legalize Trans, has launched with the goal of drawing increased attention to transgender people and their issues. The campaign, created by activists Asher Kolieboi and Brian Murphy, is selling T-shirts, buttons, and other merchandise bearing the message “Legalize Trans,” a response to what they see as a lack of trans inclusion in American Apparel’s Legalize Gay campaign.
Courage Campaign, California's largest grassroots lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization fighting for a 2010 repeal of Proposition 8, the state's gay marriage ban, announced a withdraw of their support for 2010 efforts, saying research and outreach is needed in order to claim a victory for marriage equality.
Ken Mehlman, the former Republican National Committee chair and campaign manager for Bush-Cheney ’04, came out earlier this week in The Atlantic. Now Mehlman spoke with The Advocate's Kerry Eleveld about his experience.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has partnered with the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center for their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) Initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to conduct research, participate in discussions and make recommendations surrounding the suicide risk among the LGBTQ population, specifically.
Gay Day of Silence to support nationwide anti-bullying agenda; opponents claim protest is a waste of taxpayer money.
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Actress Portia de Rossi are well known for their outspoken advocacy for all animals. Now de Rossi, star of the ABC comedy Better Off Ted, has become an "Alley Cat Ally" and will appear in a print Public Service Announcement for the organization to help raise awareness about the growing feral and stray cat problem.
