My Friend Says He Is Gay, What Should I Do?
The first thing you need to do is take a step back from your feelings of shock and confusion and try to see things rationally. This is easier than it sounds, but it is not impossible. Being homosexual...
View ArticleComing Out As A Gay High School Athlete
I’m gay. And I play sports. Yet in my hick-filled town in Alberta, Canada, my best friends, teammates, and my brothers on the ice and field tell me that gay guys can’t play sports. I don’t blame them...
View ArticleIndiana LGBT Youth Group Win Legal Battle To Sell License Plates
The Indiana Youth Group, an LGBT youth support group, is celebrating a big win after a judge ordered their specialty license plates to be reinstated after they were halted last year for dubious...
View ArticleThe First Ali Forney Center Resident Graduates Law School
by Carl Siciliano Last weekend I found myself in a gym in Portland, Oregon with tears streaming down my face. I was at Lewis & Clark Law School, at the graduation ceremony of Ksen Pallegedara, one...
View ArticleGay teens find Internet fame, acceptance
CARMEL, N.Y. — High school students designated the “cutest couple” in their yearbook’s senior superlatives, sparking international attention for the gay teens, are basking in the whirlwind of publicity...
View ArticleWhen Teachers Tell Students “I’m Gay”
It began as a classroom discussion about families. First-graders at the Burr Elementary School in Newton, Massachusetts, asked teacher David Gaita whom he lives with. According to press accounts of the...
View ArticleEducation Policy Overhaul Aims to Protect Gay Students
A bill to alter America’s education system was introduced in the Senate Tuesday, and it includes ways to protect LGBT students from harassment, bullying, and discrimination. A proposal to overhaul...
View ArticleHelping a Child to Come Out
Parents aren’t blind, and the clues are often there. Some research suggests that sexual orientation can show itself even at 3 years old. In our family, by the time our youngest son came out at 13, my...
View ArticleRainbow Summits Project: Raising Awareness About LGBT Youth In Distress
I stood up and looked into the darkness. Somewhere beyond the small circle of light illuminated by my headlamp was my destination, the summit of Mount Everest, my sixth ascent of the “Seven Summits” —...
View ArticleWATCH: How To Be Gay In High School
High school can be a battlefield for many teens, particularly if you’re gay. Now, however, video blogger David Levitz, who reveals that he came out at age 11, offers his tips on how to survive high...
View ArticleFinding A Gay Teen Community In Your Area
Being a teenager isn’t easy and being a gay teen is even more difficult. It is often harder than being a straight teen because of the stigma many still attach to being gay as well as the teen often...
View ArticleWhy Are So Many Gay Teens Depressed?
Too often, hostile environments at school and at home make gay and lesbian adolescents depressed. Here’s how teens in the LGBT scene can find the emotional support they need. Life is stressful for any...
View ArticleWhen Teachers Tell Students “I’m Gay”
It began as a classroom discussion about families. First-graders at the Burr Elementary School in Newton, Massachusetts, asked teacher David Gaita whom he lives with. According to press accounts of the...
View ArticleEducation Policy Overhaul Aims to Protect Gay Students
A bill to alter America’s education system was introduced in the Senate Tuesday, and it includes ways to protect LGBT students from harassment, bullying, and discrimination. A proposal to overhaul...
View ArticleHelping a Child to Come Out
Parents aren’t blind, and the clues are often there. Some research suggests that sexual orientation can show itself even at 3 years old. In our family, by the time our youngest son came out at 13, my...
View ArticleRainbow Summits Project: Raising Awareness About LGBT Youth In Distress
I stood up and looked into the darkness. Somewhere beyond the small circle of light illuminated by my headlamp was my destination, the summit of Mount Everest, my sixth ascent of the “Seven Summits” —...
View ArticleWhy Are So Many Gay Teens Depressed?
Too often, hostile environments at school and at home make gay and lesbian adolescents depressed. Here’s how teens in the LGBT scene can find the emotional support they need. Life is stressful for any...
View ArticleRainbow Summits Project: Raising Awareness About LGBT Youth In Distress
I stood up and looked into the darkness. Somewhere beyond the small circle of light illuminated by my headlamp was my destination, the summit of Mount Everest, my sixth ascent of the “Seven Summits” —...
View ArticleFinding A Gay Teen Community In Your Area
Being a teenager isn’t easy and being a gay teen is even more difficult. It is often harder than being a straight teen because of the stigma many still attach to being gay as well as the teen often...
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