Youth
LGBT Youth Orgs to Get a Push
The Spruce Foundation is reaching out to organizations that support LGBT youth. An announcement is expected to be made at this month’s event.
Weekend Roundup
Friday, May 4 Equality Forum continues today with the National Legal Panel (4 p.m.) and National Politics Panel (5:30 p.m.) at the National Constitution Center. […]
Preacher: Beat Up Gay Kids
What to do with an effeminate boy? Well, according to one preacher, parents should beat the gay right out of him. A controversial (to say […]
Trans Kids and TV Sensationalism
Last month, In the Life released “Becoming Me,” a look at real-life experiences of eight families with transgender and gender-nonconforming children. While mainstream media coverage […]
Equality Forum Celebrates 20 Years
Equality Forum celebrates its 20th anniversary this year when events officially kick off May 3 – 6 in Philadelphia. Looking back on the last 20 […]
I Want to Know What It’s Like
Los Angeles filmmaker Ryan James Yezak has done it again. You might remember his trailer for the film “What Homosexuality is Not,” but Yezak has […]
HRC’s LGBT Youth Survey
Do you feel like you fit in? Is there someone you can turn to? These are just a few of the questions HRC hopes to […]
Dear 40-Year-Old Me
Taking a page from the “It Gets Better” book, a group of LGBT teens from the Midwest created a video in which they address their […]
Lesbian Den Mother Ousted
Ohio mom Jennifer Tyrrell would like the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to change its discriminatory policy that prohibits LGBT people from serving as troop […]
Queer, Young and Bullied
A new report about “Being LGBT in the 21st Century” shows some sobering statistics about what it means to be young and LGBT today in […]
Watch: Mrs. PA’s It Gets Better
Mrs. Pennsylvania 2011 recently shared her own “It Gets Better” video. After partnering with Equality Pennsylvania, the pageant winner wanted to send a message to […]
Weekend Roundup
Friday, March 23 Saga: The Rock Opera is looking for a few good singers and actors. Written by Philly’s own Erik Ransom, the show is […]
What We Love: OK4U2BGAY
Kids who are being bullied may rarely think they have a voice. But thanks to a new T-shirt company, tweens and teens have another way […]
GALAEI Gets $50K Grant
This week, the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative (GALAEI) received a $50,000 grant from the Fund for Children at The Philadelphia Foundation. Elicia […]