“That video, which features more than 100 women from around the world, includes two openly transgender women. Author, speaker, and transgender rights activist Janet Mock and Transgender Law Center senior strategist Cecilia Chung both appear in the clip.” Read More in The Advocate … [Read more...]
LGBT News: 100 LGBTQ Black Women You Should Know
“...in honor of Black History Month, below you’ll find over 100 lesbian, bisexual, gay, queer and transgender women you should know about. If she was still alive, the oldest person in this list would be 189 years old. The youngest person on this list is a mere 21 years of age.” See the List at Autostraddle … [Read more...]
LGBT News: Kids With Lesbian Parents Report Higher Self-Esteem Than Kids With Heterosexual Parents
“Children of lesbian parents reported higher self-esteem scores and lower conduct problem scores than the children of heterosexual parents. On all other variables, including child-parent relationship and personal well-being, there was no difference in the scoring.” Read More in The Huffington Post … [Read more...]
[Save the Date] Day of Silence 2014, April 11
The National Day of Silence is a day of action in which students across the country vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools. Click Here are some easy ways to organize your own Day of Silence event. To register visit dayofsilence.org Interested in being part of the street team for this event? Applications due March 9th, Click Here for more information … [Read more...]
LGBT News: Missouri Students Block Westboro Baptist Church’s Protest of Michael Sam
“Students at the university, many of them wearing “Stand with Sam” pins, formed a human wall to block off the extremist group.” Read More in USA Today … [Read more...]
LGBT News: Arizona Anti-Gay Bill Prompts LGBT Advocate Protests
“Hundreds of activists rallied in Arizona on Friday to protest the passage of a bill that would let vendors deny service to gay customers on religious grounds.” Read More The Huffington Post Updates in The Huffington Post … [Read more...]
LGBT News: X-Men is about gay rights, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart
“The esteemed British actors and best friends, who play enemies Magneto and Professor Charles Xavier in the movie franchise, say the persecution of ‘mutants’ in the film reflects the struggles of the LGBT community.” Read More at Gay Star News … [Read more...]
Schools Continue to Support All Students After Attempt to Repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act Fails
“Today, the effort to repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act - California's new law ensuring that all youth have the opportunity to succeed in school - failed to qualify for the ballot” Read More at the GSA Network … [Read more...]
LGBT News: Facebook Adds New Gender Options
“The social media giant has added a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well as three preferred pronoun choices: him, her or them.” Read More in The Huffington Post … [Read more...]
State LGBT News: First Transgender Girl Plays on California High School Girls’ Softball Team
“She is a member of the cheer squad and is Azusa High School's student body president with a 4.0 grade average. Pat is also the founder of Azusa's Gay Straight Alliance. She is now on her way to be the state's first transgender student to play high school softball on a girl's team.” Read More in GLAAD … [Read more...]