“On Monday, Tillman and many other parent, student and teacher activists across the country traveled to Capitol Hill to tackle how minority and disabled youth are being pushed out of the school system nationwide. The group was part of the Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC), a coalition made up of 78 organizations from 22 states that’s challenging the current ‘push out’ problem in today’s schools” Read more in Empower Magazine … [Read more...]
International Transgender Day of Visibility March 31st
“Observed each year on March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility is a day to celebrate the courage it takes to live openly and authentically, while also recognizing the leadership of transgender and gender nonconforming trailblazers who have led the charge in the fight for equality.” Read more in The Human Rights Campaign … [Read more...]
LGBT News: Neon Trees’ Tyler Glenn Comes Out as Gay in Rolling Stone
“Glenn speaks candidly about his first gay experiences, his band's reaction to his coming out and his complicated relationship with his conservative religion in our new story.” Read More in Rolling Stone … [Read more...]
LGBT News: Ford Is The Only Company Left Supporting Basically Anti-Gay Parade
“Ford Motor Company is now the only major U.S. corporation sponsoring the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City. Other big corporate sponsors, including Guinness and Heineken, dropped the parade after a public outcry over the organizers' rule that barred LGBT groups from openly participating.” Read More in The Huffington Post … [Read more...]
LGBT State News: Transgender teen takes softball field with all the other California girls
“As a freshman, Cordova-Goff played baseball but felt uncomfortable and didn’t try out again. Now she is one of the first transgender students to benefit from a new state law, A.B. 1266, which offers youth the right to participate in sex-segregated school programs, activities and athletics even if their gender identity does not match what appears on their school records.” Read More in AlJazeera … [Read more...]
LGBT State News: GSA Network to President Obama: #BringThemHome
“GSA Network urges President Obama to be an LGBTQ champion for all and bring Yordy and his undocuqueer siblings home now...These young people took the courageous step of placing themselves into immigration custody and asking for humanitarian parole and asylum. They are victims of our broken immigration policy, and they deserve to come home to the United States.” Read more at GSA Network Visit action.dreamactivist.org/reform150 to sign the petition! … [Read more...]
Local LGBT News: Los Gatos Transgender Woman Fights Back Against Scotts Valley Fitness Company
“Even though Jönnson is barred from CrossFit women's competitions, she could be eligible for the Olympic Games. International Olympic Committee guidelines permit transsexual athletes to compete under their new gender if they have undergone sex reassignment surgery, legally changed their gender, undergone hormone therapy for a period of time and meet Olympic androgene testing requirements.” Read More in The Santa Cruz Sentinel … [Read more...]
National LGBT News: Google’s International Women’s Day Doodle Includes Trans Women
“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...]
[Reminder] GSAs For Justice: Expression Not Suppression (ENS) 2014 Conference
ENS is a Fresno-based annual conference for LGBTQ youth and straight allies who are dedicated to creating safer schools and building the GSA movement in the Central Valley. ENS is youth-planned and youth-led. When: Saturday March 15, 2014 Location: Edison High School, 540 E. California Ave. Fresno, CA 93706 Click Here for more information & registration … [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...]