Tag Archives: gay youth

April 19th In NYC: Ali Forney Center’s Broadway Beauty Pageant

The Ali Forney Center’s annual Broadway Beauty Pageant takes place Monday, April 19th at Symphony Space in Manhattan. The Ali Forney Center serves NYC’s homeless LGBT youth. Handsome hunks from your favorite Broadway shows competing to raise money for the Ali Forney Center, an organization that provides shelter and services to homeless LGBT youth in New York City. Join host …

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Marching Orders

Anti-gay groups are issuing their final directions for Christian students to walk out of any school that participates in this year’s GLSEN Day Of Silence next Friday. The below is a joint message to parents from evil twin vipers Laurie Higgins (Illinois Family Institute) and Linda Harvey (Mission America). Explain to your children why you’re taking a stand:a. Homosexual behavior …

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Friendly Voices – Colin Farrell

“I can’t remember much about the years of physical and emotional abuse my brother Eamon suffered. I was very small. The thing i do remember though, quite literally, is blood on his school shirt when he came home in the afternoon. The beatings and taunting were very frequent for my him and a constant part of his school years. I …

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Anti-Gay Liberty Counsel Peddles Fake Anti-Gay Pediatricians Group

The Liberty Counsel has issued an alert that the so-called American College of Pediatricians has sent a warning to the nation’s educators to be on the lookout for students “experiencing same-sex attraction or gender confusion.” The letter reminds school superintendents that it is not uncommon for adolescents to experience transient confusion about their sexual orientation and that most students will …

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TONIGHT: Justin Comes Out

On tonight’s episode of Ugly Betty, teen actor Mark Indelicato’s Justin character finally comes out. No spoilers, just know that the scene is reportedly touching, funny, and best of all, romantic. Set your DVRs.

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Remembering Carl Walker-Hoover

It was one year ago that 11 year-old Carl Walker-Hoover hung himself in his bedroom closet after being relentlessly tormented by anti-gay bullies at his school. GLSEN requests that you honor Carl today by signing their petition that Congress pass the Safe School Environments Act, a federal bill that would provide funding for schools to prevent and respond to incidents …

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IT’S TRUE: Constance Tricked Out Of Prom

Constance McMillen has confirmed that a large fancy secret prom took place across town while she and special needs students attended what they were told was the “official” prom. “They had two proms and I was only invited to one of them,” McMillen says. “The one that I went to had seven people there, and everyone went to the other …

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Did The Haters Secretly Move The Prom So Constance McMillen Wouldn’t Find It?

A Mississippi blog is claiming that the alternative prom attended by Constance McMillen was a decoy and that the “real” event was secretly moved to another location. According to the below report, only seven kids showed up at the event Constance was told was the real deal. The prom the school district promised at the country club in Fulton was …

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Mississippi: ACLU Rejects $20K Gift From Atheist Group For Alternative Prom

The ACLU has declined a $20,000 donation from the American Humanist Association which the group offered to fund an alternative prom open to all students, including lesbian teen Constance McMillen, whose story made international news after her school canceled its prom rather than allow Constance to attend with a female date. “Although we support and understand organizations like yours, the …

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Concerned Women Are Concerned That Gay Kids Don’t Get Beaten Enough

Concerned Women For America have issued an endorsement of the plan for Christian children to walk out of school during GLSEN’s Day Of Silence. The pro-homosexual “Day of Silence” (DOS) is coming to your child’s school again. The nationally scheduled date is April 16, 2010. While wearing the mask of a “safe schools” program, this is actually a movement to …

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Today In Mildly Interesting Trivia

Cochran, Georgia – home to gay teen Derrick Martin, used to be known as Dykesboro for its founder, B.B. Dykes. Maybe that’s why Cochran is so touchy about being known as a “pro-gay town.”

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Students Protest Against Gay Teen Derrick Martin Attending His Prom

While Derrick Martin’s high school has grudgingly admitted that they had no rule in place to block him from bringing his boyfriend to the prom, some of his fellow students still don’t want him there. In fact, they’ve held an anti-Derrick rally. The rally’s organizer, Amber Duskin, sent text messages to high school students Wednesday asking them to show up. …

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Georgia Gay Teen Derrick Martin Talks About Going To The Prom

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Georgia Teen Derrick Martin Kicked Out Of House Over Gay Prom Date

Only yesterday we were cheering the news that Derrick Martin’s Georgia high school had approved his request to bring a male date to the prom. But now his parents have kicked him out of the house. Derrick is staying with a friend for now, but has been getting kind messages of support from the LGBT community. Many gay-rights activists are …

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Tweet Of The Day – Constance Verdict

A judge in Mississippi has ruled that Constance McMillen’s school violated her rights when they canceled her prom rather than let her attend. But he won’t force the school to reinstate the event. U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson denied the ACLU’s request for a preliminary injunction. He said he’ll still hold a trial, but he did not set a …

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Georgia School OK’s Gay Prom Date

With all the controversy about Constance McMillen, Derrick Martin worried that his Cochran, Georgia high school might cancel his prom too because he asked if he could bring a male date. They said yes. At his high school, prom dates from outside counties must be approved in advance, so Martin went to his principal and asked. “At first she said …

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Constance McMillen Gets Her Day In Court

Mississippi teen Constance McMillen appeared in court today as the ACLU’s claim of constitutional violations was heard. Mississippi officials who canceled a prom after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend told a federal judge Monday that there were issues with the event even before that. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing in U.S. District Court to force …

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Constance Not Invited To Private Prom

Constance McMillen’s school board in Mississippi yesterday filed a court brief claiming that her prom had been canceled to settle the “very explosive and disruptive issue” of their ban on same-sex dating. ACLU attorney Christine Sun calls bullshit on that, saying it was the cancellation itself that catapulted the story into the national news. Sun notes that the filing includes …

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Today On Ellen DeGeneres: Constance McMillen Gets $30K Scholarship

Mississippi teen Constance McMillen will appear on today’s episode of Ellen where she’ll be awarded a $30K scholarship in recognition of her activism on behalf of gay youth. McMillen’s school board canceled her prom several weeks ago rather than allow her to attend with her girlfriend. Since then she’s appeared on countless media outlets talking about discrimination against LGBT youth. …

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Ugly Betty’s Gay Teen Has His First On-Screen Kiss

Teen actor Mark Indelicato notched some LGBT history last night when his Ugly Betty character had his first kiss with a boy. The scene was appropriately awkward, cute, and full of potential heartbreak. Head over to After Elton where Michael Jensen already has a recap up.

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