Tag Archives: LGBT youth

The parents of Matthew Shepard say they are floored at the news that Jason Collins secretly chose 98 as his uniform number as a tribute to Matthew Shepard and the Trevor Project, which was founded in August 1998 two months before Shepard was murdered. “It made me cry,” Judy Shepard told FOXSports.com during an interview Monday afternoon. “It was really …

More clips here. (Via Gay Star News)

“For the better part of ten years, I was an advocate and spokesman for what’s known as the ‘ex-gay movement,’ where we declared that sexual orientation could be changed through a close-knit relationship with God, intensive therapy and strong determination. At the time, I truly believed that it would happen. And while many things in my life did change as …

Via Memeograph.

Above is an excerpt from the Boy Scouts USA’s document titled “Membership Standards Study Initiative Executive Summary.” Embiggen to read. (Via JMG reader David)

Openly gay leaders, it appears, will remain banned. Reuters has the news: The Boy Scouts of America called to end a long-standing ban on openly gay members, a spokesman said on Friday, but the organization’s board must still vote in May on whether to ratify the resolution. If the vote is approved, “no youth may be denied membership in the …

Today is GLSEN’s annual Day Of Silence and dozens of anti-gay groups have demanded that Christian parents keep their kids out of school rather than learn that it’s wrong to beat up gay kids.  From the SPLC-certified hate group, the Illinois Family Institute: Parents and Guardians: Call your children’s middle and high schools and ask if students and/or teachers will …

Focus On The Family has posted a money beg to further their campaign to promote the physical and emotional abuses of LGBT children.  Please feel free to visit their Facebook page and tell them what you think. I got deleted and banned immediately.  So much for “dialog.” UPDATE: Focus has removed the Facebook plea for donations and replaced it with …

Friday is GLSEN’s annual anti-bullying Day Of Silence and dozens of anti-gay groups have called for parents to keep their kids home that day rather than have them learn that it’s wrong to beat the shit out of gay kids. Here’s how Focus On The Family is promoting their Day Of Dialog, which is the day before the Day Of …

(Via Towleroad)

Because Christian children must NOT be taught that it’s wrong to beat the shit out of gay kids.

Via press release: In the United States, one in four new HIV infections is among youth ages 13 to 24. Every month 1,000 young people are infected with HIV and over 76,400 young people are currently living with HIV across the country. Young people and their allies are determined to end this epidemic once and for all – but they …

Via press release from the Ali Forney Center: Four-time Tony Award nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh will return to host the seventh annual The Broadway Beauty Pageant. Celebrity judges have also been announced. Andrea Martin (Pippin), Billy Porter (Kinky Boots), and Michael Urie (Buyer and Cellar) have been tapped to judge the event which will take place …

To heighten awareness of next week’s Day Of Silence, GLSEN has launched a social media campaign. Join the movement, share your selfie! We want to know: what are you doing to end the silence around anti-LGBT bullying and harassment? Download the Day of Silence Selfie Sign, print it out, and fill it in! Snap a photo and share! Facebook: Share …

In the first of three clips posted today by TMZ, retired NBA star and openly HIV+ safer sex advocate Magic Johnson expressed his love for his openly gay son.  In the followup clips Johnson talks about professional gay athletes coming out of the closet.

Here’s the most recent letter sent to New York Times gay advice columnist Steven Petrow: Dear Civil Behavior: I am a straight suburban mom who is very supportive of my gay teenage son. He’s confident in who he is but he’s also vulnerable to hostile comments from those who might find him too “flamboyant.” Recently he came home from school …

On the same day that Marie Osmond endorsed marriage equality, we learn of a newly-launched “web resource for Mormons struggling with same-sex attractions.” Via press release: Building on the breakthrough mormonsandgays.org Web site launched by the LDS Church in December 2012, a Salt Lake City-based therapy clinic has launched a new Web-based resource to address these kinds of concerns for …

(Via JMG reader Dustin)