All Entries Tagged With: "lgbt youth"
NBA Star Jason Collins: “I am Black. And I am Gay”
The NBA’s Jason Collins made history today. Collins came out as gay — making this an unprecedented statement in the NBA history. His coming out is more historical, because Collins has come out while still actively playing. Collins finished this season with the Washington Wizards, and has also played for the Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey [...]
Gayborhood News: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Boston, MA Trans nondiscrimination policy approved in public school district The Medford School Committee has approved a new gender identity nondiscrimination policy for Medford Public Schools. The new policy is based on guidelines from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in response to the law passed in 2011 [...]
HRC Mobilizes Members to Contact Local Scout Councils with Message about Ending Discrimination
HRC petition calls on BSA local council representatives to vote for non-discrimination resolution during May 23 National Council WASHINGTON – The discriminatory policy banning gay Scouts and Scout leaders will face a vote by 1,400 leaders of the Boy Scouts of America on May 23. In advance of the vote, the Human Rights Campaign, the [...]
AAC Supports Efforts for 1st National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Stable housing is critical to reducing HIV infection among young people BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute issued a report yesterday titled “Out in the Cold: Homeless Children in Crisis in Massachusetts,” and today marks the first-ever National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day. AIDS Action Committee supports both efforts to raise awareness [...]
New LGBT Youth Commissioners Sworn In at State House Ceremony
By: Francisco L. White/TRT Reporter– BOSTON, Mass. – A dedicated group of leaders was welcomed to the Massachusetts State House, on January 9, to be sworn in to the Massachusetts Commission on LGBT Youth. The ceremony was held at 3:00 p.m. in hearing room 222, which was quickly filled by the multitude, including the families, [...]
Federal Court Ok’s CA Law Protecting Youth from Therapist Claims to Change Sexual Orientation
On Dec. 4th, Judge Kimberly Mueller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California denied a request by an anti-LGBT group to postpone the January 1, 2013 start of the state’s new law protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from psychological abuse at the hands of state-licensed therapists who use dangerous [...]
Beyond the Stage Raises $45K for At-Risk LGBTQ True Colors Youth
BOSTON - Beyond the Stage, The Theater Offensive’s inaugural cocktail reception and fundraiser, raised $45,000 to benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and the straight allied youth of True Colors OUT Youth Theater. Over 150 supporters gathered in the Lenox Hotel’s Dome Room on Thursday, November 15th to honor the courage and strength of True Colors. “My daughter [...]
Hear Me Out: Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Christina Aguilera, Lotus Christina Aguilera opens her seventh album by calling this a “rebirth” despite her “broken pieces” – or, in other words, a really bad few years (last album, tabloids and Burlesque). After spending much of her career doing what she’s so good at – using her voice like [...]
Beyond the Stage: A Benefit for True Colors OUT Youth Theatre
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Beyond the Stage will honor the remarkable courage and strength of True Colors youth, focus on this life-changing program, and show how your kindness impacts the lives of the youth. We invite you to meet True Colors members and hear their voices. Thursday, November 15th, 6-8 p.m. The Lenox Hotel (61 Exeter [...]
The OutField: Chris Billig is Gay for Soccer
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– The “gay soccer” stories come fast and furious. * Major League Soccer sponsors Spirit Day, encouraging players and fans to wear something purple, drawing attention to bullying and LGBT youth. * FC Edmonton goalkeeper – and staunch straight ally Lance Parker – is a finalist for Cosmopolitan Magazine’s 2012 “Bachelor [...]
Cambridge Hosts LGBT Town Hall
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– For the third time in eight years, the City of Cambridge hosted an LGBT town hall meeting — its purpose to provide a forum for community members to voice concerns and express interests directly to local government officials. This year’s gathering was held Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9:00 a.m. to [...]
Warren Campaign Targets Gay Vote With Get-Out-The-LGBT-Vote Rally
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Her campaign strategists know that in as a close a race as this one — multiple polls show her with a one-to-two point advantage — Elizabeth Warren needs every single vote to send Republican US Senator Scott Brown packing. In other words, gay votes may really matter on Election Day. Perhaps [...]
Thank you nAGLY and Congrats on 20!
On September 27th, the North Shore Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth, nAGLY, celebrated its 20th Anniversary as an organization that supports the GLBTQ youth of the North Shore. nAGLY’s Gala and Fundraising event, hosted by Fast Freddy, showcased entertainment, a live and silent auction with plenty of fun and inspiration from the [...]
It’s Time to Reach Out to, Fight for and Listen to Our Youth
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– Last month, I had the opportunity to attend and speak at The Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth Hearings, held locally at Holyoke Community College. And some of the testimony was quite emotional. That testimony and those youth who so desperately need our help as allies, role models and advocates, in all [...]
HRC: Landmark Survey of LGBT Youth, Great Disparities Found
New HRC President Chad Griffin calls tremendous disparities between LGBT and straight young people a call to action WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization – released a groundbreaking study of LGBT-identified young people and a corollary study of straight teens that shows tremendous disparities [...]
