Archive for the ‘LGBT Youth’ Category
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Today Congress will hold the first hearing on the anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy since its passage in 1993.
The hearing is at 2 p.m. and can be watched live via the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network website.
Until then, let's take a trip down memory lane, to Sept. 21, 2006, Greensboro, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve, United States | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Via gayzetteblog.com (Denver) we learn of an absolutely ludicrous, radical right agenda-laden hit piece on LGBT parents and their kids.
Entitled, "Gay parents = gay kids? Study: Kids raised by gay folks more likely to grow up gay," The Denver Daily News article states:
As many as 21 percent of homosexually parented ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
On Monday I posted again about the N.C. Christian Action League's misleading words and tactics regarding the School Violence Prevention Act (HB 1366). That was after first exposing their inaccurate op-ed written by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay, anti-marriage amendment supporter state Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston).
Late last evening, the ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | 3 Comments »
Monday, July 7th, 2008
InterstateQ.com was the first to tell you about the Christian Action League of North Carolina and the misleading, inaccurate op-ed written by Mary Frances Forrester, wife of anti-gay state Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston County).
Now, the Christian Action League is misleading the public and their members again.
From a recent Christian Action ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | 2 Comments »
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Q-Notes June 14 issue contains an investigative piece on the Charlotte, N.C.-based Time Out Youth, written by staff writer Jack Kirven and Associate Editor David Stout.
Founded in 1991, Time Out Youth is an LGBT youth support, education and advocacy organization that serves teens and young adults ages 13-23. Their CEO, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, Editorial, Headlines, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, United States | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
In a campaign modeled after the 2006 Soulforce Right to Serve Campaign (I was the Greensboro City Organizer for the Soulforce action), students from Harvard University have set out upon their journey toward creating discussion and bringing attention to the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" gay ban of the U.S. ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, College/University, Dont Ask Dont Tell, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, United States | 7 Comments »
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The controversy of Irmo High School (Irmo, S.C.) principal Eddie Walker and his resignation (effective June 2009) over the formation of a gay-straight alliance has highlighted divergent opinions and points of views within the queer community.
The Rev. David Gillespie, a queer pastor who writes as "The Queer Heretic," has come ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Education, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Media, North Carolina, South Carolina, United States | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
The last time I blogged about safe schools and anti-bullying legislation, it was on the happy occasion of Florida's passage of a general anti-bullying bill. Although the Florida bill didn't enumerate categories inclusive of sexual orientation and gender-identity, the legislative intent was made clear on the floor of the legislature.
Now ...
Posted in High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Seems as though the Florida Legislature beat good ole' N.C. in passing a state-wide anti-bullying bill protecting LGBT students. We've got a similar bill that needs to be passed by our State Senate this coming session.
No word yet on whether Gov. Crist is going to sign it, although the ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States | No Comments »
Friday, April 11th, 2008
The Charlotte Observer had earlier reported that anti-gay Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education member Kaye McGarry would be proposing a motion to excuse anti-gay students from classes on Friday, April 25, when students will be participating in the National Day of Silence.
From that article:
School board member Kaye McGarry says she'll ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, Charlotte/Metro Area, High School, LGBT Youth, North Carolina | 3 Comments »
