Youth

The FAIR Education Act: Extending FAIRness in Our Schools The Printise J. Womack Lecture endowment, the Henry Madden Library, and the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature invite everyone to attend a panel discussion on the FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, Respectful) Education Act. The discussion will be held on May 1st from […]

“Mom, you don’t know how it feels to be hated.” That’s the message 14-year-old Kenneth Weishuhn Jr. had for his mother, shortly before he killed himself. The 14 year old had recently come out of the closet and was ostracized by others in his school. A Facebook page was started to persecute him and he

Good afternoon! It is joy and delight to introduce the inaugural Harvey Milk Hope Award recipient and scholar: MICHELLE HENDERSON SWIFT, Class of 2013. She will receive a $2,000 scholarship in the 2012-13 academic year and will be publically recognized at the Top Dog Alumni Awards Gala on Sept. 28th at the Save Mart Center.

Gay Central Valley will be tabling at ENS and hosting a workshop… Courtesy GSA Network Expression Not Suppression (ENS) is a free, annual conference in the Fresno area for LGBTQ and straight ally youth (ages 13-21) who are dedicated to creating safer schools and building the GSA movement in the Central Valley. ENS is open to

Okay…let’s face it…Colin Farrell just gets hotter the older he gets…I could go so much further with why older guys are hotter than younger guys, a tenant I’ve lived by my entire life, even when I was a teenager, but I digress…let’s focus on the message about bullying… Courtesy BelongTo.Org Hollywood actor Colin Farrell has

THE POWER OF AN ENDOWMENT: Established in 2006, the Bulldog Pride Fund (BPF) has had one simple mission: “To support student scholarships at Fresno State.” Since its inception, the BPF has raised nearly $214,000 for its endowment. This fall, the BPF will provide five scholarships of $2,000 each – $10,000 total – to Fresno State

In Washington state, a state on the edge of becoming the 7th U.S. state to legalize same sex marriage, another young teen has taken his life due to anti-gay bullying. 14 year old Rafael Morelos hanged himself after intense bullying and online attacks. “He pretended everything was OK,” she said. “Sometimes he acted strong, but