Youth

Minnesota Students Make a Stand

In Champlin, Minnesota, another brave stand for LGBT Equality was made by two lesbian students at a local high school. Sarah Lindstrom and Desiree Shelton were both elected to the Royalty Court for the Snow Days Pep Fest and wanted to walk into the auditorium together. Traditionally, students elected walk in boy-girl pairs. When school […]

Dreading Sunday

        I was sitting in my chair and my eyes were fixated on one thing and one thing only. That one thing was the excruciating and painfully slow second hand of the clock. My ears were of no use to me as I sat there in English amongst annoying students waiting only to hear one

Cleve Jones at Expression Not Suppression Conference

The Gay Straight Alliance Network in partnership with Community Link proudly present: CLEVE JONES will be the featured Keynote Speaker at the Expression Not Suppression Youth Conference Saturday, February 7, 2009, 12 noon At the First Congregational Church of Fresno (The Big Red Church) 2131 N. Van Ness Blvd. Youth up to 24 years of

Expression Not Suppression 2009

Gay-Straight Alliance Network partnered with Community Link present… Expression Not Suppression ENS is a FREE conference for LGBTQQI youth activists and their allies who are dedicated to defeating homophobia and transphobia and creating safe and supportive schools for everyone. The target audience is high school & middle school students. Teachers & GSA advisors are welcome.

A PUSH TO CURB THE CASUAL USE OF UGLY PHRASES

For the first time since the Advertising Council was founded in 1942, the organization – which direct and coordinates public service campaigns on behalf of Madison Avenue and the media industry – is introducing ads meant to tackle a social issue of concern to gays and lesbians. The campaign, which is scheduled to be announced

Young, Gay and Murdered

 Today Newsweek Magazine came out with a cover story about young kids coming out and gay hate crimes. This is a MUST READ. Click Here to read this great article covering these important social issues…

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    We as youth these days are scared of rejection, not getting accepted for who we are. We feel like we have to live up to societies standards. We have to act, dress, be a certain way to feel accepted. So when we have a different sexual preference we don’t know to tell someone. Its

Transgendered Prom King

Members of Fresno’s community respond to a recent article published in the April 22nd edition of the Fresno Bee Original Article: Girl who would be a prom king loses Good for Fresno High The April 22 article about the transgender person at Fresno High School running for prom king was very disappointing. It seems the