Tag: youth
Georgie Stone was the youngest in Australia to get pubertal suppression
A transgender girl, 16, began her transition when she was just 11-years-old to stop developing masculine features through puberty.
Alarming CDC Data Show LGBTQ Youth Face High Rates of Violence and Bullying
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, today responded to the alarming results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nationwide survey of high school students, which found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people are far more likely to experience violence and bullying, and attempt suicide, than their heterosexual peers.
Troye Sivan’s Mum Has Started A Petition To Support LGBTI Youth
Laurelle Mellet, the mother of Australian musician and YouTube star Troye Sivan, has started an online petition to garner support for an anti-bullying program aimed at LGBTI youth.
Cyndi Lauper Meets With LGBTQ Youth in Raleigh on Impact of North Carolina’s Discriminatory HB 2
Last Saturday, award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBTQ equality advocate Cyndi Lauper met with LGBTQ youth at the LGBT Center of Raleigh to learn more about their lives, the challenges they face, and the damaging impact of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s deeply discriminatory HB 2 law.
Sebastian, 12, was called “gay” – the answer is brilliant
Swedish lad Sebastian Holmström, 12, was called “gay” by another student at the school.
Vermont Joins Growing Number of Jurisdictions Protecting LGBTQ Kids from Conversion Therapy
Today, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed Senate Bill 132 into law, making Vermont the eighth jurisdiction—behind California, New Jersey, Oregon, Illinois, New York, Washington D.C., and Cincinnati—to protect LGBTQ youth from the dangers of “conversion therapy.”