Tag: youth
100% Increase in Numbers of LGBT Young People and Parents Accessing BeLonG To’s Services since Marriage Equality Referendum
Today (Monday 16th November, 2015), the Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, James Reilly TD visited BeLonG To Youth Services to hear firsthand the impact the Marriage Equality Referendum has had on the lives of LGBT young people & to launch a new eBook ‘BeLonG To YES: Voices from the Marriage Equality Campaign’ by Anna Carey.
HRC and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids Join to Prevent Teen Substance Abuse
New issue brief aims to increase understanding of challenges faced by LGBTQ youth.
NCLR and HRC Release Sample Legislation to End Conversion Therapy on LGBTQ Youth
Sample legislation for state legislators comes just days after the Obama Administration issued a report calling for an end to conversion therapy.
New Obama Administration Report Calls for End to Dangerous “Conversion Therapy” for Minors
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, praised a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) which makes “clear that conversion therapy is not an appropriate therapeutic approach based on the evidence, and explores alternative ways to discuss sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression with young people.”
Norwegian School Parents Group Refuses Boy (15) To Join Classmate On a School Trip
The Committee believes 15-year-old has failed to follow school well enough to join themed trip to Poland. This is exclusion and bullying, says his parents.
What should school’s teach pupils about sex?
Millions of young people enter adulthood sexually and emotionally illiterate. Many subsequently endure disordered relationships, ranging from unfulfilling to outright abusive. The result? Much unhappiness – and sometimes mental and physical ill-health.