Tag: youth

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee in June 2017. / Image via screen capture, PBS News Hour We’ve known this for awhile, but now we have the hard data. As The New York Times reported yesterday, a new study by liberal Center for American Progress (CAP) using U.S. Department of Education data “provided the first analysis of how students who identify as have fared in the first half of the Trump administration.” The opening lines of...

For as long as we live in a heteronormative world, gays will feel anxious about coming out of the closet. And for as long as gays feel anxious about coming out, many will feel they didn’t “live out their youth properly,” as Reddit users recently discussed on the r/askgaybros subreddit. “I regret not coming out sooner because I feel like I lived a fake life up to this point,” one wrote. “Yes, almost daily, I have a sense of ‘Man, I...

HRC Asks Education Secy Betsy DeVos "How Do You Sleep At Night?" After interviewing over 12,000 LGBTQ teenagers, the HRC Foundation and the University of Connecticut has released the largest-of-its-kind survey detailing the anxiety and challenges so many of them face going regarding their daily lives at home, at school and in their communities. With teens ranging in age from 13 to 17, and from all 50 states and Washington D.C., the survey reveals teenagers are not only experiencing stressful levels...

A man suspected of setting fire to an LGBT+ centre in the US has been arrested. On 12 July, the one.n.ten centre in Pheonix, Arizona was doused in liquid and set ablaze by a man believed to be 26-year-old Darren Beach Jr. No one was harmed in the attack, but essential resources including electronic equipment, food, personal hygiene products and camping equipment were lost in the fire. The one.n.ten centre is a safe haven that serves LGBT+ youth and young adults aged...

Ireland is set to become the first country in the world to enforce a national LGBT youth strategy. The strategy will help tackle homophobia and address other challenges faced by young LGBT people in Ireland. Events are being organised across the country to open a line of communication and give government ministers a better understanding of issues that need to be addressed. The launch is starting on Facebook where Katherine Zappone, the Children’s Minister, will be launching an online questionnaire. The programme hopes...

“Not all families are as understanding." An LGBT youth advocacy group in Charlotte, North Carolina, received a 1.5 million donation from a prestigious local family this week. Sarah Belk Gambrell, 98-year-old heiress to the Belk chain of department stores, donated the money from the Gambrell Family Foundation. It amounts to almost half of the $3.4 million Time Out Youth is attempting to raise to build its first shelter for LGBT homeless youth. TOY director Rodney Tucker calls the money “life-changing for the...

Actor Wentworth Miller has been honored by Attitude as their Man of the Year, with a cover story that delves into his struggles with self-acceptance, leading to serious bouts of depression and suicide attempts. Miller came out in 2013 in an open letter declining an invitation to Russia, criticizing their anti-LGBT “propaganda” law. When he was mocked on The Lad Bible‘s Facebook page for his post “Prison Break” weight gain he shot back that he was suicidal at the time, prompting...

Beloved Golden Girls star's legacy lives on. The Bea Arthur Residence will be opening its doors in early 2017 giving hope and shelter to LGBTI youth. As reported last year by Gay Star News, the beloved Golden Girls actor who died in 2009, left $300,000 (€268,000) in her will to support the Ali Forney Center. The shelter was originally expected to open this summer, but some building regulations have caused minor setbacks. It is believed that the construction is now in the later...