All posts tagged "LGBTQ youth"
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Colorado’s openly gay governor signs conversion therapy ban and birth certificate bill
Jared Polis approves pro-equality legislation seeking to make LGBTQ people's lives easier
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Amazing Race’s Tyler Oakley helps launch The Trevor Project’s new 24/7 text and chat lines
The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people, has launched “Anytime, Anywhere,” a public service announcement featuring...
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar calls conversion therapy “torture” at Minnesota rally
Minnesota one of 21 states attempting to restrict therapists from changing youths' sexual orientation
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Equality Utah head blasts Gov. Gary Herbert for support of “hostile takeover” of conversion therapy bill
The head of the LGBTQ group Equality Utah is blasting Utah Gov. Gary Herbert for supporting amendments that radically altered the content of a bill...
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Federal judge says Tampa’s conversion therapy ban violates free speech rights
Rationale for partial injunction could be used to challenge or curtail other broad-based bans on conversion therapy
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Denver City Council passes conversion therapy ban
Democrats in the legislature are expected to pass a similar measure banning the practice statewide
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University of Oklahoma professor drafts bill to ban conversion therapy in the state
A University of Oklahoma professor has drafted a bill to ban therapists from subjecting LGBTQ youth to conversion therapy. That bill is expected to be...
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Denver seeks to ban use of conversion therapy on LGBTQ minors
If passed, measure would make Denver the first municipality in Colorado to ban the practice
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Education Department recommends rescinding Obama-era school discipline guidance
A federal commission led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is recommending rescinding Obama-era guidance that was intended to reduce racial discrimination in how students are...
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Most California schools have LGBTQ-inclusive suicide prevention policies
Report finds law requiring schools to adopt comprehensive suicide prevention policies led to greater LGBTQ inclusion
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Florida lawmaker files bill to ban conversion therapy statewide
Bill seeks to discipline therapists who attempt to forcibly change youth's sexual orientation or gender identity
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Trump’s USDA tries to reverse 4-H organization’s pro-LGBTQ policy
The Trump administration has been pressuring the national 4-H youth organization to rescind a policy allowing LGBTQ participants — setting in motion a series of...
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Less than a quarter of transgender teenagers feel safe expressing their gender identity
Gender-variant youth report higher levels of harassment or mistreatment at home and at school
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Friendship Place’s annual Walk fundraiser seeks to provide a safety net for homeless LGBTQ youth
The fourth annual Friendship Walks helps fund the organization's work to combat homelessness
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Federal judge to decide whether to block South Florida laws banning youth conversion therapy
Conservative Christian therapists argue the bans violate their free speech rights and religious beliefs
