All posts tagged "youth"
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White House Reminder
In a letter to educators released Oct. 26, Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali provides guidance to educators on, among other topics,...
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Education Dep’t to Advise Schools on Anti-LGBT Bullying
In a letter to educators to be released today, Oct. 26, Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali will provide guidance to the...
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Bert’s ‘mo’ hairstyle comment was not a gay coming out
”We’ve always reached out to a variety of actors and athletes and celebrities to appear on the show, and our programming has always appealed to...
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Gay teacher gets job back; was fired for answering why he’s unmarried [video]
”I felt like I was being asked to go back into the closet. And that’s a terrifying place to be. My first reaction was absolute...
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SMYAL Youth address recent LGBTQ suicides [video]
Metro Weekly reporter Justin Stewart talks with Andrew Barnett, executive director of D.C.'s Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) and several SMYAL youths about the...
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Fighting to Save Our Youth
Charles Robbins never attempted suicide. Growing up in Denver and struggling as a gay youth, however, Robbins found solace in alcohol. ''I remember my first...
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Federal Questions
Discussion of LGBT bullying and youth suicide has led to increased efforts by organizations and individuals to eliminate – or, at least, lessen – both....
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Helping Hands
''It has been unbelievably painful to have these kind of daily reminders,'' Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Student Education Network (GLSEN),...
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Blowback on Bullying
Every 18 minutes, one person ''completes'' suicide. ''We use the word 'completed' rather than 'committed' because committed makes it sound like a crime and that...
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Outspoken, Ep. 7 [Video]
In this week's episode of Outspoken, host Ebone Bell asks people at the NOH8 photo shoot in DC who was the hardest -- and the...
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Empowered in Mount Pleasant
On June 8 La Clinica del Pueblo welcomed members of the local LGBT community to see the site that will house its youth drop-in center,...
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Rhee's Tardy Response
Two years ago Michael Sessa was outraged by the results of the city's 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for students attending public schools in...
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Youth Pride Day on Stage [video]
SMYAL dancers vogue, duckwalk and Shablam! on stage at Youth Pride 2010: Michelle Raymond performs an acoustic version ''Umbrella'' for Youth Pride
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Booths & Vendors
Youth Pride Day 2010 Saturday, April 24thRock Creek Park / 23rd & P Street, NW12 p.m. to 5 p.m. As of press time, in alphabetical...
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Speakers & Performers
Saturday, April 24th12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Rock Creek Park23rd & P Streets NWAs of press time. Subject to change. SPEAKERS Andrew BarnettExecutive Director, SMYAL...
