When There Is a 'Fear of Falling,' Jump!: Teens Wrestle with Prejudice, Take a Stand for 'Outsiders'
BRISTOL, R.I., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Maddie Hickman is 16 and fresh off the worst year of her life, which includes not one but two ex-boyfriends. Maddie swears off love and her once-beloved self-help books, and spends her after-school hours editing the school paper and banging out weepy poems - until the morning a letter arrives, addressed to her. "Anonymous" is a student at Maddie's school, and he needs her help because a guy he likes suddenly hates him. Terrified of being caught by parents, peers, and the boy who now loathes him - a jock with everything to lose if he's outed to their homophobic high school, Anonymous seeks Maddie's help.
Just outside the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota is Eden Prairie, a thriving community with the motto “Live, Work, Dream.†Recently, LGBT citizens and supporters gathered together for a No Excuses meeting to describe how they live, work and dream for equal rights. The six individuals, including known activists, health care workers, business owners, and [...]
Earlier this evening the U.S. House defeated a Republican motion to instruct conferees seeking to strip the hate crimes provision from the Defense Authorization bill to which it is attached. The vote was 178 to 234.  You may recall that in July, the Senate voted 63 to 28 to add the provisions of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes [...]
Today, the U.S. Senate voted 72-22 to confirm the nomination of Thomas Perez to the position of Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. His confirmation had been stalled since his nomination on March 31, 2009 by President Obama. HRC was an early supporter of Mr. Perez’s nomination and signed onto [...]
Tampa's gay filmfest celebrates a major milestone.... By David Warner The Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival changed Margaret Murray's life. How? She saw a really good movie. It was 1993. Murray had just begun to realize there was "something called art film out there," something different from the multiplex fare she'd grown up with. Then she went to a screening at TIGLFF â€" her first ...
HARTFORD, Conn.----At the annual conference of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association , Aetna received an achievement award for its work in improving the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
It was a day of mixed emotions for some members of Utah's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered (GLBT) community. In the morning there was a brunch and a fundraiser celebrating National Coming Out Day. Hundreds attended the event and the funds raised will go to help GLBT causes and organizations like the Utah Pride Center.
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