Parents are their kids' best allies. Here's how to embrace LGBTQ pride at home. After so many years of prejudice and non-inclusion, the world has finally started becoming a more inclusive,welcoming place for the LGBTQ+ communityover the past decade. Thi...
Coming out can be an extremely nerve-wracking, vulnerable, and emotional experience for many LGBTQ+ people due to fears of rejection and disappointment. Children or teens may be worried about their parents’ immediate reactions or that they will lose their love entirely. Some even fear being ...
Transgender kids and their families in Texas need our support.Credit: Mashable As at leastseven statespush for limits on how school curricula discuss LGBTQ topics and gender and sexuality, Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues adding fuel to the fire with a new political call that jeopardizes the...
Being an LGBTQ+ ally should continue even once July rolls around. Business owners can employ various strategies to ensure their workplace is diverse and LGBTQ+ friendly. People need support every month of the year, not just one.Managers can celebrate prideall year long by making changes to the...
And all June long, across the U.S., we’ve seen firsthand that the ideal of equal dignity for all people is both powerful and elusive. Equality has to be demanded, fought for, and won. As LGBTQIA+ organizations have written in an open letter,“Today, we join together again to say...
LGBTQMigrationIntersectionalityHomophobiaRacismHomonationalismTo be effective and supported by the targeted communities, future policies as well as government-funded research should involve people from the targeted communities from the start, following the principle "nothing about us without us."...
Clamping down on bullying is not enough to create a truly accepting school for LGBTQ students. Teachers need to do more to help.
Substance use services willing to learn, adapt and grow can successfully create welcoming environments for LGBTQ+ people. Small steps towards inclusion ultimately enable greater access to support for communities that have felt left out for far too long....
Bullying is often one of the main reasons, said Amit Paley, CEO of The Trevor Project, a crisis intervention and suicide prevention organisation for young LGBTQ people. Mardi Gras, while widely celebrated across Australia, is not the only opportunity to celebrate queer culture and for allies to...
mistreated on any level can have lifelong repercussions. While LGBTQ youth bullying often begins in the teen and adolescent years, it frequently happens even intoadulthood. From discrimination to harassment, the resulting pain from being bullied isn’t easy for anyone to get over, regardless of ...