In today's LGBT Youth Allies Global News Roundup, we've linked to stories from, among other places, Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Dominica, France, Malaysia, New Zealand and Russia. … [Read more...]
On Rupert Everett: Homophobia or Gender Stereotyping (or Both)?
Posted on September 17, 2012
Openly gay actor Rupert Everett's remark in a newspaper interview that he "can't think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads" has sparked outrage in many circles—and rightly so. This anti-gay-parent comment, which ignores decades of research on same-sex parents, comes from a gentleman whose mother said as part of the same interview that she still wishes Rupert, who has been out for 20 years, had "a pretty wife." Does anybody else see any irony here? … [Read more...]
LGBT Youth Allies’ Global News Roundup #6
Posted on August 28, 2012
As it's been a while since the last Global News Roundup, I've got plenty of stories today that relate to (or that are likely to interest) LGBT youth and their allies. Today's Global News Roundup also embeds three videos, and it links to even more. … [Read more...]
Sally Ride, Boy Scouts, and Role Models for LGBT Youth
Posted on July 30, 2012
Posted by MK on 7/30/12 I'll add only a couple of points to the debate swirling around Sally Ride's decision to come out in her obituary. As many readers already know, the late physicist and astronaut Sally Ride--who overcame countless challenges to become the first American woman in outer space in 1983--revealed recently that she was in a same-sex relationship, by way of an obituary that she co-wrote with her partner before she passed away. The obituary noted that Dr. Ride is survived by … [Read more...]
LGBT Youth, Sex Discrimination, and 40 Years of Title IX
Posted on July 13, 2012
Posted by MK on 7/13/12 This summer marks forty years of Title IX, the landmark federal law banning sex discrimination in federally funded schools and other education programs. President Nixon signed Title IX into law in June of 1962. Much if not most of the media coverage of the law’s fortieth anniversary has, understandably, focused on the law's achievements in opening opportunities for women, especially in school athletics. (Some news outlets have noted, by the way, that this … [Read more...]
Hesperia School Officials Need to Consider Quick, Decisive Action on LGBT Issues
Unless they act quickly and decisively, officials in yet another school district may face a lawsuit from LGBT youth and their allies. And if they're sued, the officials could easily lose. According to a letter sent yesterday to the interim superintendent of Hesperia Unified School District in California, the district faces potential legal action by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP on behalf of student members of a gay-straight … [Read more...]