Articles*
Coming out in adolescence By Brian Van De Mark
(Published October 9, 2008, Gay & Lesbian Times)
Study shows teens are coming out at younger ages – but are our schools equipped to keep them safe? Oct. 12 marks the 10th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death. The gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student was robbed, tortured, tied to a fence in a rural area near Laramie, Wyo., and left to die. Read article >>
Young, Gay and Murdered By Ramin Setoodeh
(Published July 19, 2008, Newsweek)
At 15, Lawrence King was small—5 feet 1 inch—but very hard to miss. In January, he started to show up for class at Oxnard, Calif.'s E. O. Green Junior High School decked out in women's accessories. On some days, he would slick up his curly hair in a Prince-like bouffant. Sometimes he'd paint his fingernails hot pink and dab glitter or white foundation on his cheeks. "He wore makeup better than I did," says Marissa Moreno, 13, one of his classmates. Read article >>
The framing of mutual joy By John Bryson Chane
(Published June 26 2008, The Guardian)
Archbishop Rowan Williams has tried to take the issue of gay marriage off the table at the Lambeth Conference, which begins in three weeks. But the celebration of a gay relationship at one of London's oldest churches last month, and the well-publicised gathering of anti-gay Anglicans in Jerusalem this week, suggest the controversy must eventually be faced squarely. Read article >>
GLBT Youth Fight for the Right to Party at Prom By Sue Katz
(Published June 11, 2008, AlterNet)
When I was in high school in the mid-'60s, it never occurred to lesbians and gays to go to their proms with a same-sex partner. Usually they went with their "beards" -- that is, their guy/girl-pals, their heterosexual accessories. The necessity to lug around a closet under one's taffeta prom gown was challenged in 1980 by a Rhode Island high school senior named Aaron Fricke who was determined, despite administrative refusal, to swirl around under the glitter ball in the arms of his date, Paul Guilbert. Read article >>
Do Schools Discount Gay Parents? Gay Parents Get Shut Out By Barbara Axelson
(Published June 2008, Scholastic Administrator Magazine)
LGBT parents are very actively engaged in their children’s education, yet are often still not accepted by school communities.—Kevin Jennings, executive director, GLSEN Read article or download referenced report >>
Buying Time for Gender-Confused Kids: Misunderstood Procedure Delays Puberty in Children By Joseph Brownstein
(Published May 21, 2008, ABC News)
A procedure that some are mistakenly calling a sex change treatment for children has been drawn into the spotlight in recent days -- although it has been going on for many years. In an interview with National Public Radio broadcast earlier this month, Dr. Norman Spack, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children's Hospital in Boston, revealed that he has at least 10 pediatric transgendered patients to whom he has been giving a hormone-blocking treatment to delay puberty. Read article >>
Study Finds Half of Principals Deem Bullying a Serious Problem at Their School, Yet Appear to Underestimate Extent of Problem for Gay Students By Cathy Renna
(Published May 12, 2008, GLSEN)
Nearly a Third Say Teachers Ill-Equipped to Handle Bullying Based on Sexual Orientation
A new study of public school principals released today by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, in collaboration with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) finds that half of principals view bullying as a serious problem at their schools, yet they appear to underestimate the extent of harassment that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students experience. Read article >>
They’re Here, They’re Queer, and They Don’t Need Us... Or Do They? By Kenji Yoshino
(Published May 07, 2008, The Advocate)
The New Gay Teenager
The warp speed at which gay rights has moved in this country has left me—along with many LGBT adults -- feeling hopelessly out of touch with LGBT youths. Two years ago I returned to my high school to speak about gay rights. I got a standing ovation for my talk, had lunch with members of the gay-straight alliance, and left with the impression that the cutting-edge issue was not gay rights but transgender equality. All this would have been unimaginable when I was a student there in the mid to late ’80s. Read article >>
The Internet Generation By Scott Stiffler
(Published May 4, 2008, EDGE Boston)
What’s the matter with kids today? They've got a language, behavior and value system all their own, right? If you said yes, chances are you’re a parent -- or, at the very least, starting to show your age. Since the beginning of time, people have been dismissing the new generation as the one whose fundamental differences and glaring flaws are sure to doom the species -- and up until now, they were wrong. Read article >>
Article Archive
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Second Nature By Maximillian Potter (March 2008, 5280 Magazine)
Practical Strategies for Safe Schools Work By Jean Hodges (October 12, 2007, Safe Schools Plenary, National PFLAG Conference)
Gay teens coming out earlier to peers and family By Marilyn Elias (February 7, 2007, USA TODAY)
The Gay Generation Gap: Communicating Across the LGBT Generational Divide By Glenda M. Russell, Ph.D. and Janis S. Bohan, Ph.D. (December 2005, Angles)
*Disclaimer: These articles are provided for informational purposes only. Any opinions, findings, or recommendations expressed in these articles are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Boulder Valley Safe Schools Coalition or its affiliates.
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