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Study: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth at schools with gay-straight ... A new study shows that LGBT youth who go to schools with gay-straight alliances have better mental health, are less likely to drop out of high school and more likely to attend college. SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 15, 2011 - New research has found that ...

National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Awareness Week Did you know that the last week in March was National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender ( LGBT ) Health Awareness Week (HAW)? The National Coalition for LGBT Health (of which the LBGT PA Caucus is a member) celebrated its 10th annual National LGBT ...

Is social housing failing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents?  - Significant progress has been made towards achieving equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people over the last 50 years, culminating in the Equality Act 2010 – a single comprehensive and uniform equality statute. Yet legal equality is insufficient if policy and practice in the public sector does not keep pace, or if the hearts and minds of employees are not committed to equality.

Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Youth's Schooling & Mental Health Impacted By High Levels Of Bullying ...  - Lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth tend to get bullied via electronic means such as texting, websites, instant messaging, email, and chat rooms. Bullying ...

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community protests violence against all ... Several hundred members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender ( LGBT ) community decked up in psychedelic accessories, proudly walked and danced their way through in the oldest pride walk in south Asia - Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk – on Sunday to  ...

Uptown lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender groups seek a base in Harlem Harlem's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is looking for a space to call their own, and one local group has started a petition to garner support for a community center. Harlem Pride, an uptown LGBT group, launched an online petition for ...

LA Gay & Lesbian Center Merges with Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing   -  LGBT elders of all races, ethnicities and backgrounds are under new management as the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center announced an operational ...

Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing Corporation Honored at 2012 LOS ANGELES, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing Corporation (GLEH), the first affordable housing apartment complex in the nation serving low income lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender ( LGBT ) elders, ...

Presbyterian Church (USA) Rejects Attempt To Ban Active Lesbian, Gay Clergy : While the Presbyterian Church in the United States or PCUSA may have rejected an attempt to support same-sex marriage, they also rejected an attempt to ban lesbian and gay clergy who are in committed relationships. The proposed measure that was ... America | Las Américas | Português | Español | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

It's Time to End Profiling of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People of Color  - Yet it's the type of arrest that happens to gay men and women of color—as well as transgender women of color and homeless LGBT youths of ...

'Gay' wives are anything but gay : The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community in China is slowly coming out of the closet and the shadows, with more support groups and online communities, larger gay pride parades, more homosexual weddings (not legally recognized in China)  ... Shanghai Daily (subscription)

Vocally Anti-Gay Former San Diego Mayor Hosts Fundraiser for Gay Mayoral Candidate By San Diego LGBT Weekly SAN DIEGO— As noted in this week's San Diego LGBT Weekly newsmagazine, openly gay San Diego mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio has upset many leaders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community by touting an ...

Lesbian and Gay film festival: when will LGBT film-making go mainstream? The programme reflects that in many ways Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender ( LGBT ) film-making has certainly come of age. In the festival's early days the films tended to be either shorts, experimental art-house, or documentaries. Ireland | United Kingdom | America | Las Américas | Stigmabase | Egaylity

Fundraiser planned for area gay, lesbian, bisexual youth The Trevor Project is one of the leading organizations providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth . "He always took the leadership role and he seemed to do that naturally ...

Lesbian, gay, Muslim and proud  -  LGBT Muslims have not remained silent. In fact, Imaan has been operating – educating, empowering, representing, LGBT Muslims for the last 14 years.

DC Comics' “Bird of Prey” movie will have gay & lesbian characters -  The upcoming Birds of Prey superhero film from the DC Comics Extended Universe will feature gay and lesbian characters. There will be two “gay ...

Advocates hail Chinese court decision to take on gay 'therapy' case  - A Beijing court has agreed to hear a case against a Chinese clinic that says it can turn gay men straight with hypnosis, a rights group familiar with the case told Al Jazeera on Thursday, marking the first time a court in China has taken up such a suit. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Advocacy China

DC Comics' “Bird of Prey” movie will have gay & lesbian characters -  The upcoming Birds of Prey superhero film from the DC Comics Extended Universe will feature gay and lesbian characters. There will be two “gay ...

Obama should not push gay agenda in Kenya  - Members of the anti-gay caucus chant slogans against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) community as they march along the streets ...

Gandalf actor talks gay issues with pupils : The 73-year-old actor chatted to pupils from year 11,12 and 13 as part of his work with Stonewall – the lesbian, gay and bi-sexual charity – to tackle homophobic bullying. During the sessions, Sir Ian talked about what it was like growing up gay and ... Belper News