Marblehead school counters trans bullying with professional training
After a transgender student at the Village School in Marblehead was bullied in December, the school, which educates about 700 fourth-to-sixth graders, quickly responded by organizing a professional training session on gender identity and...
Rhode Island youth sports program partners with LGBT+ youth initiative
Project GOAL (Greater Opportunity for Athletes to Learn), the Rhode Island nonprofit that inspires academic achievement through sports—namely, soccer—is partnering with the LGBT+ youth initiative Play Proud to train coaches to help their programs...
Reps. Clark and Pappas introduce bill to block US discriminatory policy against LGBT college...
Vice Chair of the US House Democratic Caucus Katherine Clark of Massachusetts and Congressman Chris Pappas of New Hampshire have introduced legislation to block a proposal by the Department of Education to allow colleges...
LGBTQ youth in rural Maine see growing support through efforts like Mount Desert Island...
It's almost impossible to know what life is like elsewhere unless we experience it ourselves, or at least hear about it on the news. Take a story in the Bangor Daily News, for example....
Outright Vermont draws hundreds to 2019 Queer and Allied Youth Summit
More than 250 youth and school staff advisors from 50 middle and high schools from 72 towns across Vermont participated in the 13th annual Queer and Allied Youth Summit held on Saturday and Sunday,...
Register by March 4 for EqualityMaine’s ‘Spill the Equalit-Tea’ youth conference
EqualityMaine is proudly hosting its ninth annual LGBTQ+ youth conference on March 8 on the Biddeford Campus of the University of New England—and calling it “Spill the Equalit-Tea,” and it’s literally overflowing with activity.
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Children raised by same-sex couples do better in school, new study finds
According to a new study reported this week by the Boston Globe, children raised by same-sex couples "had higher test scores in elementary and secondary school and were about 7 percent more likely to...
GLSEN study finds Massachusetts schools unsafe for many LGBTQ middle and high-school students
Despite many initiatives to make Bay State public schools more inclusive and welcoming to LGBTQ students, a recent national study by the LGBTQ youth advocacy group GLSEN finds Massachusetts schools "unsafe for many LGBTQ...
Brown University study finds higher rate of lesbian, gay, bisexual adults struggling with health...
A new study by researchers at Brown University School of Public Health, "Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults Report Continued Problems Affording Care Despite Coverage Gains," reveals LGB adults—with insurance and who regularly get check...
University of Maine law school gifted 50K in name of LGBT ‘justice warrior’
Portland-based law first Bernstein Shur has gifted the University of Maine School of Law $50,000 in honor of its retiring shareholder and LGBT activist Pat Peard. The money is to be used in Peard's...
