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Last Updated: Jan 24, 2008 |
News :
National
Gay Youth Make Up One-Third of New York City’s Homeless Population
according to the city’s first ever census of homeless youth which has found that, of the nearly 4,000 young people under the age of 24 who go homeless each night in New York City, nearly one-third identify themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual.
Dec 18, 2007
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Health/Fitness :
Health Issues
Researchers Suggest ADHD Medication May Not Help Children in the Long Run—and May Stunt Their Growth
University of Buffalo Professor William Pelham suggests drugs such as Ritalin and Concerta may work well in the short term, but those benefits erode substantially over time and may even end up stunting a child’s growth.
Nov 13, 2007
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Home/Family :
Our Families
Talking About Gay Issues in Schools: It’s Still Elementary
A lot of progress has been made since the documentary, It’s Elementary—Talking About Gay Issues in Schools, was released a decade ago. For for that progress to continue, director Debra Chasnoff says it will take the support and advocacy of the entire LGBT community and all of our allies.
Nov 5, 2007
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Home/Family :
Our Families
Same-Sex Parents Have Fewer Resources than Straight Counterparts
A new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law suggests that same-sex couples with children in three states—Illinois, Michigan and Rhode Island—have fewer economic resources than their heterosexual, married counterparts.
Oct 3, 2007
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Home/Family :
Our Families
Oklahoma Won’t Appeal Gay Parent Adoption Decision
The Oklahoma Health Department announced late last week that it will not appeal a federal appeals court ruling earlier this month that struck down a state law refusing Oklahoma birth certificates to children adopted by out-of-state same-sex couples.
Aug 21, 2007
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Home/Family :
Our Families
U. S. Court of Appeals Rejects Oklahoma’s Adoption Invalidation Law
The law, hastily passed at the end of the 2004 Oklahoma legislative session, threatened to make children adopted by same-sex couples in other states legal orphans when the families are in Oklahoma.
Aug 7, 2007
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Current Events :
Discrimination
Spanish Judge In Hot Seat For Denying Lesbian Parental Custody
A Spanish judicial watchdog group announced its investigation of a judge who denied a lesbian mother parental custody of her two daughters. In a ruling last month in the southeast region of Murcia, Judge Fernando Ferrin handed the girls over to their father's care, arguing that a homosexual environment threatened their education and upbringing, reports Reuters.
Jul 25, 2007
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Home/Family :
Our Families
Camping OUT, Where a Gay Kid Can Be a Kid!
When I was a teenager, summer camp always seemed to turn into a scene from Mean Girls, where the popular kids verbally or literally beat the crap out of the people who were a little different. Things have certainly changed. Camping OUT is a unique place where gay and lesbian teens can share all the experiences that come with summer camp, and they can do so on their own terms.
Jul 20, 2007
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