“Report: LGBT youth experience high rates of cyberbullying”
July 11, 2013, Progress Illinois article about a report which found that LGBT youth face higher levels of cyberbullying than straight youth.
Category: Media
“Out Online: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth on the Internet”
2013 report released by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) which found that youth face about three times more bullying and harassment online and twice as much bullying or harassment via text message compared to their non-LGBT peers.
“LGBT homeless youth documented in ‘Queers in Exile’ at the Leslie Lohman Museum”
July 16, 2013 The Huffington Post article about an exhibition at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York detailing the street stories of LGTBQ people since 1969.
“Faith-based group starting alternative to Boy Scouts — will allow gay youth, adults”
July 9, 2009, NBCNews.com blog post about a faith-based group that was opposed to the Boy Scouts of America’s decision regarding gay members starting an alternative group to the Boy Scouts.
“For runaways, sex buys survival”
Oct. 26, 2009, The New York Times article about the frequency with which young runaways have to resort to the sex trade.
“Coming out in middle school”
Sept. 23, 2009, The New York Times Magazine article about young boys and girls coming out in middle school.
“Church’s ‘gay exorcism’ video sparks outrage”
June 25, 2009, Associated Press article posted on FoxNews.com about the “exorcism” of a gay teenager by a group of Connecticut church elders in 2009. The article includes video of the “exorcism.”
“Youth in the crosshairs: The third wave of ex-gay activism”
March 2006 report published by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force about “ex-gay” Christian ministries and how they affect LGBT youth.
“Homophobia at ‘Hell House’: Literally demonizing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth”
October 2006 report published by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force on the subject of Hell Houses, many of them held in churches around Halloween, and the effects they have on youth attitudes toward LGBT people.