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It’s Official: GLSEN Says Internet Is Both Best and Worst Thing Ever for Queer Teens
A newly released GLSEN survey shows LGBT youth are more likely to be bullied online than their straight peers. But they’re also figuring out how to make it better for themselves.
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Toronto Decides Whether It Needs Separate Gay High Schools, Or Just Gay Equality
Yes, it’s good for there to be a safe refuge where gay students can learn and thrive in safety, but the goal should be to create this kind of safe environment in mainstream schools.
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Changing Face: The Ethics Of Free Plastic Surgery For Bullying Victims
If you change your face to fit the beauty standards of the meanest kid on the playground, who wins?
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Are Male Role Models Necessary?
A new study shows that boys raised by lesbians are properly gender socialized. Um, yay?
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Everybody Hurts
Not all gay kids are depressed — and not all straight kids are happy. In The New York Times’ “Gay or Straight, Teenagers Aren’t So Different,” experts discuss new research and make salient points. This whole thing reminds me of “Pump up the Volume.”
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5-Year-Old Boy’s Daphne Costume Throws Gender-Conscious Parents Into Shiloh Panic
A five-year-old boy wanted to dress like a character from Scooby Doo who happens to be a girl. Then other kids’ moms made fun of him. We’d like to take this opportunity to define a little something we call SHILOH PANIC.
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Constance McMillen Fake Prom 2010 Student Rebuttal: Bigotry or Bullying? (Yes. Both.)
Constance McMillen’s treatment is a nasty reminder of how high school kids can be cruel, especially when LGBTs are involved. We overanalyze, Angela Chase-style. Basketball players might or might not be changing beauty standards, the first female Cherokee leader died yesterday, racism is bad for your health, and Yale starts a student-teacher sex ban.
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Do School Libraries Need Books? (Yes! We needed “Annie on my Mind”!)
Many schools are considering doing away with books — NYTimes debates the issue with Experts, and we have feelings. Also; gay Canadian teens in rural areas are lonely, lesbian activist marries gay man to prove a point, transgender woman on Oprah, first African-American gay speaker of the house in Rhode Island, Utah GBLTs won’t be ignored, and a kickass parody of the offensive Dodge Charger Superbowl Ads.