Rural lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students feel less safe, face heightened victimization and have fewer supportive resources than LGBT students in suburban and urban areas, according to Strengths and Silences: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students in Rural and Small Town Schools, a new study released today by the Gay,…
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Helping Your Daughter Cope With Being Lesbian In Sports
Today’s tweens and teens are different. This may come as no surprise to you if you are a parent of one. What you might find surprising, however, is how much they know about some aspects of who they are at an early age, even while they struggle to figure out who they are as a…
Coming Out May Have Mental, Physical Benefits
A new study finds that openly acknowledging one’s sexual orientation is more than just a societal question, but an action with an impact on public health. Researchers affiliated with the University of Montreal say lesbians, gays and bisexuals (LGBs) who have “come out” have lower stress hormone levels and fewer symptoms of anxiety, depression, and…
Benefits of Joining a Gay - Straight Alliance
This year marks the 25-year anniversary of the first Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)! In 1988, a straight student in Concord, Massachusetts, wanted to do something to teach her classmates about anti-LGBT bullying. She reached out to her history teacher who had recently come out to the entire campus. “You’re gay, and I’m straight, so let’s call…
Coming Out In College: Helpful tips and recommendations
Are you gay and out in college? Or, are you planning on coming out in college? College is much less insular than high school campuses can be. It’s a great time to explore your interests and your sexuality. I didn’t come out until I went to college. Here are the things I would’ve done differently…
Coming Out Stories Gallery
Abbie’s Story I am 18, and as I grasp this issue of homosexuality, I realize that it is something I always knew, sort of a silent understanding with myself, but life went on, and growing up I never made it a big issue. I felt different from a very early age, but than again, I…
The Gay Debate: The Bible and Homosexuality
Matthew Vines speaks on the theological debate regarding the Bible and the role of gay Christians in the church. Delivered at College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kansas on March 8, 2012. Alright, I’d just like to start by saying thank you to everybody for coming tonight – I really appreciate it – and…
An Open Letter to Christian Parents of LGBT Children
For many parents, this can be a difficult time, one that challenges their faith. After all, doesn’t the Bible promise “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it”? How then can your child abandon the clear teachings of scripture for such an identity? It seems the only clear choices are either that the Bible promise is untrue or that you did something wrong as a parent.