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Teen fashion trend? The gay best friend

logointern3 — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:00:09 +0000

“Teen Vogue” recently published an online article about the latest trend in high school fashion: the gay best friend (GBF). According to the article, the once-bullied gay high school boy(...)

Gay and bi teens at risk for eating disorders

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:36:34 +0000

From Reuters:

(New York) Gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers may be at higher risk of binge-eating and purging than their heterosexual peers, starting as early as age 12, a new study finds.

For(...)

Protests take on teen violence bill that ignores LGBTs

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:00:24 +0000

(Columbia, South Carolina) Dozens of gay rights advocates demonstrated at the South Carolina Capitol on Tuesday, protesting against a provision in a teen dating violence bill that specifically(...)

Withers: The Palin drama is better than Bobby and Whitney

James Withers — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:39:10 +0000

Oh you gotta love the Palin household. Sure Sarah Palin isn’t the vice-president, but her brood continues to make crazy gossipy drama.

Now before some conservative troll flips, I got nothing(...)

Gay student banned from wearing rainbow

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:02:37 +0000

(Peoria, Arizona) A 14-year-old Peoria student says he was ordered by a principal to turn his rainbow wristband inside-out or stop wearing it to school.

The cloth wristband has words “Rainbows(...)

Study: Lesbian teens at higher pregnancy risk

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:33:49 +0000

(Toronto, Ontario) Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens are at a higher risk of becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy than their heterosexual peers, says a new study.

The authors suggest the(...)

Resources: LGBT youth shelters

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:04:24 +0000

Up to 40 percent of homeless youth may be LGBT. If you are kicked out of your home, here are some places you can go for help:

Arizona: Tuscon
Eon’s Homeless Youth Project,

Siciliano: LGBT teen homelessness is an epidemic

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:49:18 +0000

As National Coming Out Day approaches, I find myself wondering if the LGBT community is failing too many of the teens who come out.

When a teen comes out, and their parents are able to accept(...)

Killing ourselves with hate

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:54:24 +0000

Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in Philadelphia – EPPI – used to be the place where teenagers who attempted suicide ended up.

There was a whole floor of them. Nothing but kids. The(...)

Gov. Palin’s secret (gay) code

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:56:48 +0000

There are over 1.5 million gay teenagers who are experiencing a slow motion nervous breakdown this evening – and many of these teenagers may be sitting in their parents’ homes tonight listening(...)