All posts tagged "LGBTQ"

Lawmakers in 19 states want legal refuge for trans youth

Democratic lawmakers in more than a dozen states are following California's lead in seeking to offer legal refuge to displaced transgender youth...

Yrans teens Alabama: Young, white, teen girl wearing gray knit beanie and dark gray sweater smiles into camera.

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Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms

Alabama is among multiple states with Republican-controlled legislatures that have advanced bills not only to block medical treatment but to ban transgender...

Georgia lawmakers hands transgender decision to sports group: frustrated older white man at podium rubbing forehead

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Georgia lawmakers hand transgender decision to sports group

Georgia lawmakers dumped the thorny problem of whether transgender athletes should be allowed to play high school sports onto the state's main...

Don't Say Gay Florida: Smiling white man in blue suit sits at table holding up 2-page ocument in a display folder syrrounded by smiling white adults and children

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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday that forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten...

Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents: protesters with flags on a partly cloudy day

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Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents

A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy...

Florida Don't Say Gay bill passes: group of men in suits walking towards camera

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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes in Florida, goes to governor

Florida's Republican-dominated legislature passed a bill Tuesday to forbid instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, rejecting...

transgender community grants: group of diverse hands being put in circle

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Transgender community impact grants

GRANT FOCUS: Trans Communities, Trans Youth, LGBTQ+, Health/Welfare, HIV/AIDS | Amount: Up to $50,000 | Deadline: Mar. 18, 2022

Texas governor order on gender-confirming care: older white man talking in front of American flag background

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Texas governor order treats gender-confirming care as abuse

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state's child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse,...

Oregon community grants: painters painting a colorful outdoor mural

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Oregon disadvantaged community program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Disadvantaged Communities, Racial Equity, LGBTQ, Homelessness, Oregon | Amount: Up to $40,000 | Deadline: Mar. 30, 2022

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Melanie Willingham-Jaggers named executive director of GLSEN

Melanie Willingham-Jaggers is the first person of color, first nonbinary person, and first Black woman to lead GLSEN in its 32-year history.

minority-led business support grants: Black woman with mask putting up open sign on door

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Minority-led small business support and recovery grants

GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, Small Business/Organization Support, Minority-Owned Businesses, Pandemic Recovery, Minority Youth | Amount: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: May 6, 2022

LGBTQ youth sports participation brief: sad youth watching other play basketball

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Research brief: LGBTQ youth sports participation

The Trevor Project releases a new research brief discussing the current data and issues concerning LGBTQ youth sports participation.

Black LGBTQ+ youth report: upset teen of color looking out window

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LGBTQ youth suicide prevention in schools

The Trevor Project issues a new brief using data from its 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health discussing the inclusion...

transgender high school youth report; young man holding hand to camera with transgender symbol on it

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Black trans and nonbinary individual COVID recovery direct-relief grants

GRANT FOCUS: COVID19, COVID Recovery, Black LGBTQ Youth, Nonbinary Youth, Direct-Relief | Amount: $500 | Deadline: Ongoing

Diversity of nonbinary youth report: Silhouette of yellow, white, purple and black colored hands as the colors of the non-binary flag.

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Diversity of nonbinary youth

The Trevor Project uses data from its National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to highlight and discuss the diversity of youth...

Helianis Quijada Salazar and Jasmine Jones stand inside the offices of JustUs, a Brooklyn, N.Y. projected aimed at diverting justice-involved girls and queer youth from juvenile detention facilities and into community programs.

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From the Bureaus

A New York City detention-diversion project is reserved for girls and queer youth

Since it launched in January, 25 youth have enrolled in a three-year pilot project that pays girls and queer youth involved in...

Northwest LGBTQ+ and black community COVID recovery grants: LGBTQ+ couple on park bench with bushes behind them

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Northwest LGBTQ+ and black community COVID recovery grants

GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ+ Communities, LGBTQ+ Youth, Social Justice, Racial Justice, Northwest | Amount: $1,000 - $10,000 | Deadline: Ongoing

DC/Baltimore region LGBTQ nonprofit support grants: Silhouette of LGBTQ people

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D.C./Baltimore region LGBTQ community nonprofit support grants

GRANT FOCUS: LGBTQ, LGBTQ Youth, Health, HIV/AIDS, Community, Nonprofit Support | Amount: Up to $5,000 | Deadline: Aug. 6, 2021

LGBTQ youth in the workplace report; young female worker stressed at laptop

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