LGBTQ youth

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth

PANEL: Has gay youth become lackadaisical in the fight for LGBT rights?

George Gramer, Pieter Tolmsa, and Alison Wisneski answer this week’s question

Fostering Gay Youth

CWIG cited a 2009 study revealing 56 percent of LGBTQ foster kids have been homeless at some point, feeling safer on the streets than living with a foster care family or in a group home.

The effects of bullying on LGBT youth

This bullying graphic shows how much work we as a society have to do to…

Born This Way Ball invites LGBT youth to dress to impress

To a create a place where LGBT students can truly feel they belong, Highlands United Methodist Church in Denver is presenting their third annual Born This Way Ball, a non-religious and welcoming event for grades 7-12

Controversy continues over Denver’s camping ban, focus on homeless LGBT youth

The Colorado Anti-Violence Program was one of several organizations that protested the ordinance, arguing that the ban would criminalize homelessness.

Photo by Hans Rosemond

It’s getting better: a progress report on Colorado school climate for LGBT youth

2011 anti-bullying law and activism of youth and families raise standards, but work still needed to make safe schools universal in Colorado

Gay-Straight Alliance leadership summit to focus on inclusiveness

Colorado’s second annual Gay-Straight Alliance Leadership Summit, hosted by One Colorado and the Colorado GSA Network, will work to empower LGBTQ and allied students, educate school faculty, and strengthen GSAs throughout the state, organizers say. It takes place Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Auraria Campus in Denver.

Democratic Convention attracts LGBT, queer youth organizers

LGBT youth organizers head to the Democratic National Convention with an agenda.

Loving my child whose father died of AIDS

I never thought that our last words would be an argument over who our beautiful daughter looked more like.

He was charming. He was handsome. He was a minister. He was perfect to co-create with. We both agreed that we wanted children. Best of all, he didn’t have a problem with me being gay.

Anti-bullying goes hand-in-hand with LGBT rights

Bullying is what many of us intuitively perceive it as when we’re young: Reinforcement of a social hierarchy.