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  • After School Special

    By on October 31, 2007

    At 18, Christopher Barnhill wasn't necessarily going through a ''tough time'' when he started hanging out at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League's after-school Youth...

  • Safety Monitor

    By on August 1, 2007

    The transition from July to August coincides with the phrase ''back to school'' creeping back into the collective consciousness. But with kids not due back...

  • Something to Talk About

    By on May 23, 2007

    If you've ever caught any of the episodes from the third season of BET's College Hill, a reality show about eight black college students, you...

  • The Kids Are All Right

    By on May 2, 2007

    Unlike the past two years, it didn't rain. And by midday, there was an exuberant mood and plenty to see and do at the 11th...

  • Leadership changes

    By on April 25, 2007

    Tasha Hill was already on her way to Washington from Colorado before accepting a position as the new executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth...

  • Troubling Times

    By on February 14, 2007

    Why Rachel Crites and Rachel Smith committed suicide may never be known. When the two Montgomery County teens disappeared in early February, becoming a major...

  • CTA gives to SMYAL

    By on January 24, 2007

    The Capital Tennis Association (CTA), a local not-for-profit organization that coordinates and promotes tennis in the gay community, recently donated $15,275 to the Sexual Minority...

  • The Kids Are Not Alright

    By on April 12, 2006

    There was a full house of about 150 people in the Human Rights Campaign's Equality Forum space April 5. It was a ''who's who'' of...

  • SMYAL Like You Mean It

    By on November 16, 2005

    The Mayflower Hotel ballroom can be an intimidating place for public speaking, with its florid walls, formal architecture and, of course, a full-size buzzing crowd...

  • Crystal and the Community

    By on July 6, 2005

    The war room assembled June 28, a strategy session pulling together representatives from several corners of metro area's community. The police were there, along with...

  • Party Crasher

    By on May 25, 2005

    Titan Bar held all the elements for a party Monday evening. Beyond the regular bar offerings, there was a buffet. The crowd of about 50...

  • Nine Years of Youth

    By on April 20, 2005

    Important Weather Notice: The Youth Pride Day Festival has been rescheduled to Saturday, June 4. Other events will continue as previously scheduled. Please visith the...

  • Passing the Torch

    By on April 20, 2005

    Important Weather Notice: The Youth Pride Day Festival has been rescheduled to Saturday, June 4. Other events will continue as previously scheduled. Please visit the...

  • Wigging Out

    By on March 30, 2005

    Cookie Buffet may have clawed her way through the local political arena last year, as her alter ego Christopher Dyer won a seat as an...

  • Sunny Day

    By on April 16, 2003

    Photographs by Michael Wichita At one point during Youth Pride Day last Saturday, a sudden updraft caught the tent that was covering the YPD Command...