Queer teenagers reported higher rates of heroin, alcohol, marijuana and cigarette use than their straight peers
A study found that PrEP could help reduce new HIV transmissions among gay and bisexual teenage men
A new study finds that pre-exposure prophylaxis, in the form of a single pill, taken regularly, can protect against HIV infection in adolescent males who...
How Youth Pride Day got its start -- and why it's here to stay
Youth Pride Saturday, May 2, 2015 (rain date May 9) Noon to 5 p.m. Dupont Circle, Washington, DC youthpridedc.org Letter From the Youth Pride Day...
How outreach to LGBT youth can save lives when society fails
“Be who you are, be special, and know your truth.” Alex Newell was already living by what he calls the Glee motto years before he...
Featured in TLC reality show, transgender teen speaks frankly and openly
SMYAL's newest executive director hopes to build and expand upon its mission to build youth leaders
“It’s wrong, you know, we can’t have this anymore in our society…. Feeling like I wanted to die myself, and knowing I couldn’t — I...
“Those who identify as mostly gay may be expressing an ambivalence about identifying as gay or lesbian due to living in unsupportive environements or getting...
ABC’s Friday edtion of 20/20 included a long segment on Kaitlyn Hunt. It was the first public interview from the 18-year-old high school student who has...
A 14-year-old gay boy, Phillip Parker, took his own life on Friday. Reports are coming out that he was the focus of bullying at Gordonsville...
”I do not condone bullying or harassment of any kind and I am very aware and saddened by the negative impact this type of behavior...
” was the kind of boy that loved everybody…. He couldn’t understand why everyone would be so cruel to him about something as simple as...