On April 14, Arizona State House passed Senate Bill 1456, which limits LGBTQ sexual education material taught in classrooms. This bill requires parents to opt-in for a curriculum concerning sexuality, gender identity or gender expression. Because this bill allows...
Fountain Valley High School’s Gender Sexuality Alliance is a club for all students. Designed to operate as a support club, students can expect to find an accepting network of classmates, open conversations about LGBTQ+ topics and an inclusive atmosphere at an average...
I rarely discover television representative of my generation. No, really. I don’t see myself in the chaotic melodrama that is "Euphoria" or in the monster-hunting, clairvoyant children of "Stranger Things." Don’t get me wrong — both shows are magnificent. But with so...
Unity Conejo is a grassroots organization in the Conejo Valley, composed of parents, students and teachers who work to make CVUSD more inclusive and a safer space for LGBTQ+ youth. Megan Goebel is a CVUSD parent and the founder of the organization. She has two...
Right now, some of the top trending videos on the social media app TikTok feature cisgender heterosexual — or cishet — boys dancing in front of their phones singing along with an autotuned rappers voice. Nothing special, right? Except, there is something special about...
Featuring a cast of eccentric personalities, "Almost Love" made its on-demand debut on Friday, April 3. It follows an openly gay couple named Adam and Marklin as they reach their five year dating anniversary. Adam, portrayed by actor Scott Evans, is an affectionate...
The State of Michigan has recently passed a law banning the practice of gay conversion therapy for underage teens. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation announced that starting Sept. 11, gay conversion therapy cannot be administered to children under the age of 18....
Ajay Kusnoor recalls the fear he felt coming out to his Indian parents when he was a teen living in a predominantly white community in Texas. He was afraid of becoming an outcast and wondered whether his parents would ever speak to him again. “A real fear for me was...
Oak Park Unified School District is implementing new Gender and Diversity Counseling Lessons in elementary schools starting in the fall of the 2019-20 school year. OPUSD will be the first district in the surrounding area to provide gender diversity lessons at the...
Being openly queer can often be seen as a balancing act, tiptoeing the thin line between the joy of unbridled self-expression and the safety of a heteronormative facade. In his autobiographical documentary, though, director Hao Wu delivers a poignant story on how this...
