Today marks the start of No Name-Calling Week, “an annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling of all kinds and providing schools with the tools and inspiration to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate bullying in their communities.” The event was created five years ago by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight […]
A few links of interest during this slow vacation season: Long Island lesbian moms Syndi Diaz and Sandy Colon shared the story of their domestic life and supportive local community with the New York Daily News. For the second time, a same-sex couple has sued online adoption service Adoption LLC and Adoption Media LLC, after
HRC announced its first round of U.S. Senate endorsements. Some criticized their omission of openly gay North Carolina candidate Jim Neal. HRC responded. Most gay, lesbian, and bisexual people do not know their basic rights, according to a poll by New York’s Hunter College. The poll asked “whether same-sex marriages were legal in the respondent’s
Today marks the 12th annual Day of Silence, an event where students from middle school to college are asked “to take some form of a vow of silence to bring attention to the name-calling, bullying and harassment—in effect, the silencing—experienced by LGBT students and their allies.” This year’s event is in memory of Lawrence King,
