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No Homo..? Huh?!

Why do people over use and mis use the word gay and No homo?

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Obama to Create a National Resource Center for LGBT Elders

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced plans to establish the nation`s first... more

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Mika: 'Bisexual, if you need a term for me'

The BRIT Award-winning singer-songwriter Mika, whose sexuality has been the subject of... more

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Folsom Street Fair- SF

OMG, its back again. Ummm, the world's largest leather event and a total shocker to... more

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"Make a Choice" U People Story (01.08.8)

Silver Spring Wilson II identifies as a bisexual woman and some lesbians will not let... more

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Washington's Anti-Gay Ref 71 Signature Error Rate Increases

More than 58,000 Referendum 71 signatures have been checked as of Friday, the... more

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REPORT: Gay Pride Parade 2009, NYC

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Crowds packed 5th Avenue in Manhattan for New York City's 2009... more

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Progressive Politics and the LGBT Movement

What can the progressive movement learn from the LGBT community? On the 40th... more

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calling all californians!

here you can read about the petition and print out forms. get everyone you know to... more

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Stonewall was a RIOT (trailer)

OutCast Films present a film about Stonewall, from the Riots to the Awards. Filmed on... more

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Why would a woman leave a man for a woman?

That, my friends, is the $25,000 question! Or at least a topic of increasing... more

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Woman Loves Women

Filmmaker Karen Everett turns the camera on herself and her love life as she enters... more

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Overturning 8 (video)

Assebly Judiciary Committee Passes HR 5 As over 600 Californians came to Sacramento... more

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Reality TV Love Lessons

Love is all over the tube right now with The Bachelor, Rock of Love Bus, For the Love... more

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Gay Hip Hop in NYC

Gansta rap, big guns, blinking jewelry, masculinity, hot chicks and booties; these are... more

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Anti-Gay Protesters Blast Obama

Antihomosexual protestors and members of the Westboro Baptist Church marched in the... more

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Study: Tolerance Can Lower Gay Kids' Suicide Risk

From NPR: All Things Considered, December 29, 2008

Gay, lesbian and bisexual teens and young adults have one of the highest rates of suicide attempts — and some other health and mental health problems, including substance abuse. A new study suggests that parental acceptance, and even neutrality, with regard to a child's sexual orientation could have a big impact in reducing this rate.

The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that the gay, lesbian and bisexual young adults and teens at the highest risk of attempting suicide and having some other health problems are ones who reported a high level of rejection by their families as a result of their sexual orientation.

"A little bit of change in rejecting behavior, being a little bit more accepting," says lead researcher Caitlin Ryan, "can make a significant difference in the child's health and mental health."

Ryan, director of Adolescent Health Initiatives at the Cesar Chavez Institute at San Francisco State University, and her researchers conducted lengthy interviews with more than 200 gay, lesbian and bisexual young adults. Ryan tried to judge whether, as adolescents, they had faced low, moderate or high levels of rejection from their families.

They found that kids who, by Ryan's measure, experienced high levels of rejection were nearly 8.5 times more likely to have attempted suicide. They were nearly six times more likely to report high levels of depression and almost 3.5 times more likely to use illegal drugs or engage in unprotected sex. That was compared with adolescents whose families may have felt uncomfortable with a gay kid, but were neutral or only mildly rejecting.

Acceptance Can Go A Long Way

Because the level of rejection is hard to measure, Ryan looked at things like whether the parents tried to get their children to change their sexual orientation, or tried to stop them from being with other gay kids.

"Parents thought that by trying to change them, that would make them happy. But actually it put their children at great risk," Ryan says. "When we shared that with parents, they were shocked."

The study shows that just a little bit of acceptance can go a long way. That's what has other health researchers excited about Ryan's work, says Effie Malley, a senior prevention specialist at the federally funded Suicide Prevention Resource Center in Newton, Mass.

Malley has done her own research and released another study this month that shows that gay teens have very high rates of suicide attempts. She says parents matter — and so do peers, teachers and society in general.

"What I'd like to see down the road," she says, "is that parents and people who work with families counseling them would really take to heart Ryan and her co-authors' research about not trying to change who the parents are or their beliefs, but just to help them to recognize the words they use and the actions that are harmful to their kids and to stop using those behaviors."

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