LGBT Thai Teens Forced To Become Monks By Parents To... Homophobic Thai parents have been forcing their LGBT children to become monks but they are taking to social media to assert their identity.
LGBT teens are being forced to become monks by homophobic Buddhist Thai parents but are taking to social media to express their identities according to the Bankok Post.
28 year-old...
Transgender Student Becomes High School Prom Queen It was a first for the town of Middleborough, Massachusettes this week when high school senior Cody Tubman became her school’s first transgender prom queen, My Fox Boston reports.
Contrary to what many would think, Tubman’s high school years were not fraught with the peer induced angst most transgender teenagers...
Trans Symposium Forwards Mission of Educating Medical... Fort Lauderdale Trans Symposium Forwards Mission of Educating Medical Fieldby Christiana Lilly, SFGayNews
It’s pouring rain outside, but those inside the conference rooms at the Embassy Suites in Fort Lauderdale are too engrossed in their seminars to care.
During the second day of the third annual Transgender Symposium,...
Trans Kids Jazz and Coy Honored at GLAAD Awards GLAAD President Herndon Graddick focuses on Trans issues at the GLADD Awards
At the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York this past weekend, GLAAD President Herndon Graddick spoke about the evolving mission of the organization, and the importance of the transgender community in his vision for the future of equality....
TLDEF Files Complaint to Protect Transgender Child... Complaint Alleges Six-Year-Old Transgender Girl Denied Access to Girls' Bathrooms at School
TLDEF today announced that it has filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division on behalf of a 6-year-old girl who has been barred from using the girls' bathrooms at her elementary school. For the past year, Coy Mathis,...
Category : Substance Abuse
Alcoholism is a fatal chronic illness affecting the lives of 20 to 30% of the homosexual population (Ziebold & Mongeon, 1982). Studies have found that 35% of lesbians had a history of excessive drinking, compared to only 5% of the heterosexual women in the sample (Saghir, 1970; Lewis, 1982). Approximately 30% of lesbians and gay men are addicted to drugs (Rofes, 1983). The facts show that the homosexual community constitutes a high-risk population with regard to alcoholism and drug abuse.
