Tell Iran to Stop Executions for Sodomy Charges
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has posted an action alert requesting that individuals write in to Iranian authorities, and foreign diplomats with Iranian influence,  to request the execution of both minors and adults be stopped for Iranians convected of sodomy. In Iran, the legal definition of sodomy includes sex between two individuals of the same gender, and is punishable by death. Recently, there have been as many as eight teenage youth convicted of sodomy, all of which have received the death sentence. Outside of the clear questions of morality in Iran's own sodomy laws, the IGLHRC also reports that many of the trials we

Hidden Injustice: LGBT Youth in Juvenile Courts
I wanted to share information on this report discussing an important issue facing LGBTQ youth today.  The stigma around this issue prevents much dialogue from taking place within our community - hopefully this report will help spark some much needed conversations. The 

'We love you, this won't change a thing'
 Brendan Burke - Photo via ESPN Great ESPN article about the son of a NHL general manager coming out of the closet. You can read the story here but here is a brief excerpt: You eventually attend Xaverian Brothers High School, a prep school in Westwood, Mass., and make the competitive varsity hockey team as a senior, but ch

Help the FDA Find Flavored Cigarettes
I am reposting an email that I received from the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. If you are helping keep addictive tobacco products out of the hands of young people, read on to see what you can do.********On September 22, 2009, the FDA ban on clove, candy and fruit-flavored cigarettes went into effect. This ban was mandated by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act that created the new FDA Center on Tobacco Products, and is a long overdue step to end the tobacco industry's recruitment of youth as "replacement smokers" by appealing to them with flavored products. It makes it illegal to manufacture, distribute, sell or import any cigarette (

Transgender Day of Remembrance events
Today we remember those transgender individuals who have lost their lives to a sometimes hateful climate that sadly still exists today. Check out this web site for events remembering those lives in your area - http://www.transgenderdor.org/ Transgender Day of Remembrance - List of 2009 Trans Deaths