This week Jason Collins announced to his team and to the world that
he is gay. He is a 12-year NBA veteran playing this past year for
major teams such as the Wizards and the Celtics. He is well known
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Television shows such as “Will & Grace” brought the dynamic
between gay men and straight women into public light. That
particular show was a comedy so we sometimes saw the cartoon
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2011 brought some interesting news from American teens. Daily
cigarette smoking and binge drinking among American teenagers
declined over the past year, but pot smoking and the abuse of
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Whether a mother struggles with depression, a college student
suffers from anorexia, or an adolescent abuses alcohol, collateral
damage exists within nearly every family. Perhaps it’s a husband
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I have written a lot over the past year about all of the
anti-bullying campaigns and other positive images in the media for
the LGBT community. I get very excited and hopeful to see
stereotypes ... Read More »
I have been so impressed this year with the stream of positive
resources for the LGBTQ community. Most of these have been through
the internet such as the “it gets better project” and others
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A lot of teenagers have many things going for them: good health,
good social life, and some really great times experimenting with
relationships. One thing that almost every teen has to attempt to
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There is a new project that the New York Times initiated simply
called “Coming Out.” It gathered the coming out stories of LGBT
teens from across the United States posted them on their website.
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Having four month old twins at home I can honestly say I have been
privy to a fast-paced education in “life transitions.” Of course
this is not the first life transition that I have experienced
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