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5 Celebrities Who Are An Inspiration To LGBTQ Youth

February 23, 2017

There aren't many people speaking up about LGBTQ youth, and there are even fewer people doing it with an audience . But there are a handful of celebrities advocating for the LGBTQ community and inspiring youth ...

When The Victims Of Injustice Are Also Your Friends

Jessica de Bruyn

October 11, 2016

Discrimination

I don't think that there is anyone who hasn't experienced some sort of injustice - whether they were judged for the way they looked, missed out on an opportunity because of some arbitrary detail, or were treate...

Achieving LGBTQ Advocacy Through A Children’s Book

StandUpSpeakUpBlog

July 7, 2016

Stories of Advocacy

If you've ever sat down to read your son or daughter a fairy tale book at night, you've probably noticed that most of the stories have a common theme. Man falls in love with woman (or woman falls in love with m...

Queer Lingo For Straight People

StandUpSpeakUpBlog

February 24, 2016

Discrimination

Understanding is the first step to accepting and incorporating something new into your daily life. If you're someone who is new to the LGBTQIA Community, you might not know the terms that are commonly used wit...

The Truth About Teen Runaways

StandUpSpeakUpBlog

January 27, 2016

Action for Teens @ Risk

Many Americans believe a myth about runaway teens that goes something like this: Runaway teenagers are old enough to know the consequences of their own decisions and so must deal with those. They'll come back h...

The Day Barrack Obama Made Gay History

StandUpSpeakUpBlog

June 26, 2015

Discrimination

Today, I woke up to a sea of beautiful rainbow colors all over our social media accounts. Finally, SCOTUS has ruled in favor of marriage equality across the country. One of the tweets that came up that struck...

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