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On Jan. 9, Governor Deval L. Patrick swore in members of the MA Commission on GLBT Youth an agency charged with improving the lives of Massachusetts’ young GLBT people.

DC Center’s Youth Working Group continues to focus on the challenges of bullying and homelessness that face the city’s LGBT youth.

After the Ali Forney Center’s Drop-In Center was destroyed by floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy, the community has come together to raise funds to rebuild it, including a Dec. 16 concert at XL nightclub.

On Oct. 29, Dr. Caitlin Ryan, director and founder of the Family Acceptance Project, will speak to Evangelical Christians about ways to accept their LGBT child within the context of their religious beliefs.

The family of a Chicago teenager is calling his murder a hate crime but as of now local police are investigating the incident only as a robbery.

Organizers of a town in Minnesota that has come under fire for not protecting LGBT youth won’t let them participate in a Halloween parade.

Denver’s Center LGBTQ Youth program, Rainbow Alley, is using theater to battle discrimination and deal with social challenges, staging a production of "Almost, Maine" with an all-youth cast.

On October 13, LGBTQ youth will gather in L.A. for LifeWorks Models of Pride conference, a one-day series of workshops to help gay youth get involved in making their own lives better.

October is the month for LGBT visibility, with National Coming Out Day, and GLAAD’s Spirit Day broadening what it means to come out.

Northwest LGBT youth leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19 to participate in a White House LGBT policy roundtable, take a tour and enjoy a special End of Summer BBQ.