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The Aspen Environment Forum kicked off on Monday May 30, 2011 with its plenary session entitled “Coping with Calamity: The Art of Looking Ahead” how the talk of the forum was the fireside Chat entitled: sustainability 2050; Youth Leaders Speak”. This session saw a dynamic, diverse and passionate group of four young advocates within the fields of Climate Change and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights as the evening speakers. Moderated by Former Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka the session was probably the most ethnically diverse group of speakers at …
As Amplify’s resident Sports Expert*, I’m interested in the recent uptick in GLBTQ issues in sports. For good and bad, athletes are being forced more and more to acknowledge the existence of GLBTQ people and confront homophobia in their field. As a blog called OutSports puts it, for sports, it’s been the gayest month ever.
It started with Kobe Bryant’s slinging homophobic slurs at a ref when the referee made a call he didn’t like. What sexual orientation has to do with basketball fouls I do not know, …
A message from our Youth Activist Network Coordinator Julia:
Are you a young person (14-24 years old) who is…
– Passionate about fighting for young people’s rights to sexual health information and services?
– Interested in connecting with youth leaders from across the country?
– Dedicated to developing skills to make a difference in your community?
Consider applying for one of Advocates for Youth’s programs!
If selected, you will have opportunities to: develop new organizing and leadership skills; become informed on sexual and reproductive health issues; connect with …
I know this isn’t really a blog but I feel this is something I need to share. I am a gay male and a survivor of intimate partner violence. Through finding strength in others I was able to get out of the relationship and start the long winding road to getting my life back. At the beginning of the road I had lots of help, it was like a parade, but as I got further along the road I thought I had figured things out. I started to send …
Each week, I’ll be posting a list of the most news-worthy and/or inspirational, informative, well-written, thought-provoking, and/or unique posts of the week. While every post and every contributor is valuable to our community, these are the blogs that I feel are must-reads.
January 2- January 8
Stats for this week: 40 posts by 25 writers
Queers Not Too Proud for Pop-Culture Hand-Outs- by MidwestGenderQueer
Inside this post:
Images of LGBTQ characters on TV…good, right? LGBTQ-friendly celebrities…good, right? But if you have a problem with a gay character’s story …
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