Pediatrician Group Targets US Schools With Anti-Gay Propaganda

Anti-Gay Pediatrician Group Targets US Schools With Anti-Gay Propaganda Taking a position contrary to the official position of the 60,000 member American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a newly formed anti-gay...

GLSEN National Day of Silence In Schools Across US On April 16th

GLSEN expects that students at more than 5,000 middle schools and high schools will participate tomorrow, April 16th, in the National Day of Silence. " [A]nd over 30,000 people have joined a Facebook group...

Conservatives Organize Against GLSEN National Day of Silence

Once again conservative groups are organizing against GLSEN National Day of Silence. " [F]amily advocacy groups warn that GLSEN is using the day to try to indoctrinate kids and force a pro-gay agenda into schools...

Guide to Gay Life: Talking to your gay son about sex

Ramon Johnson from About.com Guide to Gay Life offers guidance for moms on how to talk to their gay son about sex. Johnson, who was named GLBT Person of the Year by GayAgenda.com in 2008, started exploring his...

In Mangus case in NY, GLSEN may have much informing material

The case of Rhonda Mangus and her teen gay son,  Michael  -    overseen pro bono by Chicago's high profile politician, power attorney,  human rights advocate, and playwright Jay Paul...

Power attorney gives legal help to NY mother and gay teen son

High profile Chicago attorney,  politician,  human rights advocate gives New York mother and gay teen a helping hand in ongoing New York legal battle  In an ongoing legal battle in Niagara County,...

DOJ Intervenes In Upstate New York Gay Rights Civil Suit

For the first time in a decade, the U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in an upstate New York gay rights civil lawsuit filed on behalf of an openly gay 14 year old student named Jacob against Mohawk Central...

NYS Supreme Court Decision speaks loudly on 'system of justice'

Op-Ed by Rhonda J Mangus NowPublic Exclusive The least-noticed cases sometimes say the most about the institution and our system of justice. They can also say the most about the rights of a mother to the care,...

Legal Aid Society of NYC slaps NYS OCFS with class-action lawsuit

On behalf of approximately 500 youths who suffered mental and physical harm while "warehoused" in New York's juvenile prisons, the Legal Aid Society of NYC slapped NYS Office of Children and Family Services (NYS...

Influence & publicity concern for NYS OCFS Commissioner Carrion

Influence and publicity are apparently a major concern for  New York State Office of Children and Family Service's (NYS OCFS) Commissioner Gladys Carrion who recently came under fire by the U.S. Department of...

Congress passed Ryan White Act: EMS played important role

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) advocates played an important role in last Friday's passing of The Ryan White Act HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. " The reinstating of rapid notification for first...

Hoekstra opposes federal government entering US schools

Congressman Pete Hoekstra who represents Michigan's Second Congressional District, and who is a strong supporter of Parents' Rights, opposes the federal government further entering United States schools. Next...

NYS OCFS: "A culture of brutality" at Tryon

According to a lawyer who has brought several cases against the State of New York, a recently issued U.S. Department of Justice report critical of four state-run juvenile detention facilities verifies within New...

Social institutions contribute to homosexual youth suicide

"Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child's spirit." Erik Erikson Social...

Greco's murderers arraigned in Niagara County Court

Niagara County group home worker Renee Greco's murderers, Anthony J. Allen and Robert J. Thousand, were arraigned on murder charges in Niagara County Court. Lawyers for the two teens entered not guilty pleas on...

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