News & Commentary about LGBTQ Youth

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Demonstrators perform a die-in symbolizing the amount of people dying from AIDS, Monday, August 17, 1992, in Houston. Hundreds of police and gay rights activists clashed outside the Republican National Convention Monday night as protesters sought to block a street near the Astrodome.

Oct 19, 2023

How ACT UP Changed the Face of AIDS and Activism

POSED BY MODEL A young girl using a mobile phone.

Oct 5, 2023

Internet Censorship Won't Make Kids Safe

A graphic of a child looking at a shelf of library books surrounded by other graphics of thought bubbles and lightbulbs.

Sep 27, 2023

10 Advocates on Why They Won’t Stand for Classroom Censorship

A group of young demonstrators holding ACLU signs that say Trans People Belong.

Sep 7, 2023

How I Fought for Trans Justice This Summer

Library protest.A person walks past empty shelves at the library in Stony Stratford, near Milton Keynes, after residents have spent the week withdrawing their maximum allowance of books to stop the council's plans to close it as part of budget cuts.

Sep 7, 2023

Why Is Texas Eliminating School Libraries?

A group using a computer and smartphone.

Aug 1, 2023

Arkansas Wants to Unconstitutionally “Card” People Before They Use Social Media

A young child holds up a sign reading "PROTECT TRANS KIDS, PROTECT ME - luke, age 9" at a Trans Pride March.

Jun 30, 2023

What Trans Youth Want You to Know

A photo of ACLU client and Brandt v Rutledge plaintiff Dylan Brandt.

Jun 29, 2023

How We’re Winning The Fight to Defend Trans Rights

Jun 15, 2023

These Queer Lawmakers Will Not Be Silenced

Jun 14, 2023

Showing Up for Trans Students in Virginia