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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 05 March 2012
Tags: anoka-hennepin school district, minnesota, lgbt youth, gay teen suicide, consent decree, national center for lesbian rights

The Anoka-Hennepin School District is about to get an overhaul—one that could potentially save the lives of many LGBT youth.

Details after the jump.

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Written by Jeff Katz, | Monday, 20 December 2010
Tags: l.a. gay men's chorus, comfort & joy, gay teen suicides, leann rimes, sheryl lee ralph, glendale

During their weekend of holiday shows, the Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus (who put on fantastic shows, if you ever get the chance to see them) took the sleigh bells down for a minute and got serious while addressing gay teen suicides and bullying.

Chorus members placed a single red rose on a lone white stool in honor of men and women who were tormented for being gay and later killed themselves. The L.A. Times even picked up the story of the chorus' memorial, talking to local residents in Glendale, where the concerts were held.   

"It shows a sense of support," resident Vaheh Gabri told the Times. "It shows a sense of pride and acknowledgement. It's really a big necessity, especially in Glendale."

The "Comfort & Joy" holiday...

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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 05 November 2010
Tags: qtalk, gay teen suicides, trevor project, instinct, leading men, glaad, jarrett barrios

A meeting of the Leading Men minds is happening—and now all we need is our readers!

You read about Frantz G. Hall and his work on New York's live gay talk show Qtalk in this month's Leading Men feature. And now Frantz and his Qtalk co-hosts are teaming up with another Leading Man, GLAAD's Jarrett Barrios, as well as Instinct for a very special Qtalk next Saturday, Nov. 20.

The hosts, along with special guests Barrios and psychologist and author Dr. Jacqueline Gunn, will take on the topic of bullying and gay youth suicides for what promises to be one of the most important Qtalk shows yet. Also stopping by the show will be composers and writers   Blair Shepard and Jay Kuo, who wrote the charity single “It Gets Better,”...

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Tags: maggie gallagher, gay teen suicides, gay youth, op-eds, d-bags, wtf

In an op-ed piece for Wednesday's New York Post ex NOM hag Maggie Gallagher makes a brazen attempt to wipe her conscience clean of any guilt the vilification of the gay community might have carried in regards to teen suicides.

For the article titled, "Do I Have Blood On My Hands," Maggie supplies a few questionable statistics plaguing gay teens that she believes should take the blame for their disproportionate depression and suicide rates instead of her crown as the country's most blatant hate mongerer.

"Gay students are also more than twice as likely to report having had sexual intercourse before age 13 -- that is, to be sexually abused as children. They are three times as likely to report being the victims of dating violence, and nearly...

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