LANSING, Mich. -- A team of researchers are trying to identify LGBTQ college students who have encountered support for their identities while in school - a change from the body of research that exists describing the negative experiences of LGBTQ students.

The researchers are looking for LGBTQ college students or recent alumni who are willing to share their experiences in an online survey called the National Study of LGBTQ Student Success. Data gathered will help define how colleges and universities can best serve LGBTQ students.

SAN DIEGO -- The family of Jamey Rodemeyer spoke at the final day of the San Diego CESCaL conference, highlighting a weekend focus on supplying educators with tools to address the needs of LGBT and questioning youth. Rodemeyer was 14 years old when he committed suicide in 2011, due in part to being bullied for his sexuality.

His parents Tim and Tracy Rodemeyer spoke following their daughter, and Jamey Rodemeyer’s sister, Alyssa. The three have become a team of advocates, traveling the United States to tell their family story and raise awareness of bullying.

A bisexual middle school student has become something of an LGBT celebrity in Florida this week, after her attempt to start a Gay-Straight Alliance club at her school became a countywide controversy.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, eighth-grader Bayli Silberstein, an openly bisexual 14-year-old, has been working to get a GSA at Carver Middle School since last year, and she now has the backing of the ACLU and many in her community.

Jeanne Manford, the pioneering straight ally in the gay rights movement, and the founder of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), was honored posthumously with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian honor, at a White House ceremony on Friday.