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Report: 50% of teens with lesbian moms face stigmatization, but most have effective coping skills

LOS ANGELES – Fifty percent of 17-year-olds who grew up in lesbian-headed families in the United States have experienced stigmatization, but were able to cope, according to a new study published in Children and Youth Services Review.

A key part of the study reveals that the overall rates of teasing experienced in lesbian-mother families do not differ from those reported in heterosexual families, which is consistent with previous research in this area.

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The Blogoweet: Facing our fears and laughing at public foibles

(Editor’s note: The Blogoweet is a social media column where commentary will focus on the blogosphere and twitterscape as topics within in it may interest, apply to, or affect, the LGBT community.)

I began this column back in September, planning it to be a fun and regular analysis and/or summation of the perks and quirks of Social Media.

Not all that surprisingly, it got hijacked early on by my own social commentary, which can and still will happen on occasion.

Both of those first two columns took off like a wildfire, each with lives of their own.

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VIDEO: San Diego youth to attend launch of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation

BOSTON – Several California youth, including one from San Diego, have been selected to travel to Harvard University this week to help Lady Gaga launch her new Born This Way Foundation on Wednesday, Feb. 29.

The foundation, led by Lady Gaga’s mother Cynthia Germanotta, was founded in 2011 to foster a more accepting society where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated. Through its programs, the organization hopes to empower young people to build a braver, kinder world.

COMMENTARY: Homophobic Tennessee lawmakers can eat my grits!

Ever been to Tennessee, the Volunteer State? Tap your toes in Nashville, the heart of country music? Hike through the majestic Smoky Mountains? Traipse through Elvis’ Graceland mansion in Memphis? Or visit Ruby Falls and Rock City in Chattanooga?

Lots of wonderful people are from Tennessee: historical figures like Davy Crockett and Sequoia; singers such as Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and Isaac Kaye; celebrities like Dinah Shore, Cybil Shepherd and Morgan Freeman. Some of my ancestors are from there, too.

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Bullied gay teen's suicide note: Insight on EricJames Borges' tragic death at age 19

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Elementary schools and bullying: What students really face

(This article was originally posted on the GLAAD Blog).

ACTION ALERT: Sign petition calling for hate crime inquiry into FAMU hazing death

On Nov. 19, 2011, Florida A&M University student Robert Champion Jr. was found unresponsive aboard a band bus after the school's biggest game of the year. Police ruled the death a homicide from hazing; furthermore, the parents of Mr. Champion, a 26-year-old drum major in the university’s famed marching band, have recently revealed that Mr. Champion was gay.

Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog: Update on the "outing" of Skye Wyatt lawsuit

Editor's Note: This commentary is being republished here with the permission of Dr. Griffin. San Diego Gay & Lesbian News will republish & highlight Dr. Griffin's blog posts from her LGBT Sport Blog on a recurring basis, because her insight, experience and wealth of knowledge on the subject of LGBT Sports and Academia is legendary and needs to be shared.

VIDEO: Local author and anti-bullying activist Walter Meyer to appear on radio show

SAN DIEGO -- Local author Walter G. Meyer, who has been traveling the country speaking about the bullying crisis, will be the first guest on a new radio show, "The Week You Missed with Diane & Chris," to air on My107.9FM on Thursday, Dec. 15.

The show, based out of Alpine, Calif., will also stream online.

Classmate kills self after bullying on sexuality, friends say

ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. -- Students at a local school are grieving a classmate. Friends say the young man took his own life because he couldn't take any more bullying. And they say school officials knew about the torment but didn't do enough to stop it.

Friends say that kids bullied Jacob Rogers at Cheatham County Central High School for the past four years, but in the past few months it had become so bad he dropped out of school.

And Wednesday, he ended his life.

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