Sentences with phrase «gay youth who»

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But there can be specific Church forms of homophobia too: pressurising us to change our sexual orientation (although people who want to seek change in their orientation should be free to do so, and some find that their sexuality does change); saying that gay people will go to hell; not permitting us to work with youth or children (assuming gay people are more likely to be predatory or paedophiles); and holding us back from ministry roles.

Many LGBT people recall getting bullied mercilessly in school, and I've heard from several who report that they learned their first ant - gay slur from their church youth group.

While I think it's irresponsible to blame family and friends for a loved one's suicide, I believe it's just as irresponsible to ignore the reality that gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide as straight peers, that nearly half of young transgender people have considered taking their lives, and that LGBT youth who come from families who reject their gender identities or sexual orientations are more than eight times more likely to attempt suicide than those who come from supportive families.

Write as who you are: a gay or lesbian person, a parent, a pastoral minister, a counselor, a youth worker, a chaplain — whatever your role is.»

I've heard from gay Christians offering words of thanks and encouragement, from mega-church pastors and youth leaders saying «message received,» from college students and grandfathers and stay - at - home moms who are ready to «stop waging war and start washing feet.»

Ben, celibate gay man who works with our GLBTQ youth ministry, said that it took him 9 years to come to his senses and he is so blessed to be healthy and free from the afflictions that have hobbled so many of those GLBTQ brothers and sisters who remain trapped in the twilight zone of fornication... separated from God and yet so close with the simple renunciation of sinful acts.

Ben, a gay man who has successfully practiced celib@te living, is working with our teen group, Pastor Moore and Elder Duncan, to familarize GLBTQ and straight youth with the value of celib@te living.

Some locals say lawlessness is making Christopher Street a no - go area, and it's increased because police and legislators have been too lenient to crowds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths who hang out in the area.

Robert Ziegler, who runs a gay bar on Christopher Street, and who has collected more than 1,000 signatures on a petition in support of making Christopher Street safer, said he received an angry call recently from the Chelsea organization FIERCE, which serves LGBT youth of color.

He doesn't represent the views of the thousands of youth and seniors and people of all ages who frequent the Bronx Community Pride Center, or the views of the straight and gay Bronxites who work on the staffs of elected officials, hospitals, clinics, community - based organizations, businesses and arts organizations in the borough.

«The LGBTQ Youth Summit is something that I wish I had growing up as a gay teen,» said Councilmember Daniel Dromm, a Queens Democrat who chairs the Education Committee.

Carlos Menchaca, an out gay freshman Council member from Brooklyn who is co-sponsoring the resolution, said using condoms as evidence in prostitution arrests targets marginalized groups like immigrants and LGBT youth.

That outcome was stunning given the speaker's long identification with the LGBT community — as the 1991 campaign manager and later chief of staff to Tom Duane, the Council's first out gay member; as head of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; as a demonstrator arrested year after year in protests against the exclusion of openly gay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Community Centgay member; as head of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; as a demonstrator arrested year after year in protests against the exclusion of openly gay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Community CentGay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; as a demonstrator arrested year after year in protests against the exclusion of openly gay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Community Centgay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Community Center.

Not only a growing gay caucus, but also a growing representation of the youth of New York City, who have never been as well represented as they are now with the newest additions to the LGB caucus.

And a 2016 study of about 250 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender teens published in the American Journal of Public Health found that LGBT youths who suffered harassment went on to experience lasting mental health damage, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

I've been asked to speak pro-bono at gay community centers and to youth groups, and I found it brought me into contact with other individuals who share comparable values and interests.

There's Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp), doing his foppish, gay rock god as he Harold Lloyds his way out of an audience with the King and newly - minted (and freshly peg - legged) privateer Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) before reuniting with one - time flame Angelica (Ginger the Chicken Run chicken), who's in league with nefarious Blackbeard (Ian McShane) en route to the mystical Fountain of Youth.

At a conference in Las Vegas yesterday, addressing educators and counsellors who work with gay youth, the Oscar - nominated star took the opportunity to come out.

As a recent graduate student in education policy at Harvard University, he received a fellowship that helped him conduct research into the lives of rural gay youths and the educators and other professionals who cross paths...

Of course there's an element of exploring sexuality and gay identity, but his paintings also explore the vulnerability of youth in a way that is very universal,» says Mera Rubell, who emigrated to the U.S. from Russia when she was 13.

The report also spotlighted sub-groups of students who are at increased risk of being bullied, including youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT); youth with physical, emotional, and / or learning disabilities; and youth who are overweight.

«Specific student subgroup populations are at increased risk of being bullied, including youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT); youth with physical, emotional and / or learning disabilities; and youth who are overweight.