Based on the interviews AIR conducted recently with individuals in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and ques-tioning (LGBTQ) community, it seems to be a trend for individuals who struggle with their gender or sexual identity to start coming to terms with it during college where they find a more accepting culture. However, the…
Being picked on because he was gay was one challenge Bryan Campbell had to deal with during his childhood. He was also a target for being the only non-white American in his elementary school and although other non-whites attended his middle school, he was the only one who was Korean and Puerto Rican. In addition,…
The Trevor Project shares these disturbing statistics about suicide risk among youth, especially those in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) community, on its website (www.thetrevorproject.org): * “Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people ages 10 to 24. * “LGB youth seriously contemplate suicide at almost three times the…
According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals are more than twice as likely to have mental health disorders in their lifetime and 2.5 times more likely to experience depression and anxiety and use substances, compared to heterosexual individuals. The APA also reported that among LGBTQ youth,…
It is with great pleasure that we announce this year’s winners of the Annual AIR Attitudes In Reverse T-shirt design contest. First Place – (On Front of T-shirt) – Shalini Gossain (Flemington, NJ) Second Place Tie – Maeve Dominique (Pennington, NJ) Second Place Tie – Julia Moller (Pennington, NJ) Both second place designs will be…