Beyond the Bridge

12/15/2015

This is it... our LAST newsletter! Read all about our 2015 grantmaking, a retrospective of the last 5 years, and what's beyond Beyond the Bridge. Parting with you is bittersweet, dear community!

12/01/2015

11/18/2015

Very interesting - we did not know this!

11/16/2015

It's Transgender Awareness Week - a week to raise the visibility of transgender and gender non-conforming youth and adults and awareness of the challenges they face, and ending with the Trans Day of Remembrance. Click on the link below for great videos, resources, and ways you can participate.

10/19/2015

SAMHSA calls for end to conversion therapy nationwide! This new, comprehensive report provides an in-depth review of research and concludes that "variations in sexual orientation and gender identity are normal, and that conversion therapies or other efforts to change sexual orientation or gender identity are not effective, are harmful, and are not appropriate therapeutic practices." While 4 states and DC currently ban conversion therapy, it's hoped that this important resource will be used to end the harmful practice nationwide. Let's stop systemic bullying of q***r youth!

10/12/2015

Yesterday's National Coming Out Day gives us an annual window into some of the trends, changes, and issues in the q***r community. This year? Many youth are coming out on social media before they do so in real life, and there's a rise in people identifying as pansexual.

"Pansexual" Rises On National Coming Out Day

10/02/2015

Not a solution to youth homelessness, but housing programs like this one in Portland provide a safe place and sense of community for q***r youth, who still comprise about 40% of youth on the streets. From this more stable base youth can work on obtaining employment, going to school, and learning skills needed to get off the streets permanently. Can we please do this in Seattle???

King Whitman has lived the past several months in downtown Portland streets. Thursday, he'll move into a Southeast Portland home designated for LGBTQ youth.

09/19/2015

A GSA in a Catholic high school??? While certainly not the norm, stories like this give me hope.

The Gay-Straight Alliance at Xavier High School in Manhattan reflects shifts in public opinion and in the tone of the church.

09/14/2015

Students belong in school, not prison. LGBTQ students and students of color are disciplined more often and more harshly than their peers. Those with intersectional identities, such as Black transgender youth or gay undocumented youth, are at even greater risk. Please read this important report addressing disparities in school discipline along lines of race, gender and sexual orientation. Let's end the school to prison pipeline!

09/10/2015

https://www.iasp.info/wspd/

Join the global community in observing World Su***de Prevention Day on September 10, 2015. Browse to find brochures, suggested activities, light a candle at 8 pm images, toolkits, banners, su***de facts and figures and more

09/08/2015

There are still a few seats available for Lgbtq Allyship's free workshop on LGBTQ affordable housing. Learn why inclusionary housing policies in Seattle are important to LGBTQ marginalized communities including youth and adults. Find out more about the Mayor's Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda and how it will impact our communities. You must register to participate and this event will sell out!

A workshop on LGBTQ Affordable Housing.