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Youth Resources

Youth F.A.Q.

For the Strength of Gay Youth: A Guide for Gay & Lesbian Mormon Youth, prepared by the founder of Gay LDS Young Adults Aaron Cloward

In the News:

Event Addresses LGBTQ Sexual Health in Utah County December 2012

Toward a More Functional Gay Youth Culture November 2012

Rallying for Their Rights: Teens denounce proposed gay-club ban

Sanctuary for young and homeless

Utah Students Join Day of Silence

Keeping LGBT youth alive

Ogden Unitarians Start Gay Youth Drop-In Center, Seek Project Leader (SLMetro)

Gays Attend Prom for Bountiful High

Gay-straight club meets in Provo

Queer Prom is a Unique Spin on an Old Tradition (SLMetro Story)

Mormon Gay Teens "Struggle in Silence" (The Oregonian, 29 August 1998, C9, 2 pages in PDF format)

Eric: Gay, Mormon, and It Gets Better

Melinda: Lesbian, Mormon, and It Gets Better

Jesse: Gay, Mormon, & It Gets Better

Chris Colfer: It Gets Better

Coming Out on YouTube: Watch these videos and learn how other young men and women are coming out

Joe Jonas on Bullying

Gaining Confidence from God:
Kailey Jeanne Cox, 15,

Living Lives:
Homosexuality in High School

Skateboarders:
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I Will Not Be Silent Anymore: A poem by Cameo Garrick, a 17-year-old West Jordan High School senior

Gay in the Celestial Kingdom: The Young Gay America interview with Gay Latter-Day Saints Young Adults

Logan Hunt (pictured left), a senior at Dixie High, and Jason Osmanski, a sophomore at Snow Canyon High, successfully submitted applications for Gay-Straight Alliance clubs at their St. George schools.

Alexandra Browning, from Salt Lake City, breaks her Day of Silence for the Night of Noise, an event protesting injustice against gays.
Photo: Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune

Carmen Chavez, right, embraces her partner, Natascha Fuller, in a Salt Lake City rally for the right to have gay-straight alliances in Utah. Carmen and Natascha are members of Hunter High's gay-straight alliance.
Photo: Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune