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“Our Community” is a VoiceWaves project and community event that was showcased on Aug. 26. Youth reporters were tasked to explore their community through a camera’s lens, each picking one community-based organization to shine a spotlight on...
Youth reporters explored the question of transgender identity and community support in Long Beach. Reporters interviewed three trans community members about what it means for them to be transgender and what they would like to see in the city...
On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court tossed out a key provision in the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), allowing same-sex couples to marry in many states throughout the country...
Photo: vpickering
by We’Ced Youth Media
Editor’s Note: Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States narrowly struck down the Defense of Marriage Act...
Posted by Robyn Gee Youth Radio
You might not expect somoene who worked on Governor Rick Perry’s presidential campaign to celebrate the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage...
Senior year of high school is a pivotal time in one’s life. Aside from the academic rigor of graduating school with passing grades, there’s the added pressure of getting into college or finding a job...
(Chelcee Bunkley pictured above third from the right with representatives from the Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Center)
Long Beach Pride: a time of year everyone (and sometimes their mothers) are waiting for...
What is polyamory and why is significant to young LGBTQ folks in Long Beach?
After a facilitated workshop by Los Angeles-based collective, Beautiful Struggle: The Open Hearts Project, youth in Long Beach got together to answer this question...
More than 100 people turned out Saturday for what organizers called a one-of-a-kind forum aimed at creating safe places for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth within communities of color at Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights...
What is Pride? Every year, Long Beach Pride draws in around 30,000 people from all over the country...
Youth reporters explored the question of queer and youth friendliness in Long Beach. What spaces do queer youth feel safe?..
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