Project Accomplishments
Family Acceptance Project
San Francisco, CA
Media Coverage
The Family Acceptance Project was highlighted in the Ladies Home Journal. Read "Gay Teens Bullied to the Point of Suicide."
"How to help gay youth," published on the ednewscolorado.org website, reports the message Family Acceptance project director, Caitlin Ryan, delivered to their community during a 3-day visit in April 2011. "It's shocking for parents to see that blocking their kid's access to gay friends puts their children at risk just as much as physical or verbal abuse does," says Ryan. Read the entire article.
"What to Say When Your Teenager Says She's Gay" was published in the May 11, 2010 issue of the Wall Street Journal. Read the story.
Groundbreaking Publications
"Gender-Nonconforming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth: School Victimization and Young Adult Psycholsocial Adjustment", will be published in November 2010 issue of Developmental Psychology. Read the Press Release.
"Groundbreaking Research on Family Rejection of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adolescents Establishes Predictive Link to Negative Health Outcomes" was published in the January 2009 issue of Pediatrics.. Read the Press Release
Read the transcript or listen to the report on National Public Radio (NPR)
