The Idaho Psychological Association hopes a free community workshop in Boise in March 1 will give parents of LGBTQ youth and others the necessary information and guidance they need to support them. The workshop, entitled “Gay & Lesbian Teens: What We Know & How To Guide Them,” is thought to be the IPA’s first community
By nature, I’m something of an optimist – particularly when it comes to assuming that most people will, in the end, always do the right thing. I’ll admit that faith was put to the test Feb. 10 when a majority of the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee decided to not print a bill that would
A grassroots effort to add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Act took a significant step forward in January following a day of several highly attended statewide rallies and events in support of the action, and the announcement of a print hearing on February 10th by the Senate State
The north Idaho town of Sandpoint has become the first city in the state to pass a citywide non-discrimination ordinance that includes protections for sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. The ordinance was passed unanimously by the city council at its Dec. 21 meeting, and will go into effect by the end of January. Appropriately titled