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| National Youth Advocacy Coalition Survey Explores Tobacco Use By LGBTQ Youth |
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A new report, “Coming Out about Smoking: Tobacco Use in the LGBTQ Young Adult Community” released today by the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) explores the reasons why sexual minority youth smoke and suggests strategies for prevention.
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Posted Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:42 AM |
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| NYAC Responds to Overturning of Prop 8 in California |
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WASHGINTON - On February 4th, Chief US District Judge Vaughn R. Walker ruled that California's ban on same-sex marriage violated the US Constitution. The ban was added to the state's constitution after the passage of Proposition 8 in the 2008 elections. Gregory Varnum, executive director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC), issued this statement in response...
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Posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 5:41 PM |
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| LGBT and ALLIED Groups call on Congress to pass ENDA now |
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WASHINGTON, April 21 - Today, the nation's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations, along with allies in the faith, labor and civil rights communities, issued the following statement to members of the United States Congress:
"Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act NOW."
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Posted Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 2:24 PM |
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| NYAC seeking a Program Coordinator, Youth of Color Services |
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The Program Coordinator, Youth of Color Services will coordinate all activities related to disseminating the You Know Different social marketing campaign and delivering capacity-building assistance (CBA) services to community-based organizations to increase their ability to serve LGBTQ youth of color in HIV prevention services. To do this, the position will work with community-based organizations to facilitate community mobilization models, coalition building, cultural competency training, best practice sharing and technical assistance in order to increase LGBTQ youth of color access to and utilization of HIV prevention and testing services. This individual will spend time providing support to other programs based on areas of expertize and organizational need. This individual will also assist with facilitation of projects that compliment the individual's skills and experience. *This is a part-time position, 20 hours per week.
Click here for full posting and application information.
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Posted Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 5:04 PM |
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| Monday, 5/24 last day to apply - NYAC seeking a Manager of Development and Operations |
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The Manager of Development and Operations oversees and manages all development, operations, accounting and human resources functions at NYAC. This full time position will spend half time on development functions, such as developing donor relations, developing individual and group donor appeals, taking an active role in helping develop NYAC's overall development strategy and assisting with grant applications. The other half of this position's time will be spent managing all operations functions including general organizational operations, accounting and human resources, as well as those operational functions specific to the programs and initiatives of NYAC. All development functions will be supervised by the Deputy Executive Director and all operations functions will be supervised by the Executive Director.
Click here for full posting and application information.
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Posted Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 5:01 PM |
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| National LGBT Youth Organization Concerned Over Transphobia Exhibited in GLEE |
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WASHINGTON - During the April 13th episode of the hit FOX series GLEE, the show's primary antagonist, Coach Sue Sylvester--portrayed by lesbian actress Jane Lynch--used the derogatory word "shemale" to punish and shame a gender non-conforming student as she cut off his ponytail. Gregory Varnum, executive director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC), issued this statement in response....
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Posted Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 10:08 PM |
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| *NEW!* Summer internship opportunities available |
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NYAC is currently seeking applicants for the Social Media Projects and Special Projects intern positions for Summer 2010.
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Posted Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 2:42 PM |
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| National LGBT young adult tobacco use survey unveiled |
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WASHINGTON - The National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) has released a national survey to assess behavior and attitudes around tobacco use by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex (LGBTQI) young adults ages 18-24. Data collected will be made public and used to make programmatic and policy recommendations on a national and regional level.
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Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 3:17 PM |
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| National LGBT youth organization reacts to murder of gay youth in Puerto Rico |
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WASHINGTON - The National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) has released the below statement in response to the murder of Jorge Steven López Mercado in Puerto Rico. López, 19, was found decapitated, dismembered and partially burned in a wooded area near Cayey, PR on November 13. The suspect in the case, Juan A. Martínez, confessed to killing López Mercado after soliciting him for sex and discovering he was a man. Martínez has said he plans to use a "gay panic" defense in court.
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Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 3:16 PM |
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| NYAC seeking program associate for Latino Services |
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The Program Associate, Latino Services will coordinate the Latino social marketing campaign, facilitate coalitions, provide services to Latino youth-serving organizations and serve as a trainer. While this position is a part of the larger capacity building assistance (CBA) team, it is the primary point of contact for CBA requests from organizations serving LGBTQ Latino youth and will provide programmatic support of day-to-day functions of the National LGBTQ Youth of Color CBA Initiative including processing CBA requests and disseminating materials.
For full job description and application process, click here.
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Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 @ 3:27 PM |
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