EDGE on the Net

The hot young crowd flocked to the Bowery Hotel on Feb. 2 for for the Young Leaders Council of the LGBT Community Center.

An Oregon gay high school student, 15, is not expected to live after attempting suicide. Family members say he had endured severe and relentless anti-gay bullying.

On Jan. 9, Governor Deval L. Patrick swore in members of the MA Commission on GLBT Youth an agency charged with improving the lives of Massachusetts’ young GLBT people.

The Cape & Islands Gay & Straight Youth Alliance, founded in 1996, has expanded its age range to accept youth up to 24 years old, and has rebranded itself as "Thrive."

In an effort to combat bullying and teen suicide, The Atlanta Police Department has taped an "It Gets Better" video, which has received more than 7,000 hits on YouTube.

GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations, has honored the anti-bullying group Free2Luv with a prestigious 2012 Top-Rated Award.

After the Ali Forney Center’s Drop-In Center was destroyed by floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy, the community has come together to raise funds to rebuild it, including a Dec. 16 concert at XL nightclub.

Pridelines Youth Services of Miami recently received a $17,500 grant from The Miami Foundation’s GLBT Community Projects Fund for the David Bohnett CyberCenter and Drop-In Center operations.

Project NIA and the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation came together for a series of discussions about LGBT youth and the juvenile justice system.

Atlanta’s drag community came together on Nov. 9 for the Miss Originality pageant, raising critical funds for LGBT youth at Lost-N-Found, and support animals from PALS.