"Fifteen-year-old
Caleb Laieski's summer days go something like this: Wake up. Sit in front of a Dell laptop and read dozens of e-mails. Give a virtual pep talk and a phone contact to a girl from Australia considering suicide. Provide a hotline number to a Valley teen unsure how to tell his parents
he's gay. Add to a list of politicians across the country who will soon receive information about discrimination against gays and lesbians. And, oh yeah, return yet another call from the media," reports Lisa Halverstadt. "
Laieski co-founded a national anti-discrimination organization in 2008, when he was a middle-school student. He has sent hundreds of e-mails full of statistics to legislators, local politicians and others, hoping to
inspire policy changes favorable to the gay community.
Laieski, the group's executive director, now leads about 20 volunteers who hope to urge lawmakers to overturn policies and laws they believe discriminate against gays and lesbians. They also hope to build a homeless shelter." READ MORE