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N.C. high school crowns transgender student Homecoming King
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 17-year-old senior at East Meck High School in North Carolina has become the state’s first transgender teen to be crowned Homecoming King.
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Prosecution deferred for transgender student facing battery charge
HERCULES, Calif. — A transgender teenager facing a misdemeanor battery charge after defending herself from school bullies was in court Thursday and entered into an agreement that allows her to participate in a restorative justice program, which would defer prosecution on the battery charge.
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Russia reverses decision to punish school girl for ‘gay propaganda’
BRYANSK, Russia — A Russian Juvenile Commission in the city of Bryansk has reversed its decision to discipline a 14-year-old schoolgirl accused of engaging in “propaganda” of non-traditional sexual relations.
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Transgender student in North Carolina nominated for homecoming king
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 17-year-old transgender senior at a North Carolina high school has been nominated by his peers to run for homecoming king. The winner — whoever raises the most money for an international charity — will be crowned this Friday at East Meck’s homecoming basketball game.
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Russian school girl disciplined under country’s anti-gay propaganda ban
BRYANSK, Russia — A school girl in Russia has been accused of breaking the country’s anti-gay propaganda law and is believed to be the first minor formally disciplined for promoting “non-traditional sexual relations” among her peers.
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Russian LGBT teen advocate charged under anti-gay propaganda law
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia — A freelance Russia journalist was charged Friday for violating the country’s anti-gay propaganda law for creating a online LGBT teen support group on Russian social media website VKontakte (vk.com).
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Utah lawmaker introduces bill to define students’ gender for restroom use
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require school students to use restrooms that are consistent with the gender defined on their birth certificate.
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Va. House panel kills bill banning conversion therapy for LGBT youth
RICHMOND — A Virginia House of Delegates committee killed off proposed legislation Thursday that would have banned controversial gay-to-straight conversion therapy for LGBT youth.
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Leader of anti-gay Russian vigilante group back in Russia and under arrest
MOSCOW — The leader of the Russian anti-gay vigilante group “Occupy Pedophilia,” who is alleged to have lured LGBT youth to abusive encounters through fake social media profiles, is back on Russian soil Monday and in custody after being deported by Cuban authorities.
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LGBT youth must be allowed to grow into authentic adults they’re meant to be
Coming of age in the most supportive of environments can be a grueling process for any adolescent; coming to terms with one’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression in a state that allows so-called therapists to try to change who they are can be devastating. Minors do not have full, legal control over their healthcare and legislation is needed to protect them from being subjected to quackery judgments that they’re anything but normal. The damaging practice of trying to change LGBT minors and deny them of their authentic identities needs to stop…