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Ending anti-LGBT harassment will take more than a trial verdict
Today, less than seven percent of schools offer institutional support to LGBT students, such as an LGBT student center or programs director. Eighty-seven percent of schools fail to include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies. Protection for transgender people is even lower; only six percent of schools include gender identity in their non-discrimination statements.
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Shirvell now suing attorney who represents openly gay student whom he harassed
Former Michigan assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell is claiming in a new lawsuit filed in federal court, that prominent Detroit attorney Deborah Gordon used information she had gathered from prior cases in an effort question his professional behavior and reputation, a move Shirvell contends led to his firing.
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Judge slams former Assistant AG in case alleging harassment of gay student
DETROIT — Former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell was rebuked by a federal judge this week for attempting to circumvent procedures and find a shortcut way of wrapping up a lawsuit against him for allegedly harassing an openly gay college student.
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MN school district — subject of lawsuit, federal probe — launches GLBT web page
Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin school district — which is the subject of a lawsuit and a federal investigation stemming from a spate of suicides by gay, or perceived gay teens — has launched a page on it website to address GLBT issues including bullying and harassment.
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Mother of bullied gay teen files wrongful death lawsuit against Calif. school
Just days after federal investigators concluded that a California middle school failed to “adequately investigate” the bullying of a gay teen who killed himself after enduring years of anti-gay harassment, the boy’s mother on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school district.
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Police arrest transient for hanging noose on door to Equality California offices
Police have arrested a local transient on suspicion of a hate crime for hanging a noose in the doorway of the offices of LGBT advocacy group Equality California last year.
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Jury awards gay cop $1.1 million in harassment, retaliation lawsuit
A Los Angeles police sergeant who claimed he was harassed because he is gay, and then retaliated against for reporting the incidents, was awarded $1.1 million by a jury on Thursday.
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Andrew Shirvell claims he’s the ‘real victim’ in gay student’s ‘activist agenda’
Andrew Shirvell, the former Michigan Assistant Attorney General who, for six months, waged an online campaign against the University of Michigan’s openly gay student body president, now says he’s the real victim, and that his reputation and livelihood have been ruined.
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Gay firefighter suing for harassment after being outed by fire chief
A gay firefighter in White Plains, N.Y. is suing the city and the fire department, alleging he has been harassed, discriminated against and forced to endure a hostile work environment because of his sexual orientation.
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Gay man alleges sexual harassment, discrimination by Rev. Jesse Jackson
A former employee of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition has filed a wrongful termination and discrimination complaint against the civil rights leader, alleging he was harassed and eventually fired because he was gay.