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N.C. teacher suspended for showing students ‘Same Love’ music video
TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. — A middle school teacher in North Carolina has been suspended for showing a group of students a music video for a song that supports same-sex marriage.
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Transgender teen selected finalist for school’s homecoming queen
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A transgender student at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., has been selected as one of the top 10 finalists for her school’s Homecoming Queen.
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School considers request by transgender student to run for homecoming king
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania school board is reviewing a request by a transgender male student who wants to appear on the ballot for homecoming king.
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Lawsuit alleges anti-gay bullying by Charleston, S.C. high school teacher
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A high school math teacher in South Carolina bullied a student so mercilessly as “gay” that the boy tried to kill himself, the teen and his mother claim in court.
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Transgender students face ‘outing’ when schools do not have inclusive policies
Getting accustomed to a new school as a transfer student may be a difficult experience. For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies junior Rob Ortiz, the necessary first week of school changes and challenges were added to by another set of stressors: dealing with a university staff that was not prepared to answer the pleas of someone who identifies as a transgender male.
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University of Arizona seeks to boost transgender studies program
TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona is creating four tenured professor positions to expand its transgender studies courses.
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Complaint filed in Ind. school bus anti-gay bullying incident
INDIANAPOLIS — A gay rights advocacy group has filed a complaint on behalf of a gay high school student whose mother says he was beaten by a football player because of his sexuality.
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College: Gay rights assignment did not discriminate against religious beliefs
COLUMBIA, Tenn. — A Tennessee college professor did not infringe on students’ First Amendment rights or discriminate against religious beliefs when she asked students to wear gay pride ribbons as part of an assignment, an in-house investigation concludes.
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ACLU calls on Tenn. school to reinstate LGBT ‘safe space’ classroom posters
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee is asking the Rutherford County school board in Murfreesboro, Tenn., to reconsider a decision to take down posters identifying classrooms as safe spaces for LGBT students.
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Opponents promise legal challenges to new laws protecting LGBT youth
Two recently approved measures creating protections for LGBT youth — one expanding rights for transgender students in California public schools, and another prohibiting gay conversion therapy on minors in New Jersey — have opponents promising to launch legal challenges to overturn the laws.