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Utah legislature approves bill to ban discussion of homosexuality, contraception in schools
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Republican dominated legislature on Tuesday passed a measure that makes teaching sex education optional for the state’s schools, and prohibits any instruction about homosexuality or the use of contraception.
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Openly gay high school student suspended for wearing high heels
CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Va. — A 17-year-old openly gay high school student was issued a three-day suspension last week for refusing to remove a pair of high heels he was wearing.
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University students block Chick-fil-A from student center over anti-gay donations
BOSTON — Students at Northeastern University have blocked fast-food chain Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant on its Boston campus, citing the chains financial support of anti-gay rights organizations.
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Embattled sheriff once ran boarding school, lived with male student
PHOENIX — Embattled Pinal County, Arizona sheriff Paul Babeu — who came out as gay amid allegations that he threatened to have an ex-boyfriend deported — once ran a Massachusetts boarding school with a history of physical and sexual abuse, and for a time lived with one of the school’s male students.
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Anoka-Hennepin official now acknowledges bullying as a ‘factor’ in teen suicides
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — Just weeks after denouncing a Rolling Stone article on bullying and teen suicide as a “brutal and distorted attack,” the Superintendent of the Anoka-Hennepin School District in suburban Minneapolis now says “there can be no doubt that in many situations bullying is one of the contributing factors” to suicide.
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Student journalist attacked over pro-gay marriage editorial
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — A student journalist at Bridgewater State University was attacked on campus Thursday evening becuase she wrote a pro-gay editorial in the college newspaper that advocated for same-sex marriage.
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Court orders Missouri school district to stop censoring LGBT websites
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A federal district court has ruled that a Missouri school district must stop using filtering software to censor web content geared toward the LGBT community. The ruling orders the Camdenton R-III School District to discontinue filtering content that includes LGBT-supportive information, including hundreds of websites that are not sexually explicit in any way.
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Tennessee House panel votes in favor of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A panel in the Tennessee state House on Wednesday voted to advance the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a measure that would prohibit Tennessee public schools from teaching LGBTQ-related issues.
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Minnesota school district changes ‘neutral’ policy on sexual orientation
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — The Anoka-Hennepin school board, which oversees the state’s largest school district, has adopted a new policy that replaces a policy that required teachers to stay neutral in matters relating to sexual orientation — a policy critics called a “gag rule” that constrained teachers from dealing with harassment and bullying of LGBT students.
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GLSEN releases first national study on homophobia, gender nonconformity in elementary schools
Gender non-conforming students are at particular risk for bullying, and many teachers are unprepared to address issues relating to gender expression and LGBT families, according to a groundbreaking new study of bias, bullying and homophobia in grades kindergarten through sixth grade.