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West Virginia considering LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying measure
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – A proposed anti-bullying policy for schools in West Virginia is drawing praise and criticism for acknowledging — for the first time — that sexual orientation and gender identity are common reasons for harassment.
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Houston newspaper pulls endorsement over candidate’s anti-gay flyer
HOUSTON — In a strongly worded editorial, the Houston Chronicle on Sunday retracted its endorsement of a school board candidate after his campaign released an anti-gay flyer directed at his opponent, calling it “obvious gay bashing.”
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Maryland high school reverses ban, will allow play to include gay scene
BEL AIR, Md. — Students in a suburban Baltimore high school’s drama club are rejoicing after school administrators reversed a decision that would have prevented them from staging a play that included a scene in which two young men come to realize they are attracted to each other.
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Gay high school student says he was suspended for wearing make-up
LEXINGTON, Tenn. — The parent of an 11th grade Lexington High School student said her son, Kasey Landrum, 16, was issued an in-school suspension after he was caught wearing makeup 10 minutes after school ended.
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LGBT groups express ‘grave concerns,’ withhold support from education bill
Several LGBT organizations say they “do not support” the Senate version of education reform legislation as it currently stands due to the lack of protections for LGBT students and what they say is a rollback of federal accountability for schools.
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Alabama lawmaker pre-files bill to add sexual orientation to anti-bullying policies
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s first openly lesbian legislator, state Rep. Patricia Todd, (D-Birmingham), pre-filed legislation last week to expand anti-bullying policies to explicitly prohibit harassment in schools on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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California schools flummoxed about how to add lessons on LGBT Americans
LOS ANGELES — Educators across the state of California are scrambling to incorporate into their curriculum materials that present the significant contributions of LGBT Americans as required by a new law.
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Florida school board rejects grant from Boy Scouts over anti-gay policy
TAMPA, Fla. — The Pinellas County School Board this week voted to reject a $54,838 grant for a program run by a subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America because the organization discriminates against gay youth.
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Gay HS coach said he was fired over photos on his Facebook, MySpace pages
A high school water polo coach in Covina, Calif. — who was fired at the beginning of the school year in August — is protesting his termination, and claims he was fired because he is gay.
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Richard Land: Gay activists seek full-blown ‘sexual paganization of society’
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, warns that gay rights activists seek to “reduce [Christians] to the level of the Ku Klux Klan” and that gays are “recruiting” children, which is a form a child abuse, while claiming that homosexuality is “incomprehensible.”