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Fort Worth student serves suspension for saying ‘homosexuality is wrong’
FT. WORTH, Texas A 14-year-old high school student in Fort Worth was suspended after remarking to a classmate in his German language class that he believes homosexuality is wrong.
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GLSEN to honor Chaz Bono, Reiners, Rick Welts in annual ‘Respect Awards’
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, has announced it will honor Chaz Bono, Michele and Rob Reiner, Phoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts and the 2011 Student Advocate of the Year at its seventh annual Respect Awards.
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Lesbian student’s honesty costs her a place at Connecticut Christian school
Rachel Aviles was one of the most popular kids at The Master’s School, a K-12 Christian school in West Simsbury. But when Aviles admitted to administrators that she is a lesbian, she was encouraged to withdraw from the school…
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Calif. Senate approves ‘Seth’s Law,’ aimed at reducing anti-gay bullying
The California state Senate late Thursday approved “Seth’s Law,” an anti-bullying measure aimed at giving public schools tools to prevent and address bullying through mandatory policies and systems to help discourage harassment and track incidents when they do occur.
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Alabama high school reverses decision, will allow student to wear pro-gay shirt
In a follow-up to a story we reported earlier this week, an Alabama high school has reversed its decision and will allow a student to wear a t-shirt that expresses the message, “gay? fine by me.”
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But Who’ll School the Fool Buell?
Every time you share a story like yesterday’s on Buell; every time you write and post such a story yourself; every time you leave a comment on such a post, so that observers can see how alive is the topic; every time you contribute to a pertinent online forum, you—you!—help to bring about real, actual change.
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Bully for You, Jerry Buell
If you don’t know, Jerry Buell is the central Florida high school teacher who, on July 25, got so outraged while watching a TV report about the legalization of gay marriage in New York that on his personal Facebook page he wrote, “I’m watching the news, eating dinner, when the story about New York okaying same sex unions came on and I almost threw up.”
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Equality California leads broad coalition of advocates to protect LGBT history law
A broad coalition of advocacy groups have launched a coordinated effort to protect and educate the public on California’s Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act, the landmark legislation that requires that the historical contributions of LGBT Americans to be included in history lessons and classroom textbooks.
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School faces possible lawsuit for banning student from wearing ‘Gay? Fine by me’ t-shirt
An Alabama high school faces a possible federal lawsuit for banning a student from wearing a t-shirt that expresses the message, “gay? fine by me.”
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ACLU sues Missouri school district for illegally censoring LGBT websites
The Missouri chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Jefferson City, Mo., against the Camdenton school district, alleging that web filters on school computers are unconstitutionally blocking access to hundreds of LGBT websites.