Commencement

Bradley Curry was almost going to skip his own graduation, but he and his dad were able to convince the school to change.

Addressing the class of 2017, the woman who won the popular vote told graduates to not “retreat on civil rights, women’s rights, and LGBT rights.”

PASADENA, Calif. — Pasadena City College has rescinded an invitation to Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor and LGBT rights activist Dustin Lance Black to speak at its commencement ceremony because they fear sexually explicit photos of Black that surfaced on the internet in 2009 would tarnish the school’s reputation.

ATLANTA — President Barack Obama on Sunday delivered an LGBT-inclusive commencement address at Morehouse College, a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta.

More than 100 University of Michigan Law School graduates on Saturday staged a walk out during Ohio Sen. Rob Portman’s commencement speech in protest of his anti-LGBT voting record.

Students at the University of Michigan Law school have expressed outrage over the selection of Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to deliver the commencement address, saying his “openly hostile” position on gay rights makes him an inappropriate choice.