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Texas school board adopts LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying policy
By a unanimous vote, the Dallas Independent School District school board this week approved a new an anti-bullying policy that for the first time included protections for LGBTQ students.
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Shirvell on leave, will face hearing over anti-gay blog targeting U-M student president
Andrew Shirvell, an assistant attorney general in Michigan, who, for nearly six months has waged an vicious online campaign against the openly gay student body president of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, went on personal leave today.
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Dan Savage has a message for gay teens facing adversity: ‘It gets better’
Dan Savage, the internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice columnist, has a message for gay teens struggling with their sexuality, discrimination and school bullying: “It gets better.” The Seattle-based activist and author of Savage Love, launched a YouTube channel his week to encourage teens who are struggling with how others react to their sexual orientation. […]
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Illinois House passes LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying law
The Illinois state House on Friday unanimously approved a bill to prevent homophobic and transphobic bullying. The measure covers bullying specifically targeted at students because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, among other categories. It was introduced just eight weeks ago, and previously passed in the state Senate on March 24. The Prevent School […]
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Internet gay bashing not protected by free speech, court rules
Students at a private school in Los Angeles who posted internet death threats and anti-gay messages on a classmate’s webpage, can’t claim the constitutional protection of free speech, a California appeals court has ruled. The parents of the boy targeted by the threatening and derogatory posts on his website, withdrew him from Harvard-Westlake School in […]