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News (USA)
Mass. governor signs tougher LGBT supportive anti-bullying bill into law
BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill designed to build on the state’s 2010 anti-bullying law by strengthening protections for LGBT students and students with disabilities.
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Life
UK study: Effects of childhood bullying still evident after 40 years
Children who are bullied — and especially those who are frequently bullied — continue to be at risk for a wide range of poor social, health, and economic outcomes nearly four decades after being victimized, according to new research by King’s College London.
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Life
Annual ‘Day of Silence’ calls attention to ‘silencing effect’ of anti-LGBT bullying
Hundreds of thousands of students at thousands of schools around the world on Friday will participate in GLSEN’s (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) 19th annual “Day of Silence” by taking a vow of silence to draw attention to the anti-LGBT harassment and discrimination in schools.
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News (USA)
Minn. governor signs LGBT-inclusive ‘Safe Schools’ anti-bullying bill into law
ST. PAUL — Less than 24 hours after clearing the Minnesota state House, Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday signed Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act into law, a bill aimed at strengthening the state’s anti-bullying law.
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News (USA)
Minn. state House passes anti-bullying measure; governor to sign bill today
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House voted early Wednesday to pass a bill aimed at strengthening the state’s anti-bullying law, sending the measure to Gov. Mark Dayton to sign.
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News (USA)
Mass. Senate passes updates to anti-bullying law
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill designed to build on the state’s 2010 anti-bullying law by strengthening protections for LGBT students and students with disabilities.
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Life
Report: Schools are failing LGBT youth and funneling them into prison
Hostile school climates pave the way for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, youth to spend less time in school and more time on the streets, thus increasing the likelihood of entering into the school-to-prison pipeline.
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News (USA)
Minn. gay rights advocates lobby for state law protecting kids from bullying
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Long before gay rights activists in Minnesota launched a successful campaign to legalize same-sex marriage, they were aiming for another high-profile goal: a state law protecting children from school bullies.
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News (USA)
Mass. state House passes updates to anti-bullying law
BOSTON — The Massachusetts House has approved a bill designed to build on the state’s 2010 anti-bullying law in part by strengthening protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and students with disabilities.
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News (USA)
Minn. lawmakers plan renewed push at tougher anti-bullying bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota lawmakers are planning to try again this year to strengthen a state law aimed at preventing bullying in schools.
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News (USA)
Lawsuit: LGBT students routinely bullied in Miss. school district
JACKSON, Miss. — A lawsuit filed Tuesday says LGBT students are routinely bullied in a south Mississippi school district, including a lesbian who was forced to sit alone in the middle of a classroom when others were split into groups of boys and girls.
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Commentary
Gay-Straight Alliances: Empowering youth, saving lives
I have a vague memory of hearing announcements and seeing posters for it on the walls. I remember wanting to go. I hadn’t yet come out at this point but I had the sense that I would find support and understanding in this club, and I wanted to be a part of it so badly. But there was a barrier in my mind that prevented me from being able to attend the club. I graduated without going to even one meeting…
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News (USA)
Former prosecutor wants job back after being fired for harassing gay student
DETROIT — A former assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan who was fired after expressing hostility toward a gay University of Michigan student government president has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the state’s current attorney general and his predecessor.
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Life
Family of Tyler Clementi make first visit to site of Rutgers student’s suicide
FORT LEE, N.J. — The family of the Rutgers University student whose suicide sparked a national conversation about the treatment of young gay people paid their first visit Sunday to the bridge where he took his life.
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Life
Once bullied gay teen starts anti-bullying coalition to help other bullied kids
TIPTON, Iowa — NBC Nightly News on Sunday profiled 17-year-old Jake Stallman, a once bullied gay teen from eastern Iowa who decided he no longer could suffer in silence and now helps other kids who are bullied.
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News (USA)
LGBT rights advocates say Utah bullying law may backfire
OGDEN, Utah — Gay rights leaders in Utah say a new law requiring schools to notify parents when their child is a victim of bullying could potentially do more harm than good.
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Scotland man ordered to pay $61K for calling teacher a pedophile on Twitter
GLASGOW, Scotland — A Scotland man accused of using Twitter to call a former school headmaster and adviser to the Scottish government a pedophile because she campaigned for marriage equality, has been ordered to pay her £40,000 (about $61,000 USD) in damages.
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Life
Rising Above: Bullying victims express themselves through art
Bullying can happen at home or at school, or both, and each case is unique. Some of the time, bullies themselves have been victimized and opt to use their feelings of hate or frustration and project it on others. Part of the You Will Rise Project’s goal is to create an avenue for expression that prevents kids from continuing that cycle.
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Life
Study: LGBT youth face higher rates of online bullying
NEW YORK – LGBT youth experience nearly three times as much bullying and harassment online as non-LGBT youth, but also find greater peer support, access to health information and opportunities to be civically engaged, according to a new report released today by GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network.
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Church of England announces campaign to combat anti-gay bullying
LONDON — The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced a campaign to stamp out anti-gay bullying in Church of England schools, acknowledging that attitudes toward sexuality have changed.