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School board: Joplin teacher cleared of wrongdoing in anti-gay Facebook post
JOPLIN, Mo. — A high school math teacher in Joplin, Mo., who allegedly posted anti-gay comments on Facebook, including a suggestion that more gay youth should commit suicide, has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the school district.
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Missouri teacher under fire for suggesting more gay youth should commit suicide
A high school teacher in Joplin, Mo., is the latest teacher under fire for alleged posting anti-gay remarks on Facebook, which included a suggestion that more gay youth should commit suicide.
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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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Canadian Parliament calls for acceptance, tolerance in wake of gay teen’s suicide
In a speech before the House Of Commons on Thursday, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, told the gathered Members of Parliament and ministers that there is no place in the nation’s schools for the bullying that drove an openly a gay Ottawa teen take his own life.
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Millions expected to dress in purple, in person and online, for Spirit Day
Millions of Americans will dress in purple on Thursday — both in person and online — to mark the second annual Spirit Day, a day demonstrate support for LGBT youth and to speak out against bullying.
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Another gay teen suicide: It’s not bullying — it’s school mugging
I am so fed up with writing the same story — over and over and over again. This madness has to stop, and the first way we decrease these tragedies is to stop minimizing the torment and harassment by reducing it to mere bullying.
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NJ teacher’s Facebook rant: homosexuality ‘perverted,’ a ‘sin that breeds like cancer’
School officials in Union Township, N.J. are investigating claims that a high school teacher who advises a student prayer group posted remarks on her Facebook page critical of LGBT History Month, and described homosexuality as “perverted” and a “sin” that “breeds like cancer.”
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Bullying: Putting Your Money Where Their Mouth Is
When we say that we want bullying to stop, what we’re in large part saying is that we want bullying to stop happening in our children’s schools. Which means we want teachers to put a stop to bullying.
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Calif. gov signs ‘Seth’s Law’ anti-bullying measure, two transgender rights bills
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has signed “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. The governor also signed two significant transgender rights bills.
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Police: Bullying of Jamey Rodemeyer addressed just once
The Williamsville School District appears to have only one documented case of bullying involving Jamey Rodemeyer, police say. The incident apparently happened when he was a student at Heim Middle School, and disciplinary action was promptly taken.