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Fla. lawmaker: New educational standards are designed to turn all school children gay
A Florida Republican state lawmaker says new “common core” educational standards are designed to turn all school children gay.
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Transgender Austrians to get new school transcripts
VIENNA — Austria’s education minister has instructed schools to re-issue grade transcripts to transgender persons who have requested that they be identified by another sex.
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Dept. of Ed: Title IX prohibits discrimination against transgender students
WASHINGTON — The U.S Department of Education on Tuesday issued guidance clarifying that Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in schools that receive federal funding, prohibits discrimination against transgender students.
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School apologizes for advising bullying victims not to ‘tattle,’ or be a ‘sore loser’
LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska school district is apologizing after sending fifth grade students home with a pamphlet titled “Turning bullies into buddies,” advising bullying victims not to “tattle” on their attackers, and not to be a “sore loser.”
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Ohio school board debates policy to ban discrimination against gay teachers
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A proposal to protect schoolteachers from being fired or otherwise treated differently on the basis of sexual orientation is dividing the state school board.
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Univ. of Kentucky says survey was intended to improve health services
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky says a campus-wide student survey that asked students whether homosexuality was a sin was intended to improve the school’s health services.
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Texas school suspends transgender substitute teacher after parents complain
LUMBERTON, Texas — A transgender substitute teacher said she has been told not return to her classes at a Texas elementary school after parents complained about her.
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Univ. of Kentucky survey asks students if homosexuality is a mental illness
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky has issued a campus-wide student survey that asks students if they’d rather be gay or straight, whether homosexuality was a sin, and if they believed homosexuality was a mental illness.
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Kan. gay rights group says tenure proposal could lead to discrimination
TOPEKA, Kan. — The leading gay-rights group in Kansas also is lobbying against a proposal in a school funding bill to end tenure for teachers.
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Cincinnati Catholic teacher contract gets specific on behavior, ‘lifestyles’
CINCINNATI — The doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church is so complex the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is giving teachers a cheat sheet on some of the things that can get them fired — such as having an abortion, artificial insemination or engaging in a “homosexual lifestyle.”