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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill’s latest approach is to send gay kids to see a psychiatrist
NASHVILLE, Tenn — Another new version of Tennessee’s Classroom Protection Act, more commonly known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, would require teachers to send gay students to see a psychiatrist.
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Legal action threatened over Pa. school’s refusal to allow gay-straight alliance
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening legal action against a central Pennsylvania school board that denied students’ request to form a club that would bring together gay and straight students.
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Pepperdine to offer scholarship to LGBT-supportive students
Pepperdine University has announced a new scholarship for “students who have demonstrated a commitment to the LGBT community,” according to the university’s student newspaper, the Pepperdine Graphic.
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Expelled transgender student sues California Baptist University
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A transgender woman has filed a lawsuit after she was expelled from a Christian university after she revealed in an episode of MTV’s “True Life” that she is biologically male.
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Texas GOP lawmakers threaten to cut funding to LGBT supportive schools
A pair of Republican Texas lawmakers have introduced two pieces of anti-gay legislation, one which would cut funding for schools and universities that have policies in place that support LGBT students, faculty, or staff, and another measure that would allow discrimination based on religious beliefs.
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Teacher who said gays have ‘no purpose in life’ placed on administrative leave
FARMERSBURG, Ind. — An Indiana high school teacher whose comment that she believes gays have no purpose in life has been suspended amid tighter security at her school.
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Mass. Department of Education issues rules in support of transgender pupils
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Education on Friday issued directives for handling transgender students, including allowing them to use the bathrooms or play on the sports teams that correspond to the gender with which they identify.
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Superintendent: Anti-gay teacher was ‘expressing her First Amendment rights’
HYMERA, Ind. — An Indiana school district said Tuesday that a special education teacher who said that gays have no purpose and that LGBT teens were “offensive,” was simply “expressing her First Amendment rights.”
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Va. Senate OKs House version of bill that allows discrimination in college clubs
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia House measure that would allow student clubs at Virginia’s public colleges and universities to discriminate in their policies and membership was passed the state Senate Monday on a 21-18 vote.
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Tyler Clementi anti-harassment act re-introduced in Congress
During a dedication ceremony Monday of the Tyler Clementi Center at Rutgers University in New Jersey, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, (D-N.J.) announced that he U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) have reintroduced legislation in Congress that would require colleges to implement anti-harassment policies.