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School declines to take action against students who wore threatening ‘straight pride’ shirts
School officials have decided not to take disciplinary action against three high school students in suburban Chicago who attended classes wearing “straight pride” t-shirts earlier this week during the school’s “ally week” aimed at raising awareness to anti-gay bullying and harassment.
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Wedding announcement costs lesbian educator her job at Catholic university
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Laine Tadlock, director of the education program at Benedictine University in Springfield, Ill., has lost her job — not because she is gay, and not because she recently married her partner, but because her wedding announcement was posted in the local newspaper.
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Arkansas school board official resigns in wake of anti-gay rant on Facebook
Clint McCance, the Arkansas school board official, who posted a homophobic rant on Facebook where he encouraged gay kids to kill themselves, has resigned. The school board announced Monday its “unanimous decision” to accept the resignation.
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Arkansas school official to resign following homophobic rant on Facebook page
The Arkansas school board official, who recently posting a homophobic rant on Facebook where he encouraged gay kids to kill themselves, apologized for his comments on CNN Thursday night, and said he intends to resign from the school board.
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Arkansas school board official posts anti-gay tirade on Facebook page
A school board official in Midland, Arkansas, has sparked outrage and calls for his resignation following the discovery of an anti-gay tirade on his Facebook page, where he allegedly wrote gays should kill themselves.
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Department of Education campaign aims to combat bullying in schools
The Obama Administration on Tuesday issued guidance to support educators in combating bullying in schools by clarifying when student bullying may violate federal education anti-discrimination laws.
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London school claims to have almost eradicated anti-gay bullying through education
Teachers at a London secondary school say they have almost eradicated anti-gay bullying in classrooms and playground after it started teaching its students lessons on LGBT history.
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Gay student teacher, fired after parent’s complaint, rehired by Oregon school district
Seth Stambaugh, the gay graduate student from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR — who had been fired Sept. 15 after a parent filed a complaint — has been rehired by the school district’s superintendent.
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Facebook working to combat cyber-bullying — but when does free speech become hate speech?
Facebook is teaming up with Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD), The Trevor Project and others to form a new “Network of Support” to help combat bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens.
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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.