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Michigan Senate passes anti-bullying bill without religious exemptions
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan state Senate on Tuesday dropped it’s “license to bully” bill, and instead passed a House version of the bill that stripped religious exemptions and that would require anti-bullying policies in the state’s public schools.
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Roger Crouch — who led fight to prevent bullying in the UK — has died
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom — Roger Crouch, the father of a 15-year-old boy who killed himself in May 2010 after apparently suffering from anti-gay bullying, and who then turned tragedy into a campaign for greater awareness and prevention of bulling in Britain’s schools, has died.
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San Francisco youth commissioner battles old foe: LGBT youth homelessness
SAN FRANCISCO — Mia Tu Mutch, a 20-year-old transgender female in San Francisco, spends many of her days assisting LGBTQ youth, and facing an former foe of her own — homelessness.
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Hey T.I., violence against gay children is NOT funny
I cringe to write about this, but it’s necessary. A rapper by the name of T.I. is pulling the “gays want to shut down everyone who disagrees with them” card.
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Gay rights movement has not been kind to the plight of homeless LGBT youth
The gay rights movement has not been good about dealing with the issue of homeless gay youth, and depending on the study, somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of homeless youths identify as LGBT, reported National Public Radio, this past weekend.
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Student Non-Discrimination Act needed to protect LGBT students from bullying
It’s essential that the Student Non Discrimination Act becomes part of Elementary and Secondary Education re-Authorization Act (ESEA) when it comes for vote in the Senate. It will expand the protection from bullying based on: religion, sex, national origin and disabilities to include protection for sexual orientation and gender identity for LGBT students.
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Michigan House strips exceptions from anti-bullying bill, sends it back to Senate
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan House of Representative this week passed its own version of the anti-bullying bill, removing the controversial language inserted by Senate Republicans that allowed for exceptions to the law for “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.”
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Transgender students in Colorado warned not to use restrooms
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Two high school students in Fort Collins, Colo. — who identify as transgender — say that attitudes displayed by the school’s administrators make them feel unwelcome on campus, including being prohibited from using the same restrooms as other students.
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Michigan’s children speak out against Republican pro-bullying legislation
Michigan state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) is leading the fight against against GOP efforts to create a “license to bully” that gives kids the ability to bully based on “religious or moral convictions.”
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Critics blast anti-bullying law for allowing exceptions based on religion, moral beliefs
The Michigan state Senate on Wednesday passed the “Matt’s Safe School Law,” an anti-bullying bill that contained a last minute addition by senate Republicans that essentially nullified the bill by allowing an exception to the law for “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction of a school employee, school volunteer, pupil, or a pupil’s parent or guardian.”