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Louisville, Ky., high school approves transgender bathroom policy
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville high school has passed a policy allowing transgender students to use the restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. Atherton High School Principal Thomas Aberli said a school council voted 8-1 on Thursday in favor of the policy.
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Tony Perkins calls on parents to remove kids from public schools after principal comes out
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins is urging parents across the country to pull their children out of public schools in response to a Washington, D.C., principal’s decision to come out to his students and school staff.
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Graduating students sport rainbow socks in support of gay-straight alliance
WHITEHORSE, Yukon — More than half of the graduating students at a Catholic school in Canada wore rainbow socks at their graduation ceremony over the weekend to support their school’s newly formed gay-straight alliance.
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D.C. high school principal comes out during school’s Pride Day assembly
A D.C. high school principal came out as gay on Wednesday, breaking 50 years of silence in an emotional address to the student body at a Pride Day assembly. Stand next to D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) and openly gay council member David A. Catania, Wilson High School Principal Pete Cahall said he has been inspired by his students to declare his sexual orientation openly.
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Univ. of Calif. president Napolitano forms advisory group on LGBT issues
OAKLAND, Calif. — University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Tuesday the formation of a President’s Advisory Group on LGBT issues to advise her on how best to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for LGBT students, faculty and staff across the UC system.
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Fired teachers seek audience with Pope over Catholic Church’s anti-gay stance
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday delivered a letter to the Vatican on behalf of nine teachers who have lost their jobs at Catholics schools for either being LGBT, or supporting an LGBT family member.
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Gay band director fired by Catholic school for planning to marry partner
MACON, Ga. — An openly gay band director at a Macon, Ga., Catholic school has been fired after announcing plans to marry his partner later this year, and students and parents are protesting the firing to the school’s board of trustees.
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Teachers criticize Catholic school contracts that regulate their private lives
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Roman Catholic Dioceses in Oakland and Cincinnati have come under fire for new morality clauses that require teachers to conform to church teachings in their private lives.
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Catholic school apologizes for omitting girl’s tux photo, offers to reprint yearbook
SAN FRANCISCO — A Catholic prep school in California has issued a public apology and offered to reprint the school’s yearbook after intentionally omitting a senior’s photo from because she wore a tuxedo.
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Catholic principal regrets using Ellen DeGeneres photo in dance invitation
NEWTOWN, Pa. — The principal of a Catholic elementary school in suburban Philadelphia is apologizing to parents for having used a photo of celebrity Ellen DeGeneres on an invitation to an Oscars-themed graduation dance.