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N.C. college battles transgender student over alleged discrimination
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dozens of students and community members gathered Friday afternoon to protest alleged discrimination at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, calling on the college to apologize to a transgender student who claims she was mistreated and harassed by the school.
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Minn. Senate passes anti-bullying ‘Safe and Supportive Schools Act’
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota state Senate voted Thursday to pass the “Safe and Supportive Schools Act,” a bill, which would require all Minnesota school districts to develop and enforce a plan to reduce bullying.
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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.”
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Student allowed to perform previously censored poem on gender stereotypes
LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska state champion speech student will be allowed to perform a poem about gender identity for television after originally being asked not to by a statewide schools organization.
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Catholic nun tells students gay parents abuse kids, masturbation turns boys gay
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Students and parents at Charlotte Catholic High School are speaking out after they say a campus lecturer forcefully condemned homosexuality with outdated statistics, prejudiced stereotypes and other extremist claims.
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Lesbian couple’s 3-year-old son rejected by Texas school for having two moms
BEDFORD, Texas — A lesbian couple in Bedford, Texas claim their son was turned away from a local Montessori school because he had two moms.
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Tenn. OKs religious freedom bill that could be a ‘license to bully’ gay students
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee state Senate on Monday passed a bill that seeks to expand religious liberty protections for students in public schools, a measure critics say could lead to hate speech against gays, and others, in public schools, all in the name of religion.
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A Christian school kicked an 8-year-old girl out for looking like a boy
An 8-year-old girl has been yanked from a Christian school after her grandparents were warned that her looks “confused” other students.
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Gay student says Baptist school denied readmission after he came out
HANNIBAL, Mo. — An honors-caliber college student says he was denied readmission to a northern Missouri Baptist school after he came out as gay in a Facebook post back in December.
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W.Va. high school teacher suspended for Facebook post mocking gay group
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A West Virginia high school teacher has been suspended following a Facebook post he made in which he appears to be mocking a planned meeting of the school’s gay-straight alliance.