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UMKC to host annual LGBT, ally student conference
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The University of Missouri-Kansas City expects to host more than 2,500 college students from across the country next week for the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference.
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Maine supreme court: Transgender student’s rights were violated
PORTLAND, Maine — School officials violated state anti-discrimination law when they would not allow a transgender fifth-grader to use the girls’ bathroom, according to a ruling by the highest court in Maine that’s believed to be the first of its kind.
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Complaint: Catholic school rescinded job offer after learning applicant was gay
BOSTON — A Boston man says in a complaint filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination that a Roman Catholic school rescinded a job offer after finding out he was married to another man.
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Catholic school says it won’t rehire gay administrator who married partner
SEATTLE — A Catholic school in a Seattle suburb says it won’t rehire gay Vice-Principal Mark Zmuda, who was forced out in December after his same-sex marriage.
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Catholic school leader who ousted gay vice principal resigns
SEATTLE — The president of a Catholic school in Washington state who allegedly fired a gay vice principal becuase he married his same-sex partner, then suggested he divorce to keep his job, has resigned in the aftermath of the turmoil that followed that decision.
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Fla. school lifts suspension on student who appeared in gay adult films
COCOA, Fla. — A Florida school district on Tuesday lifted the suspension of a high school senior who claimed he was kicked out for appearing in gay adult films.
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Catholic school choir director forced to resign following engagement to partner
SANDUSKY, Ohio — A Catholic school in Sandusky, Ohio, has forced its band and choir director to resign after school officials learned he and his boyfriend recently became engaged to be married.
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Transgender teen faces battery charge for defending herself from bullies
HERCULES, Calif. — A transgender teenager who says she has been repeatedly bullied by other students at a California high school is now facing a criminal charge for defending herself during a confrontation.
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Catholic school that forced out gay administrator keeps lesbian music coach
SAMMAMISH, Wash. — A part-time musical coach at a Catholic school in Washington state who recently announced she is engaged to her same-sex partner said Thursday the school has given her a new employment agreement as an independent contractor.
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Calif. must count rejected petitions in challenge to transgender rights law
SAN FRANCISCO — A judge in Sacramento ordered the secretary of state’s office on Thursday to add about 5,000 signatures to the 614,326 submitted by supporters of a proposed voter referendum that seeks to overturn a new California law guaranteeing certain rights to transgender students in public schools.