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N.M. transgender students must follow birth certificate to join high school teams
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The organization that regulates high school sports and activities across the state of New Mexico has updated its policy in regards to transgender students, and will only allow students to participate in sports based on the gender listed on their birth certificate.
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Calif. lawmakers approve transgender student rights bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that would require public K-12 schools to let transgender students choose which restrooms they use and which school teams they join based on their gender identity instead of their chromosomes.
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Teacher fined $1 for ejecting anti-gay student from classroom
HOWELL, Mich. — A judge says the free speech rights of a Michigan teenager were violated when he expressed an opinion against homosexuality and was removed from class during an anti-bullying day.
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No transgender students have taken advantage of new Neb. athletics policy
LINCOLN, Neb. — No students have asked to exercise a policy approved in December by the Nebraska School Activities Association that allows participation in high school athletics by transgender students, the association says.
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Calif. Senate committee advances transgender student rights bill
SACRAMENTO — A California Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would require public schools to respect a transgender student’s gender identity in all school programs, activities, and facilities.
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StudentsFirst rescinds anti-gay lawmaker’s award in response to gay youth’s plea
Following weeks of mounting pressure from LGBT advocacy groups, it was an online campaign initiated by an 11-year-old gay student that finally compelled the education lobbying group StudentsFirst to rescind it’s “Education Reformer of the Year” designation awarded to Tenn. state Rep. John Ragan, a proponent of the state’s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
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‘Cutest couple’ at New York high school is two boys
CARMEL, N.Y. — The duo voted “cutest couple” in the senior class at a suburban New York high school say they’re getting teased about it – but not because they’re both boys.
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Ohio school to allow transgender student to graduate in female gown
FOSTORIA, Ohio — A transgender student in northwest Ohio will be allowed to follow the female dress code at Sunday’s graduation despite a conflict with school policies.
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Same-sex marriage: Social revolution or cultural shift?
Oprah Winfrey asks her panelists, the Rev. Ed Bacon, Elizabeth Lesser and Mark Nepo, “Is (same-sex marriage) a social revolution or a cultural shift?” Find out what they think—and why gay marriage could enrich traditional marriage.
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‘Boy or Girl?’ Gender identity a new challenge for schools
From the time they are born, we put our boys in blue beanies and our girls in pink ones. It’s a societal norm, an expectation even, that you just are what you are born — a boy or a girl…