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Transgender student skips graduation rather than wear female gown
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The graduation ceremony at St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday was one student short, as a transgender teen refused to participate in the commencement exercises because the school told him he would have to wear a female student gown.
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Pa. school still refuses to announce transgender grad by his chosen name
RED LION, Pa. — A transgender student in central Pennsylvania is continuing his fight to be announced by his male name at graduation next month.
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Catholic school: Transgender student must wear girl’s graduation gown
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A transgender student at a Catholic high school in Albuquerque, N.M., says he is has been told he must wear female student gown at his graduation procession, or not walk at all.
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Texas House votes to allow university groups to ignore non-discrimination policies
AUSTIN — The Texas state House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill to allow student organizations at any of the state’s public universities to discriminate in their membership practices.
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Calif. state Assembly OKs transgender student accommodations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Transgender students would have the right to use public school restrooms and participate on sports teams that correspond with their expressed genders under a bill approved Thursday in the California Assembly.
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Fla. school agrees to allow gay-straight alliance one day after ACLU files suit
OCALA, Fla. — Just one day after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against a Florida school district for denying students from forming a gay-straight alliance, the school board ended months of delays and said it will allow the club.
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Duke University to offer health insurance coverage for transgender students
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University has announced it will begin offering student health insurance coverage for gender confirmation surgery. The university joins a handful of other institutions offering similar coverage, though the University of North Carolina System currently does not.
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Lesbian teacher fired by Catholic school to take her case to city hall
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Her grievance denied by the Bishop Watterson High School principal who signed her termination letter, Carla Hale said Wednesday morning that she will take her case against the Catholic Diocese of Columbus to the city’s Community Relations Commission.
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Ohio teacher files grievance, claims she was fired because she is gay
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A popular Columbus, Ohio, physical education teacher and coach who says she was fired because she is gay, has filed a grievance through her union against the Catholic Diocese of Columbus, according to her attorney.
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Students at Catholic school in Columbus say teacher was fired because she is gay
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Students at Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio, are fighting for a longtime physical education teacher and coach they say was been fired by the Catholic Diocese of Columbus because she’s gay.