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Cuomo demands better protections for transgender students
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on the state Education Department to do a better job of protecting transgender students from harassment and discrimination in the classroom.
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N.Y civil liberties group: State fails to protect transgender students from harassment
Transgender students are often harassed in public schools across New York, and education officials have failed to carry out a legislative mandate to protect them, the New York Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.
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Public meeting over reading of gay fable to third graders canceled
A public meeting in a small North Carolina town over the reading of a story about a gay prince to third-graders has been canceled.
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North Carolina teacher who read students gay fable resigns after parents protest
After a third-grader tearfully recounted how another boy had called him “gay.”, teacher Omar Currie chose to raise the issue during story time by reading his students a fable about a prince who falls in love with another prince.
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S.D. considers revising transgender student athletes policy under pressure from GOP lawmakers
The suggested revisions came after some Republican lawmakers repeatedly tried to pass legislation in 2015 to void the policy.
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Students told ‘Gay O.K.’ t-shirts to support bullied classmate was ‘disruptive’
Two students at a Texas middle school were sent home on Wednesday, and several others were told to cover up their “Gay O.K.” message they wore emblazoned on their T-shirts because school officials said the message was a “distraction.”
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Under pressure from Congressman, school seeks review of ban on gay student’s speech
Under pressure from a U.S. Congressman, the Colorado school that blocked a valedictorian from delivering a commencement speech in which he planned to come out as gay has asked outside lawyers to review what happened.
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With school’s blessing, this valedictorian comes out as gay during graduation speech
A high school valedictorian received a standing ovation when she came out as gay during her graduation speech in the Colorado mountain town of Carbondale.
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Pastor tells high school graduates they’re going to Hell if they are gay
A North Carolina pastor told graduating seniors at Kings Mountain High School’s annual baccalaureate service that they’re going to Hell if they are gay.
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Gay teen, valedictorian delivers coming out speech that was blocked by school
A high school valedictorian who was barred from giving a graduation speech that revealed he is gay received another chance to deliver his message. Watch…