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Proposal for ‘Straight Pride’ club at Indiana high school raises concerns
Educators and parents in southern Indiana are calling for more training and awareness of the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students after a high school’s failed attempt to establish a “Straight Pride” club.
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Barnard College works toward a new policy on transgender student admissions
Next week, Barnard’s trustees are expected to vote on an issue that has arrived loudly and emphatically on the front burner for women’s colleges across the nation: transgender admissions.
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School blocks speech by valedictorian who planned to come out as gay
A Colorado charter school refused to let a class valedictorian deliver a graduation speech in which he planned to come out as gay, prompting criticism from activists.
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Oregon: New policy in Eugene schools helps transgender students
Schools in Eugene, Ore., will now be required to accommodate transgender and gender non-conforming students thanks to a policy unanimously passed by the Eugene School Board.
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Bus driver to 11-year-old girls: ‘You’re gay and will burn in hell for it’
The incident reportedly happened on Friday morning as the fifth grader was riding the bus to Pathway Academy, a Kansas City charter school.
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Nevada Legislature passes LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying protections for students
The measure, which includes protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, now heads to Sandoval’s desk for final approval.
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A gay dad draws protest from the school that cancelled a play about two gay penguins
As writers and activists enter the public discussions, they tend to adopt a style and way of communicating that works for them. For me, I am a gay dad who writes people letters in a very public way…
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Pennsylvania school suspends students over Chick-fil-A t-shirt backlash
A Pennsylvania school district suspended about 15 students who took to social media during schools hours after two classmates wore Chick-fil-A shirts during a Gay-Straight Alliance event.
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Virginia’s largest school district bans gender identity discrimination
The Fairfax County school board has voted to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity in the school system.
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Teacher suspended for showing 1959 anti-gay film as part of history lesson
The film, titled “Boys Beware,” was produced in 1959 and warns students to avoid strangers “because they might be homosexual.”