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Miss. prom canceled after lesbian's date request - USA Today

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:52:11 -0600

Miss. prom canceled after lesbian's date request
USA Today
The ban on same-sex dates is a violation of McMillen's constitutional rights, said Sun, the ACLU's senior attorney on gay rights. ...
Lesbian Student, ACLU Steps on School's Toes Over Dance IssueParentDish (blog)

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Catholic School's Ban on Gay Parents: A Lesson in Bad Education - Women on the Web

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:09:51 -0600

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Catholic School's Ban on Gay Parents: A Lesson in Bad Education
Women on the Web
It's a civil rights issue. The fact that Catholicism rejects both morality and civil rights in this issue is not only wrong, but perpetuates prejudice and ...
Catholic school won't allow child of lesbians, but what about children of divorce?Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

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Knight at the Movies: Remember Me; Red Riding trilogy; film notes - Windy City Times

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:13:35 -0600

Knight at the Movies: Remember Me; Red Riding trilogy; film notes
Windy City Times
A subplot with Caroline being set upon by her vicious schoolmates because she's too "artistic" and socially inept ( read: weird and/or gay ) acts as the ...

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Ian McKellen backs Liverpool anti-homophobia effort

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:13:20 -0600

Out gay actor Sir Ian McKellen is supporting an anti-hate project by a group of gay and lesbian Merseyside teenagers which is being rolled out to 100 schools and youth centres across Liverpool.

Anti-bullying film comes to Scotland

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:51:37 -0600

A film to tackle homophobic bullying is to be sent to every school in Scotland. FIT, produced by Stonewall, features six teenagers, some of whom are gay, at a dance club. It has been compared to television shows Glee and Skins.

School district debuts anti-homophobia conference - Vancouver Courier

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:51:14 -0600

School district debuts anti-homophobia conference
Vancouver Courier
Mulligan said the VSB regularly holds networking meetings for gay-straight alliance clubs in this city, but this is the first time a larger conference has ...

MPS' Alliance charter school gets 2-year reprieve - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:48:19 -0600

MPS' Alliance charter school gets 2-year reprieve
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
... Latino, gay, straight, Buddhist or goth all can study together peacefully. Alliance, now with 166 students, entered into a contract with the district in ...

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Waynesboro School Board tables issue of school resource officer - The Herald-Mail

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:33:20 -0600

Waynesboro School Board tables issue of school resource officer
The Herald-Mail
... law on other issues,” board member Pat Heefner said, saying she feels Lemley wanted to circumvent the law and deny a Gay-Straight Alliance last year. ...

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Openly gay Fremont educator wins human rights award - Inside Bay Area

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:31:21 -0600

Openly gay Fremont educator wins human rights award
Inside Bay Area
The 54-year-old also is a co-adviser of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Washington High School, where he teaches special education and history. ...

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The Southerner: “ Don't Ask, Don't Tell” shoves gay people back in the closet - my.hsj.org

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:14:46 -0600

The Southerner: “ Don't Ask, Don't Tell” shoves gay people back in the closet
my.hsj.org
So sure, it was a step forward, but I think that by now we can safely assume that compromises on human and civil rights never play out well. ...

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Archbishop defends decision on lesbians’ children

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:30:19 -0600

(Denver) The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said it was a "painful situation," but the decision by Sacred Heart of Jesus parish school in ...

Arapahoe Herald: The gays deserve rights too: Racial discrimination was banned ... - my.hsj.org

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:08:26 -0600

Arapahoe Herald: The gays deserve rights too: Racial discrimination was banned ...
my.hsj.org
America also denies, to a rather large portion of its people, several “basic civil rights of man.” The plight of the gay person is the civil rights movement ...

Vashon Youth Council, Development of Island Teens split $25000 grant - Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:03:46 -0600

Vashon Youth Council, Development of Island Teens split $25000 grant
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
These contracts enable teens to pursue a multitude of paths they might want to explore, with VYC helping them flesh out the details and find the right ...

Mississippi Lesbian Fights to Take Girlfriend to Prom

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:44:35 -0600

High school senior Constance McMillen knows the rule: no same-sex date at the senior prom. But the 18-year-old lesbian student is challenging the Itawamba County school district policy, saying she...

Teen dream gives Anna a starring role - Journal Live

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:48:14 -0600

Teen dream gives Anna a starring role
Journal Live
I was three hours in make-up and you couldn't even tell it was me but I did get four lines when I came out of a coma.” The Gemma Factor was first made as a ...

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Catholic School: Lesbian Parents "Disqualify Their Children from Enrollment"

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:00:00 -0600

Facing a firestorm of criticism for refusing to allow the child of a lesbian couple to return to parochial preschool next year, the Denver Archdiocese has responded with a statement to the effect that the child's exclusion is the fault of his mothers--for being a committed same-sex couple.

1 in 2 LGBT youth regularly cyberbullied

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:58 -0600

One out of every two LGBT youths are the victims of cyberbullying, a new Iowa State University study found. In a study of 444 junior high, high school and college age students between the ages of 11 and 22, the researchers found 54 percent reported an incident of cyberbullying within the ...

Colorado Preschooler Kicked Out Of School Because Moms Are Gay

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:26:15 -0600

A Catholic school in Boulder is kicking out one of its preschoolers because the child’s parents are gay. The decision has sparked intense debate in the community and beyond. The child has been...

Fremont educator wins human rights award - The Argus

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:02:18 -0600

Fremont educator wins human rights award
The Argus
The 54-year-old also is a co-adviser of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Washington High School, where he teaches special education and history. ...

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Lawton looks to help state's LGBT youth - UW Badger Herald

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:08:25 -0600

Lawton looks to help state's LGBT youth
UW Badger Herald
It was co-hosted by the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools and Diverse and Resilient. The inaugural event lasted all day Friday. ...

Judge postpones trial for gay Puerto Rican teenager's alleged killer

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:00:00 -0600

The trial of the man who prosecutors contend brutally murdered Jorge Steven LApez Mercado last November had been scheduled to begin in Caguas on March 30, but a judge has postponed it until April 14.

Steve Rothaus - MiamiHerald.com

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:08:41 -0600

Steve Rothaus
MiamiHerald.com
This grant helps SSSF bring together hundreds of LGBTQ students and their Gay/Straight Alliance allies each year for youth empowerment/leadership ...

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Teen Suicide: Experts tell what to look for, how to prevent it - Delaware County Daily Times

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:34:46 -0600

Teen Suicide: Experts tell what to look for, how to prevent it
Delaware County Daily Times
Studies have found attempts among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens are two to three times more prevalent than among heterosexuals. ...

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RuPaul a Questionable Black Role Model?

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0600

The principal of a south Los Angeles elementary school is apologizing to parents for allowing students to carry photos of RuPaul, O.J. Simpson, and Dennis Rodman in a parade celebrating Black History Month.

Virginia Attorney General to Colleges: Stop Protecting Gay People

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:30:00 -0600

Virginia’s attorney general has issued an order to the state’s colleges to rescind policies that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, saying the schools don’t have the authority to adopt such statements.

City teen to star in gay documentary - Lancashire Evening Post

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:24:22 -0600

City teen to star in gay documentary
Lancashire Evening Post
David, who works for bookmakers Betfred, came out as gay when he was 16. He said he received support from friends and family, but reactions from strangers ...

Catholic school boots student with gay parents

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:00:00 -0600

A Catholic school in Colorado is kicking out a preschooler because the child's parents are lesbians.

GLBT community rallies around lesbian couple rejected from Sacred Heart of ... - Daily Camera

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:22:20 -0600

GLBT community rallies around lesbian couple rejected from Sacred Heart of ...
Daily Camera
But, she said, there have been a lot of successes -- including progression in the Boulder Valley School District, which has gay-straight alliance groups in ...

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One dad's perspective - Danbury News Times

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:56:16 -0600

One dad's perspective
Danbury News Times
Denise Kelly, a Spanish teacher at Danbury High School, stands at a display for the Gay-Straight Alliance in the ...

Principal apologizes over choice of black history heroes

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:00:27 -0600

(LOS ANGELES) The principal of a South Los Angeles elementary school has apologized after some children carried photos of O.J. Simpson, RuPaul and Dennis Rodman in a parade celebrating Black History Month. Lorraine Abner of Wadsworth Avenue Elementary School sent a letter Thursday to parents apologizing for what she called judgment ...

Kids and Activism - PBS

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:05:40 -0600

Kids and Activism
PBS
... town to protest our local Jewish Community Center, Holocaust Museum, The Jerusalem Connection and a local high school that has a Gay Straight Alliance. ...

Catholic preschool won’t let student return because of lesbian parents

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:47:21 -0600

A Catholic preschool in Boulder, Colo., will not be getting an “A” for Acceptance after telling a lesbian couple their child is not allowed to return to the school next year. Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School decided a student would not be allowed to enroll as a result of the ...

Friday Watercooler: RuPaul Rolemodel and South African Lesbian Rape

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:50:20 -0600

• Rupaul is MY role model. Three teachers in a Los Angeles have been suspended and are under investigation in a controversy surrounding the schools Black History Month celebration. At the end of the celebratory month, students paraded around their elementary school with posters of influential African American's selected by ...

Sir Ian McKellen backs Liverpool teen campaign - Pink Paper

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:08:38 -0600

Pink Paper

Sir Ian McKellen backs Liverpool teen campaign
Pink Paper
Liverpool's Integrated Youth and Play Service is also backing the pack, rolling it out to more than 20000 young people. Gary Everett, Director of Homotopia, ...

ACLU demands Miss. high school allow lesbian at prom

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:00:56 -0600

Constance McMillen, a Mississippi high school, wants to go to prom. But school district officials seem to be making that dream a little difficult. Itawamba County School District officials told McMillan she may not arrive at prom with her girlfriend, that she may not wear a tuxedo, and that should other ...

Catholic School Boots Student For Gay Parents

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:55:00 -0600

Got gay parents? Then a Catholic school in Boulder, Colo., says you're ineligible to enroll.

Family values redefined: Children of same-sex parents enter the battle for ... - Jweekly.com

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:23:21 -0600

Jweekly.com

Family values redefined: Children of same-sex parents enter the battle for ...
Jweekly.com
She, too, founded a Gay-Straight Alliance chapter at her high school, Lick-Wilmerding in San Francisco. “I have always been incredibly vocal — I remember ...

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10-year-old on hate register for calling a fellow pupil ‘gay boy’

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:53:05 -0600

A ten-year-old boy has been placed on a hate register for calling a fellow pupil a "gay boy". It is one of the first publicised examples of how the government’s required hate registers are being used in schools. From this September, children as young as five risk being placed on a hate register if they make homophobic playground taunts.

South Africa school shuts dorm after lesbian kiss spotted

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:04:42 -0600

South African education officials are looking into rumors that an all-girls boarding school closed a dormitory after discovering students involved in lesbian relationships, the BBC reported. According to reports, 27 students were expelled after two girls were caught kissing and said other students were involved in lesbian affairs. The dormitory that ...

Hate group's visit yields $10000 in donations - Richmond Times Dispatch

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:09:52 -0600

Richmond Times Dispatch

Hate group's visit yields $10000 in donations
Richmond Times Dispatch
... Holocaust Museum, The Jerusalem Connection, Weinstein JCC, and Hermitage High School or a group designated by the school's Gay-Straight Alliance. ...
Events planned to oppose picketing by anti-gay churchRichmond Times Dispatch
Opponents rally against Westboro Baptist hate groupRichmond Times Dispatch

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Review: 'Speech & Debate' a must-see for adults, teens - Ithaca Journal

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:04:06 -0600

Review: 'Speech & Debate' a must-see for adults, teens
Ithaca Journal
Howie (Adam R. Deremer) is the new kid on campus who's been "out since age 10"; he trolls the gay chat lines to flirt with older men. ...

Cedar City host to LGBT rally - Examiner.com

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:41:01 -0600

Examiner.com

Cedar City host to LGBT rally
Examiner.com
St. George has seen an increase in gay-straight alliances in the high schools. SUU Senate has passed its own policy for protection against discrimination ...

CC Spin: San Ramon student ambassadors strive to stop bullying through peer ... - my.hsj.org

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:35:49 -0600

CC Spin: San Ramon student ambassadors strive to stop bullying through peer ...
my.hsj.org
He has noticed that the most common types of bullying outside of physical and cyber bullying at SRVHS, are gay-bashing and racial discrimination. ...

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Teen arrested for possession of child porn - KVUE

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:58:17 -0600

Teen arrested for possession of child porn
KVUE
You are probably some liberal who supports gay marriage as not being a disorder and this that and the other, and yet you are adopting an attitude of ...

Why Can't This Mississippi Teen Bring a Date to Prom? Because She Wants to ... - Queerty (blog)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:09:34 -0600

Queerty (blog)

Why Can't This Mississippi Teen Bring a Date to Prom? Because She Wants to ...
Queerty (blog)
And now Itawamba Agricultural High School, in rural Fulton, Mississippi, joins the list of public schools refusing to let gay teens bring gay dates. ...

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Body and soul: New Hendricks dean mixes social activism with religious beliefs - SU The Daily Orange (subscription)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:33:13 -0600

Body and soul: New Hendricks dean mixes social activism with religious beliefs
SU The Daily Orange (subscription)
After years of searching in groups like Girl Scouts, her high school's teen council and a bisexual-gay-lesbian union in college, Steinwert found the ...

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Neil Patrick Tweets Gay Teen: Stand Tall

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:45:00 -0600

A fan of Neil Patrick Harris who follows the actor asked if he has any advice for “someone coming out as gay.” Harris tells him to "stand tall" and "be proud of who you are."

Neil Patrick Harris gives advice to gay teen - Blast (blog)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:40:02 -0600

Blast (blog)

Neil Patrick Harris gives advice to gay teen
Blast (blog)
Here's what I found, across three tweets: “@actuallynph hey do you have any advice for someone coming out as gay? my family wouldnt understand and im a ...
Neil Patrick Harris' offers Twitter fan coming out adviceMetro Weekly

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Five things every TEEN should know about HIV - Jamaica Observer

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:14:09 -0600

Five things every TEEN should know about HIV
Jamaica Observer
So, to prevent pregnancy, TEENs use birth control techniques such as condoms, oral sex or the withdrawal method ('pulling out') prior to ejaculation, ...

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Penn Extends Support to LGTB College Applicants - KYW1060.com

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:21:12 -0600

Penn Extends Support to LGTB College Applicants
KYW1060.com
... lists of high school student activities such as belonging to a gay-straight alliance or a club of some sort which promotes civil rights for LGTB people. ...