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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/13/gay.friendly.school/index.html
Public school officials in Chicago, Illinois, are recommending approval of a "gay-friendly" high school because harassment and violence are causing gay students to skip class and drop out at alarming rates.
The article notes later that it's not a GBLT exclusive school, but one designed to "to target kids who feel they have been victims of bullying for their sexual orientation or perceived orientation".
Colour my opinion highly mixed. I support the feeling but not necessarily the gesture--artificial social bubbles have always worked so wonderfully in the past, y'know?
Public school officials in Chicago, Illinois, are recommending approval of a "gay-friendly" high school because harassment and violence are causing gay students to skip class and drop out at alarming rates.
The article notes later that it's not a GBLT exclusive school, but one designed to "to target kids who feel they have been victims of bullying for their sexual orientation or perceived orientation".
Colour my opinion highly mixed. I support the feeling but not necessarily the gesture--artificial social bubbles have always worked so wonderfully in the past, y'know?