A 17-year-old senior says he was kicked off the cheerleading squad and suspended because he kissed another male at their high school in Alice, Texas.

The boy told KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi on Thursday that he was suspended after he was seen on surveillance camera with the fellow student in the school's band hall.

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SACRAMENTO -- The California State Assembly voted 49-25 today, passing a bill that would require schools to fairly and accurately portray the LGBT civil rights movement and the historic contributions of the diverse LGBT community in social science instruction ( Read more... )

WACO, Tex. - Battles for acceptance by gay and lesbian students have erupted in the places that expect it the least: the scores of Bible colleges and evangelical Christian universities that, in their founding beliefs, see homosexuality as a sin ( Read more... )

And Tango Makes Three (2005), the true story of two male penguins who hatch and parent a baby chick at New York's Central Park Zoo, tops the list of the most frequently challenged books of 2010, according to the American Library Association's (ALA) State of America's Libraries Report, which documents challenges and trends in library usage ( Read more... )

( Once again the Bisexual Resource Center (BRC) is looking for one or two unique, forward thinking, energetic, Summer Interns/Independent Study Students. Could that be you? )

For the first time, federal legislation targeting bullying on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity has been introduced with bipartisan support ( Read more... )

This has been going around among my friends on Facebook. I was surprised I hadn't seen it here yet.

http://nerdyapplebottom.com/2010/11/02/my-son-is-gay/

"My son is gay. Or he's not. I don’t care. He is still my son. And he is 5. And I am his mother. And if you have a problem with anything mentioned above, I don’t want to know you."

"If you think ( Read more... )

There have been quite a few "It Gets Better" videos recorded by famous people. Openly gay actor George Takei's video is especially good.

And somewhat NSFW.

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Just remember, it's ok to be gay, unless you're honest in a straight-forward, non-offensive manner. Then it's an issue.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39584217/ns/local_news-portland_or/

He was leading a writing lesson when a fourth-grader asked him if he was married. Stambaugh said no. The student then asked why. Stambaugh replied that it would be ( Read more... )