students' rights

Article: Utah family supports school that outed gay son

lustmordred wrote in gsa_lj Dec 15, 2011 21:13

I actually expected this article to be something more negative than it was because of the title. What I found negative--not surprising though--were some of the comments left on it. And the assumption that a boy who is 14 cannot possibly know that he's gay still surprises me with its ignorance. teens, teenage sexuality, students' rights, parents

Alabama school backs down over student’s gay rights t-shirt

redstar826 wrote in gsa_lj Sep 03, 2011 14:44

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allies, teens, lawsuit, school, students' rights, high school

CAN Schools Get It Right?

nano_muse wrote in gsa_lj Mar 12, 2011 18:36

(Hi everyone! Lurker here, usually under a different account, though ( Read more... )

activism, gay pride, sexual harassment, violence, youth, administrivia, academia, high school, hate crime, bisexual, students' rights

Michigan state officials should be embarassed...

keoniphoenix wrote in gsa_lj Oct 02, 2010 17:51

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/pages-for-twitter/a-quite-peculiar-asst-atorney.htmlRead more... )

bullying, absurd, right wing nut, homophobia, ignorance, wtf, religious right, frustrating, effing weird, students' rights, heckling

[Bi Women]: Call For Submission - Spring 2010 issue will be BI YOUTH

bialogue wrote in gsa_lj Dec 30, 2009 01:52

( Attention Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid + Queer-identified Youth (25 and under) Robyn Ochs, Editor of the quarterly newsletter 'Bi Women' invites you to submit pieces for the Spring 2010 issue )

women's issues, teens, college, youth, academia, high school, feminism, teenage sexuality, school, lesbian, students' rights, bi pride

[Boston MA USA]: New Phelps-A-Thon

bialogue wrote in gsa_lj Nov 30, 2009 23:01

( Fred Phelps and his 'God Hates Fags' Westboro Baptist Church are planning at least 4 pickets on Tuesday, December 1st 2009: World AIDS Day in Boston MA . . . but there is a plan to turn the tables on them! )

activism, political activism, fred phelps, right wing nut, christianity, hiv/aids, religious right, students' rights

I can't believe no one has posted this yet...

fabfemmeboy wrote in gsa_lj Oct 21, 2009 19:16

It's been circulating various news outlets for almost a week now, but I thought I'd post it here just in case anyone hadn't seen it yet.

Lesbian Student Fights for Tuxedo Photo

And if biased news is your thing... Fox News and The Advocate each have the story as well ( Read more... )

lesbian, school, students' rights, wtf, high school, gender

[USA]: we have Two pieces of Good News for the LGBT Community to Celebrate on today!!!

bialogue wrote in gsa_lj Jul 01, 2009 19:15

( A legal victory in the workplace and two news laws protecting youth. )

government, the south, trans, teens, progress, youth, high school, news, lawsuit, teenage sexuality, school, employment, sex education, students' rights

Harvey Milk presentation censored

marauderthesn wrote in gsa_lj May 21, 2009 16:13

This was posted about on harvey_milk, but it's relevent for here too.

A sixth-grade girl wasn't allowed to give a class presentation on Harvey Milk to her entire class, and had to give it at recess to the kids whose parents allowed them to hear it. Now the ACLU is threatening to sue. You can go here to see the presentation and the letter the school sent home ( Read more... )

gay, education, youth, aclu, academia, middle school, censorship, lawsuit, students' rights

School Based Discrimination

ridayah wrote in gsa_lj Apr 21, 2009 14:58

Tennessee Schools Blocking Access to LGBT Based Sites

First Article

As many as 107 Tennessee public school districts could be illegally preventing students from accessing online information about LGBT issues by activating the Internet filtering category designated “LGBT,” says a letter from the ACLU to school officials at Knox County Schools, ( Read more... )

absurd, discrimination, tolerance, education, aclu, high school, censorship, students' rights