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MTV Aims To Break Guinness World Dance Marathon Record For LGBT Campaign
Oct. 31, 2011
An MTV dance crew put on its dancing shoes Sunday night and won't take them off for 55 hours, in order to break a Guinness World Record and raise funds for anti-bullying campaigns.
More schools take action to stem anti-gay bullying
Oct. 22, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A history teacher amends his lessons on the civil rights movement to include the push for gay equality. A high school removes Internet filters blocking gay advocacy websites. Six gay students sue their district, saying officials failed to protect them from bullies.
Life Still Hard for Gay and Lesbian Students in Aurora Schools Despite a Push Back Against Bullying
Oct. 20, 2011
Cory Barrett has heard the slurs and seen the abuse that countless high school students face.
As the director of youth services at Rainbow Alley, a drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning teens, Barrett and his staff specialize in providing a safe place for those who feel targeted and bullied in their schools.
Bullied Teen's Mother Marks Seth's Law Signing
Oct. 20, 2011
Wendy Walsh, the mother of Seth Walsh, after whom the recently signed Seth's Law is named, visited San Francisco this week to mark the bill becoming law.
Gov. Brown Signs Historic Transgender Bills
Oct. 19, 2011
Members of the LGBT community have gained considerable ground with the recent passing of two bills aimed to help transgender Californians.
Sequoyah High is told to allow a gay-straight alliance
Oct. 19, 2011
MADISONVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT)--The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is calling on school leaders in Tennessee’s Monroe County to stop subverting the formation of a gay-straight alliance (GSA) at Sequoyah High School in Madisonville.
Criminalization Can't Make It Better
Oct. 12, 2011
Professor Kevin Nadal is absolutely right on one front: We need to Make It Better for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied youth. All students deserve a safe learning environment.
But criminalization is not the answer.
Opponents of FAIR Education Act Fail to Qualify Referendum for 2012 Ballot
Oct. 11, 2011
(San Francisco) Today, anti-equality advocates announced that they have failed to collect the required number of signatures to place a referendum for the November 2012 ballot to overturn the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act.
