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LGBT Equality Organizations Applaud California Senate Passage of Seth's Law
Sep. 2, 2011
Sacramento - Today, the California State Senate approved Seth's Law (AB 9) in a 24-14 vote. Seth's Law is designed to address the pervasive problem of school bullying by providing California schools with tools to create a safe school environment for all students.
Speak Out -- LGBT Youth Empowerment in USA Today
Sep. 2, 2011
USA Today spoke to GSA Network's Executive Director Carolyn Laub and featured five ways to Make It Better in a supplement by MediaPlanet! Click below to see a larger version of the page on bullying:
Senate Passes Bill Strengthening Employment, Housing, and other Nondiscrimination Laws
Aug. 30, 2011
Senate Passes Bill Strengthening Employment, Housing, and other Nondiscrimination Laws
Authored by Assemblymember Atkins, AB 887 will strengthen protections based on gender identity and gender expression
Equality Organizations Launch Coalition to Protect the FAIR Education Act
Aug. 25, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Francisco – Led by Equality California, Gay-Straight Alliance Network and the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, a broad coalition of advocates for equality have launched a coordinated effort to protect the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act and to educate the public about its impact.
Schools must teach about contributions of gays and lesbians
Aug. 9, 2011
A recently expanded law says California schools must teach about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in history. Yet local school officials say it will take some time to fulfill the requirement, mostly because they can't afford new textbooks or supplemental material.
Gay history to be taught in California schools - how will law be implemented?
Jul. 27, 2011
Gay history to be taught in California schools, but with no textbooks, how will the law be implemented?
Anti-Equality Forces OK to Circulate Petitions to Overturn FAIR Education Act
Jul. 26, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Anti-Equality Forces OK to Circulate Petitions to Overturn FAIR Education Act
California schools to get new history lessons
Jul. 22, 2011
SACRAMENTO — History lessons for California students are about to get more inclusive.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 48 into law July 14, changing the language in the Education Code to include teaching about the contributions of Pacific Islanders, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Americans, and people with disabilities.
New state law requires LGBT history in textbooks
Jul. 15, 2011
Public schools in California will be required to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans starting Jan. 1 after Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a controversial bill to add the topic to the social sciences curriculum.
Governor Signs Landmark LGBT Education Bill
Jul. 14, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Governor Signs Landmark LGBT Education Bill
Legislation sponsored by Equality California and Gay-Straight Alliance Network aims to end LGBT history exclusion in education and to promote school safety
