BrowsingJune 22, 2010 GLSEN Delegation Heads to the White House TodayThis afternoon, a remarkable GLSEN delegation will attend an LGBT Pride Month reception at the White House to press for the federal action most critically needed on LGBT issues in K-12 education in this country. The five student advocates and their guests will call for President Obama’s support of the Safe Schools Improvement Act and [...] May 4, 2010 >Sirdeaner Walker Talks About Importance of Federal Safe Schools Improvement Act at MA Signing Ceremony> Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a general anti-bullying bill yesterday. While GLSEN was disappointed that the final bill did not enumerate specific categories of students often targeted for bullying — something essential to protect students from bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression — we were proud to be represented at [...] March 29, 2010 >Bullied NY Gay Student Receives Settlement, School to Make Changes After Lawsuit>Not only is addressing anti-LGBT bullying and harassment the right thing to do, failing to do so can also be very costly for school districts. In yet another favorable outcome for a student who sued a district for failing to address bullying based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, a gay student from New York [...] March 21, 2010 >Props to Actor Ewan McGregor for Thinking that Portraying Gay Man Falling in Love Should be No Big Deal>Great quote from Ewan McGregor regarding his new movie with Jim Carrey, I Love You Phillip Morris. McGregor and Carrey portray two men falling in love. It is a reflection I guess on where we’re at that it’s such a big deal that it’s a love story between two gay men, like the idea of [...] March 19, 2010 >ACLU Sets Up Action Page to Support Constance, GLSEN Leaders at Safe Schools Advocacy Summit>As you may know, Constance is headed to DC this weekend to attend GLSEN’s Safe Schools Advocacy Summit, where she’ll meet with Student Non-Discrimination Act sponsor Rep. Jared Polis from Colorado. Our friends at the American Civil Liberties Union LGBT Project (ACLU is representing Constance in her case to have prom reinstated) have set up [...] March 19, 2010 >Constance McMillen Appears on Ellen, Tonic.com Offers Her $30K College Scholarship>Check out Constance on Ellen today. Thank you to the amazing folks at www.tonic.com who presented Constance with a $30,000 college scholarship on the show via Ellen. The site is about hope, and we can’t help but be a little hopeful about the future after seeing all the positive reaction to Constance’s case. The ACLU, [...] March 17, 2010 >College Freshmen Overwhelmingly Support Same-Sex Marriage>Cross-posted at blog.dayofsilence.org In yet another hopeful sign for the future, nearly two-thirds (65%) of college freshmen support same-sex marriage, according to new data released by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. Over all, 65 percent of the college freshmen surveyed last fall supported same-sex marriage, compared with [...] March 17, 2010 >College Freshmen Overwhelmingly Support Same-Sex Marriage>Cross-posted at blog.glsen.org In yet another hopeful sign for the future, nearly two-thirds (65%) of college freshmen support same-sex marriage, according to new data released by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. Over all, 65 percent of the college freshmen surveyed last fall supported same-sex marriage, compared with [...] February 12, 2010 >Message from GLSEN ED Eliza Byard on Anniversary of Lawrence King Shooting> From any angle, February 12th is the anniversary of two lives’ destruction by homophobia and the inability of the two boys’ families, school and relevant social service agencies to deal effectively with the escalating conflict between them. Experts on bullying agree that any bullying situation involves two young people who need help–the target and [...] February 9, 2010 >Vigils Taking Place Friday on 2-Year Anniversary of Lawrence King Tragedy>Friday marks the two-year anniversary of the tragic shooting of Lawrence “Larry” King, a 15-year-old eighth-grader from E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, Calif., who was killed by a classmate because of his sexual orientation and gender expression. Vigils to remember Larry King and bring attention to the need to address anti-LGBT violence in schools [...] |
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