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Indio high school students asked to stop wearing anti-gay symbols ‘for now’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:34:24+00:00 March 2nd, 2016|Education, LGBTQ+|

California school district reversed course and now says it will ask students wearing anti-gay symbols to remove them while on campus–at least for now.

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Transgender student’s use of locker room causes stir at San Diego high school

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:19+00:00 February 11th, 2016|Education, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

teenager who was born female and uses the boys’ locker room at Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego has triggered a dispute over a state law that seeks to accommodate transgender students.

A Poway Unified School District board meeting was packed Tuesday night with people raising questions about student rights.

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City of San Francisco and the SF Human Rights Commission Receive Perfect Score on Municipal Equality Index (MEI) for Legislation and Policy Development Benefiting City’s LGBT Community
The Human Rights Campaign awards San Francisco Perfect Score of 100 on the 2015 MEI

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:21+00:00 January 5th, 2016|LGBTQ+|

SF Human Rights Commission also recognized for its advocacy related to violence prevention in the Trans Community and for overall programming & advocacy related to empowering City’s LGBT community

(San Francisco, CA) The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, recently released its Municipal Equality Index (MEI) scorecard awarding the

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As Transgender Students Make Gains, Schools Hesitate at Bathrooms

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:25+00:00 November 4th, 2015|Education, LGBTQ+|

CHICAGO — Asked to call a transgender boy by a male name he has chosen for himself, teachers and administrators around the country have leaned toward a simple response: Sure. Allow a high school student who was born male but identifies as female to join the volleyball team? Fine.

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Houston Voters Reject Broad Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:25+00:00 November 4th, 2015|LGBTQ+|

HOUSTON — A yearlong battle over gay and transgender rights that turned into a costly, ugly war of words between this city’s lesbian mayor and social conservatives ended Tuesday as voters easily repealed an anti-discrimination ordinance that had attracted attention from the White House, sports figures and Hollywood celebrities.

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Illinois District Violated Transgender Student’s Rights, U.S. Says

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:25+00:00 November 3rd, 2015|Education, LGBTQ+|

CHICAGO — Federal education authorities, staking out their firmest position yet on an increasingly contentious issue, found Monday that an Illinois school district violated anti-discrimination laws when it did not allow a transgender student who identifies as a girl and participates on a girls’ sports team to change and shower

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Nondiscrimination ordinance puts Houston at the center of latest gay rights battle

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:25+00:00 November 2nd, 2015|LGBTQ+|

Mayor Annise Parker won reelection here — twice — by taking on some of the city’s most basic municipal problems: the water system, street repairs, homelessness.

But when Parker pushed aggressively for Houston to adopt nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, the mayor’s support was tested and the fourth-largest city in

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College Athletic Departments Dropping Ball on LGBT Inclusion

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:27+00:00 October 26th, 2015|Education, LGBTQ+|

Last week, Athlete Ally celebrated a number of individuals who have been instrumental to advancing the support of LGBT athletes across the sports world. But even as the organization celebrated the likes of former NFL defensive end Michael Sam, former NBA star Grant Hill, former NBA commissioner David Stern and women’s tennis pioneer Dr. Renee

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More than half of LGBT students have felt unsafe at school

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:37:28+00:00 October 21st, 2015|Education, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

The students of Beethoven Elementary School in Mar Vista faced an arch of purple balloons as they rallied against bullying. The event, held Thursday by the Los Angeles Unified School District, was part of GLAAD’s Spirit Day, an annual event to show lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students that they have support from their schools and communities.

GLAAD puts

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Gay Rights Battle in Indiana Moves to Local Level

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:41:23+00:00 October 1st, 2015|LGBTQ+|

OLUMBUS, Ind. — This small city 70 miles north of the Kentucky border might seem an unlikely setting for new protections against discrimination over sexual orientation and gender identity.

Known for its Republican loyalties, Columbus is the hometown of Indiana’s conservative governor, Mike Pence, a staunch opponent

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