Across the United States, millions of seniors are getting ready to walk across the stage in graduation ceremonies. This time can bittersweet for transgender students. Two instances of transgender students, in different parts of the country, have reminded us that schools can often fail to support transgender students and treat them with respect.
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02/25/13
Police are investigating a series of graffiti incidents in Bethesda where suspects spray-painted swastikas and anti-gay comments on a police vehicle and other property.
02/25/13
People packed a Central Fresno church Saturday with the goal of stopping violence against young people based on their sexual orientation.
02/25/13
Montana lawmakers considered a pair of familiar gay -rights measures Tuesday, one that would strike an obsolete state law that criminalizes gay sex and another that would expand anti-discrimination protections.
02/25/13
A group of lawyers affiliated with the Catholic Church in Cameroon has backed the country’s anti-gay campaign, saying the laws forbidding the practice must be strictly upheld.
02/25/13
That nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex marriage is encouraging progress for those of us who believe that everyone deserves to have basic civil rights. But, even if every state in the country could pass a similar legislation, it would not be enough.
02/25/13
Cadence Case knows all about the discrimination at jobs and in landing an apartment, the fear of bullying in the streets, the sideway glances and snickers, the wearisome daily effort of acting as expected.
02/25/13
The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada for two decades has served as a home away from home for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens and adults.
02/25/13
A small-town newspaper’s decision to cover a same-sex wedding — in a state that doesn’t recognize such unions — initially cost the paper a few dozen subscriptions.