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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05/15/12
Dynasty Young, the bullied gay teen expelled from Indianapolis' Arsenal Technical High School last week for carrying
05/11/12
Jenni “JWoww” Farley has never been shy about voicing her opinions, as Bristol Palin learned firsthand Thursday.
05/11/12
In another provocative comment aimed at Barack Obama, evangelist Franklin Graham on Thursday accused the president o
05/11/12
Mitt Romney clashed with a state commission tasked with helping LGBT youth at risk for bullying and suicide througho
05/10/12
A call for a special legislative session by Gov. John W.
05/08/12
As expected, North Carolinians voted in large numbers on Tuesday for an amendment that would ban same-sex marriages, partnerships and civil unions, becoming the 30th state in the country and the last in the South to include a prohibition on gay marriage in the state constitution.
05/08/12
Following almost an entire school year of bullying, Dynasty Young was suspended from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 16 after shooting into the air an electrical self-protection device.