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Transgender students face discrimination at graduation
Monday, May 20, 2013
2:48pm

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.

03/22/11
Mourning Community Leader Isaac Kwock | 03/22/11

Friends, family and comm

03/15/11
KCET And Union Bank's First Ever LGBT Pride Month Accepting Nominations for Local Heroes | 03/15/11

KCET and Union Bank are looking for outstanding men and women of the LGBT community who are providing great leadersh

03/11/11
Marriage Equality Advocates Testify Before Rhode Island Senate Committee | 03/11/11

03/09/11
UPDATE: Texas School District Allows Gay-Straight Alliance On Campus - For Now | 03/09/11

03/08/11
Rhode Island Marriage Coalition Unveils TV Ad in Support of Marriage Equality Legislation | 03/08/11

03/07/11
U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) Pens Op-Ed in Support of Marriage Equality in Rhode Island, Nation | 03/07/11

03/04/11
Marriage in the District Turns One | 03/04/11

03/03/11
New QSaltLake Editor was Former Deseret News Editor | 03/03/11

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Advocates hope for repeal of Montana anti-gay law
01/22/13

Gay rights advocates said Monday they hope the Legislature will finally repeal an obsolete state law that criminalized gay sex in Montana before it was struck down by the courts in the 1990s.

RI marriage bill faces 1st major vote
01/22/13

Legislation to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in Rhode Island is headed to its first test in the General Assembly.

Man sues after state rejects GAYGUY license plate
01/22/13

An Atlanta man is suing the Georgia Department of Driver Services, contending that his rights were violated when the state rejected his application for vanity plates making reference to his sexual orientation.

CA Boy Scout Camp Leader Comes Out in YouTube Video, Speaks Out Against Anti-Gay Policies: VIDEO
01/18/13

Derek Nance, a program director at the Mataguay Scout Ranch in Southern California, where he has worked for 10 years, came out of the closet yesterday in a YouTube video.

Same-sex couples seek Va. marriage licenses
01/18/13

More than a dozen same-sex couples from across the South gathered outside the Arlington County Courthouse on Thursday to apply for marriage licenses.

Discriminating Military Spouses Group Offers Lesbian ‘Guest Membership’
01/18/13

The Association of Bragg Officers’ Spouses, the military spouses group at Ft. Bragg, has offered a “guest membership” to Ashley Broadway, the same-sex spouse of Lt. Col. Heather Mack who they blocked last month from joining.

Parkland, TX policy would ban transgender discrimination
01/18/13

Parkland Health and Hospital System on Wednesday moved to broadened its personnel policies to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, gender expression and genetic information.

Gay, lesbian community meeting in San Bernardino focuses on mental health care
01/18/13

Members of the gay and lesbian community gathered Thursday with health officials at First Congregational United Church of Christ for the first of several town-hall meetings to be held statewide over mental-health concerns and access to care.

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