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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.

09/24/10
Univ. of Rhode Island Administrators Acknowledge LGBT Discrimination on Campus, Pledge to Resolve | 09/24/10

09/24/10
Guest Post: On Cupcakes and Communication | 09/24/10

Please also note that GLAAD has contacted the Fox station that produced the story to thank the outlet for its fair,

09/22/10
FL Court Rules Adoption Ban Unconstitutional | 09/22/10

09/14/10
Jeff Sheng Photobook 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Volume 2' to Debut in Los Angeles Exhibition | 09/14/10

09/14/10
Guest Post: Republican Campaign Manager to be Fired for Anti-gay Tweets? | 09/14/10

This post is crossposted from Bilerico Project. 

09/13/10
Two Transgender Women Found Murdered in Puerto Rico | 09/13/10

09/13/10
Washington Post Pushing 'Upwardly Mobile' Myth | 09/13/10

09/09/10
CA Supreme Court Will Not Force State Into Prop 8 Case | 09/09/10

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Landmark Mass. decision on marriage becomes popular text at weddings
01/08/13

Law student Michael Corliss thought he was just being a “law nerd” when he chose a passage from the landmark Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court marriage decision for a friend to read at his August wedding ceremony.

Granbury bank employee’s firing shows need for ENDA in Texas
01/08/13

When Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger passed away, Marty Edwards said a co-worker at First National Bank of Granbury asked who Ledger was. “He was some faggot in a gay cowboy movie,” a senior loan officer answered. “Who cares if he died.”

Alabama Student Planned To Kill Gay, Black Classmates In Bomb Attack
01/08/13

Teenage white supremacist Derek Shrout has been arrested in Russell County, Alabama, after a teacher discovered a journal detailing his plot to attack his school with homemade explosives.

VIDEO: Ga. same-sex couples denied marriage licenses in peaceful action
01/08/13

Five gay couples lined up and asked for marriage licenses in Decatur, Ga., today, and all were denied, as expected, because Georgia prohibits marriage for same-sex couples.

IL State Senator: Ministers’ Vow Of Backlash For Marriage Equality Vote An ‘Empty Threat’
01/08/13

A coalition of West Side ministers was urging state lawmakers to reject legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois, but at least one lawmaker said the ministers’ threat of political backlash against lawmakers who vote for gay marriage was nothing but an “empty threat.”

Gallaudet president reinstates chief diversity officer
01/08/13

Gallaudet University announced late Monday that it has reinstated its chief diversity officer, who was placed on paid administrative leave in October for signing a petition to place Maryland’s same-sex marriage law on the ballot in a voter referendum.

OP-ED: Society leads on gay-rights issues while 'leaders' dawdle
01/08/13

President Barack Obama, a former Illinois legislator who launched his presidential campaign in Springfield as Lincoln did, supports gay marriage rights...Yet Illinois is expected to end another legislative session today without passing a gay marriage bill.

Transgender Teacher Sues Catholic School Over Firing
01/08/13

A transgender teacher is suing the New York City Catholic school where he worked for more than 30 years, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for growing out his hair, painting his fingernails and being "worse than gay."

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