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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.

02/18/09
GLAAD To Be Part of Dinah-Mite Weekend | 02/18/09

02/11/09
Sean Kennedy's Killer Denied Early Parole | 02/11/09
02/10/09
UPDATE: Police Claiming Long Island Vandalism Not A Hate Crime | 02/10/09

As an update to the recent

02/10/09
Guest Post: Growing After Bias | 02/10/09
02/06/09
One Year Later: Vigils in Lawrence King's Memory Held Next Week | 02/06/09

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02/02/09
NBC Affiliate Rejects Equality Ad, Blames NFL | 02/02/09

A Los Angeles NBC affiliate says it did not air an equality ad featuring a gay couple and their children during Sund

01/27/09
Equal Rights Washington Using Youtube Videos to Change Hearts and Minds | 01/27/09

With the budget crisis looming in the state, as it is in the rest of the country,

01/26/09
Indiana's WTHR-TV Changes Story GLAAD Named "Worst" | 01/26/09

Thanks to a "worst" mention in GLAAD's latest "Best & Wo

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Strategy to slowly expand gay rights across St. Louis is paying off
12/03/12

PROMO, a Missouri LGBT advocacy group, has made great strides in the past few years getting local jurisdictions to amend their anti-discrimination ordinances to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The most recent success was Tuesday, when the St. Louis County Council agreed to expand its protected classes.

Transgender Latinas Find a Refuge in Queens
12/03/12

Since 2008, a growing number of transgender Latinas have gathered in Queens every Friday night, discussing challenges unfamiliar to many New Yorkers...Conducted in Spanish, the sessions are aimed at those who have emigrated from Latin American countries where violence toward gay and transgender people is common.

EDITORIAL: How Maine schools can protect transgender students, model respect, fairness
12/03/12

Maine schools must provide a safe environment for all students, including transgender students. Those who have a gender identity different from the sex they were assigned at birth are not being given enough protection, let alone the type of welcoming atmosphere that encourages learning.

City council appoints Minneapolis' first female, openly gay police chief
12/03/12

The Minneapolis city council on Friday confirmed 25-year veteran officer Janee Harteau as the city's new Chief of Police, and in doing so Harteau becomes the first woman and first openly gay officer to serve as police chief.

Macklemore Responds To Teacher’s Suspension Over Playing His Song In Class
12/03/12

Singer Macklemore has responded to the suspension of a Michigan teacher who played his song about marriage equality in her class, saying, "This incident is just one of tens of thousands that have happened across the country where schools have exposed a latent homophobia, preventing safe space for all young people to feel confident in being themselves."

Republican Pa. lawmaker announces he’s gay
12/03/12

Rep. Mike Fleck, 39, of Huntingdon, disclosed that he is gay in an interview with the Huntingdon Daily News that was published Saturday.

Appeal vowed in Nevada marriage ruling
12/03/12

A federal court challenge to Nevada's anti-gay ban on marriage equality has been turned back in U.S. District Court, but advocates vowed Friday to fight on with an argument that a pair of state laws regarding marriage for lesbian and gay couples unconstitutionally make those couples "second-class citizens."

Judge: Churches can't defend Ill. marriage equality ban
12/03/12

A Cook County judge says two suburban Chicago churches and the anti-gay Illinois Family Institute cannot intervene in a lawsuit over the state's ban on marriage equality.

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