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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.

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Details Magazine Stumbles in Addressing Parental Homophobia | 02/24/10

02/22/10

Talks Continue on Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell | 02/22/10

02/18/10

Some Media Miss the Mark in Covering Olympic Men's Figure Skating | 02/18/10

02/18/10

Protests Reignite Media Storm Surrounding Anti-Gay Bill in Uganda | 02/18/10

02/12/10

Advocates and Allies Across the Nation Celebrate 'Freedom to Marry Day' | 02/12/10

02/09/10

LGBT Organizations Urge Advocates and Allies to Remember Slain Teen Lawrence King | 02/09/10

02/08/10

Brendan Burke, Young Crusader for Equality in Professional Sports, Dies in Tragic Accident | 02/08/10

02/04/10

Historic American Prayer Hour Focuses on Uganda Anti-Gay Legislation | 02/04/10

GLAAD provided strategic planning, media assistance and co-sponsorship to the first American Prayer Hour, on Februar

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Log Cabin Republicans Repudiate NOM As ‘Cancer That Needs To Be Removed’ From Party

04/04/12

Ever since last week’s release of the National Organization for Marriage’s confidential memos that reveal its race-b

LGBT Rights Group Challenges St. Petersburg "Propaganda" Law

04/04/12

The law banning so-called gay propaganda in St. Petersburg, Russia, has been challenged in the city’s court.

Same-Sex Couples Sue Over DOMA

04/03/12

Immigration Equality on Monday filed suit in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on be

EDITORIAL: Divide and Discriminate

04/03/12

When a light is shined into the dark corners of American politics, it’s never pleasant to see what scurries away.

Deaf, Gay and HIV Positive Activist Battles Against Stigma

04/03/12

It’s been 11 years since John Meletse, a deaf, gay South African man, first learned he was HIV positive.

OP-ED: Gay Activists Fight For Human Rights in Africa

04/03/12

The world listened last week as Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf defended her country’s laws that discrimina

Theater Instructor Alleges Lamar University Discriminated Against Her Religious Beliefs

04/03/12

A theater and dance instructor is suing Lamar University, alleging the college discriminated against her after she f

Barred From Villanova, Gay Artist Tim Miller Is Welcomed Elsewhere

04/03/12

Tim Miller just wants to teach.

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