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Delaware program targets depression, suicide among LGBT youth
DOVER, Del. — With the National School Climate Survey reporting that as many as 64 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths likely to suffer from depression, suicide attempts and...
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Report: Schools are failing LGBT youth and funneling them into prison
Hostile school climates pave the way for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, youth to spend less time in school and more time on the streets, thus increasing the likelihood of entering...
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Israeli parliament bans discrimination against LGBT youth in schools
JERUSALEM, Israel -- The Israeli parliament on Tuesday approved passed a law prohibiting the discrimination in schools against students on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Mass. Senate passes updates to anti-bullying law
BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill designed to build on the state's 2010 anti-bullying law by strengthening protections for LGBT students and students with disabilities.
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The real, true story about how parents adopted out their child when he came...
Corey did not have an easy life. He was a popular jock guy in high school, but by the age of 15, he had been handed more than his share of abuse. His parents were conservative, religious, on welfare...
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Opponents of Calif. transgender rights law revive ballot fight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Opponents of a new California law that provides transgender students certain rights in public schools are challenging the secretary of state's finding that they failed to gather...
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Bill that would ban conversion therapy for gay youth advances in Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A bill that would prohibit conversion therapy aimed at changing the sexual orientation of gay youth is advancing in the Illinois Legislature.
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Parent wants book about ‘Two Boys Kissing’ removed from school library
WARRENTON, Va. -- A Virginia high school is once again considering a parent's appeal to remove a book from the school's library that depicts two boys kissing on its cover.
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Annual ‘Day of Silence’ calls attention to ‘silencing effect’ of anti-LGBT...
Hundreds of thousands of students at thousands of schools around the world on Friday will participate in GLSEN’s (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) 19th annual "Day of Silence" by taking...
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Bill to ban conversion therapy on gay youth fails in Ill. state House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A bill that would prohibit conversion therapy aimed at changing the sexual orientation of gay youth failed Thursday in the Illinois state House.
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Advocate for homeless LGBT youth calls on Pope to end religion’s anti-gay...
NEW YORK -- Homeless LGBT youth advocate Carl Siciliano, executive director of the Ali Forney Center, America's largest shelter for homeless LGBT youth, is calling on Pope Francis to to lead the...
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Calif. judge rules against opponents of transgender students’ rights law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A judge in Sacramento has ruled that elections officials in 30 California counties do not have to turn over records that would help supporters of a failed ballot referendum...
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S.D. high school group considers activities policy for transgender students
PIERRE, S.D. -- The South Dakota High School Activities Association is considering a policy on transgender students that would allow them to participate in activities according to their identified...
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Mass. governor signs tougher LGBT supportive anti-bullying bill into law
BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill designed to build on the state's 2010 anti-bullying law by strengthening protections for LGBT students and students with disabilities.
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School review committee votes against censoring book ‘Two Boys Kissing’
WARRENTON, Va. — A Virginia high school review committee has voted not to censor a contested book from the school's library that depicts two boys kissing on its cover.
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Alabama photography exhibit explores dynamics of youths’ sexual identity
For many, it's difficult to understand Foster Noone's sexual identity. The 17-year-old uses the labels of bisexual, trans and gender neutral all at once. A photography exhibition that opened at the...
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Dept. of Ed: Title IX prohibits discrimination against transgender students
WASHINGTON -- The U.S Department of Education on Tuesday issued guidance clarifying that Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in schools that receive federal...
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Bullies target openly gay teen’s home with anti-gay slur
VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A 16-year-old Michigan teen has become the target of bullies because he is gay, and now his home has been targeted as well.
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Ill. student leads dorm with goal of gender and diversity inclusion
As the son of a special-education teacher and an Illinois State Police officer Brandon Rohlwing says he tried to come across as just another typical suburban sports-loving, heterosexual boy during his...
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Jailed transgender teen’s advocates concerned about isolation
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A transgender teenage girl detained without being charged at Connecticut's adult women's prison is being held in isolation more than a month after being sent there by a state judge,...
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