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Students speak-out against ban on GSA, rainbows

logointern2 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:00:41 +0000

After the Catholic School Board forbid the formation of a gay-straight alliance and banned any public display of rainbows at a student-organized anti-homophobia event, students from St. Joseph(...)

Florida school board election focuses on gay issues

logointern1 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:00:41 +0000

Terry Kemple, an “anti-gay crusader” is running against incumbent April Griffin in the Hillsborough school board election in the Florida primary elections next week.

Kemple asks donors to(...)

Tennessee schools sued for blocking LGBT sites

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:33:12 +0000

Students at Knox County and Metro Nashville schools and others are being denied access to content that is protected speech under the First Amendment as well as the Tennessee state constitution, the lawsuit says.

NY school sued by Lambda Legal agrees to GSA

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:26:26 +0000

(Philadelphia, New York) Just days after a federal lawsuit was filed against the Indian River Central School District, the District has agreed to allow Ashley Petranchuk to form a Gay-Straight(...)

2 Fla. students challenge school ruling on gay club

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:36:34 +0000

(Jacksonville, Florida) An attorney for two gay students at a north Florida high school told a federal judge Thursday they should be allowed to form a campus club promoting tolerance toward(...)

Fla. school sued: Refused gay-straight club

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:31:38 +0000

(Jacksonville, Florida) Two Florida high school students on Tuesday sued their school board because they were not allowed to form a club that promotes the tolerance of gays.The American Civil(...)

GSA foe changes mind about quitting

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:48:03 +0000

(Irmo, South Carolina) A high school whose principal announced he would resign rather than allow a gay student club to meet on campus has changed his mind, and now says he wants to keep his(...)

Federal Court: School discriminated against gay students

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:26:06 +0000

(Minneapolis, Minnesota) A federal appeals court has ruled that Osseo Area Schools violated federal law in limiting access for a student gay rights club. It issued a permanent injunction that(...)

Students Win Battle To Form Gay Club

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:00:03 +0000

(Okeechobee, Fla.) A federal judge Wednesday ruled that Okeechobee High School must allow the establishment of a Gay-Straight Alliance, ending a legal battle that stretched across two years. Students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,” Judge K. Michael Moore said in his written ruling. The [...]