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Teen girls charged with trying to kill lesbian classmate

logointern1 — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:50:35 +0000

Three Kentucky teenagers are accused of kidnapping and attempted murder of a classmate, according to CBS.

Last Friday, on the National Day of Silence, the teens are accused of kidnapping a(...)

Students quietly protest on Day of Silence

logointern1 — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:30:55 +0000

Friday it was quiet at many colleges and high schools across the country, as students marked the national Day of Silence, a 14-year-old tradition that brings attention to lesbian, gay, bisexual(...)

Ore. school district to examine policy after gay group silenced

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:30:44 +0000

(Medford, Oregon) A southern Oregon school district is reexamining its policies after LGBT students at South Medford High School say they were denied permission to put up posters for the(...)

Neff: Homophobes for hookie

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:21:01 +0000

Homophobes for Hookie.

Hey, American Family Association — feel free to use that campaign name for next year’s anti-gay effort on A Day of Silence.

The AFA, along with the Campaign for(...)

Lowenstein: Sec. of Education notes Day of Silence

Jenna Lowenstein — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:00:10 +0000

I’ve had a more-than-normal appreciation for Secretary of Labor Arne Duncan since he appeared onstage at a Neko Case concert in DC last week to encourage audience members to become teachers. Some local DC blogs thought his appearance was strange, but I appreciated his willingness to do some outside the box thinking. And on Friday, [...]

Day of Silence observed

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:24:51 +0000

(Washington) Hundreds of thousands of students at thousands of schools nationwide are taking part in the National Day of Silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and(...)

Besen: Words that kill

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:45:32 +0000

It’s been a heady couple of weeks for gay activists and it keeps getting
better. There were twin marriage victories in the unlikely states of Vermont
and Iowa doubling the number of places(...)

Conservative groups call for school boycott on Day of Silence

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:37:34 +0000

(New York City) A coalition of conservative Christian groups is calling on parents to pull their children out of school on the National Day of Silence, scheduled to take place in hundreds of(...)