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Wednesday, October 29

B.S.

"A Bay Area elementary school got caught in the crossfire of a ballot initiative seeking to outlaw same-sex marriage in California on Tuesday after a kindergarten teacher asked her pupils to sign pledge cards promising not to use anti-gay slurs. ProtectMarriage.com, the coalition of social and religious...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-29-2008
Monday, October 27

Troublesome…

"[A] survey of 6,209 middle and high school students found that nearly nine out of 10 LGBT students (86.2 percent) had experienced harassment at school in the past year. The survey also found that three-fifths (60.8 percent) felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation, and about one...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-27-2008
Thursday, October 23

(Irate) Words…

"The schools need to get out of the bedroom and back to the 3 R’s. This is why Johnny still can’t read because the children are being used as pawns to further a political agenda. We should be helping them out of that lifestyle, not helping them into it." - Oh-so-concerned parent Kathy Reese...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-23-2008
Wednesday, October 22

(Wise) Words…

"For better or for worse, the gay rights movement was an American Revolution that transformed our political and social landscape. And so my fellow straight Americans, if you want to understand the country you live in today … read your gay history." - Columbia Professor David Eisenbach...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-22-2008
Monday, October 20

Recall!

Remember how the right-wing took over American River College's student council and then came out against gay marriage? Well, the students organized a recall vote and now 9 out of 15 council members may be ousted. [The Mercury News] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us |...

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Friday, October 17

Opting Out…

"In a lively meeting that drew more than 100 people, the Vista Unified school board decided Thursday night to stay out of the debate over same-sex marriages. By a 3-2 vote, school district trustees declined to take a position on Proposition 8, an initiative that would amend the state constitution...

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Friday, October 10

Setting A Bad Example…

"A plan to have an acclaimed gay author speak to students in Charlotte County high schools has been scrapped after a few parents objected. Alex Sanchez writes books about gay youth and their struggle to find acceptance, but local school principals were not comfortable allowing him to address their...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-10-2008
Friday, October 10

"Fag"?

"A Robbinsville school board member has resigned after using a common slur for homosexuals. School officials and gay-rights advocates had condemned Joseph Armenti's statement. The word was used at the Sept. 23 board meeting in response to remarks made by a high school student who advocated...

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Wednesday, October 08

Boast worthy.

More than 80 students have signed up for the first ever gay/straight alliance at Winston-Salem State University. [WS Chronicle] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Education, Gay, News, Winston-Salem

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Wednesday, October 08

Name Change?

"Members of gay and lesbian clubs at two San Diego community colleges say campus administrators have violated their free speech rights by repeatedly blocking attempts to advertise their shared acronym: FAGS." [Union-Tribune] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg...

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