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Source: Dominion Post , GayNZ.com Some New Zealand students are being prevented from taking same-sex partners to school balls unless they sign contracts confirming they are homosexual, says Rainbow Youth, an LGBT peer support group. Serafin Dillon, education officer for Rainbow Youth, said she knows...

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune , Jurist For the second time in two years, the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled against Osseo Area Schools in its efforts to keep a student-run gay rights group from having the same privileges as other clubs. Friday's ruling affirmed a September 2007 decision by U...

Source: Herald-Sun (Melbourne) , Courier-Mail (Brisbane) , Australian , Daily Telegraph (Sydney) , ABC News (Australia) Students at the Anglican Church Grammar School, a prestigious boarding school in Brisbane known as "Churchie", may consider a boycott of the school's annual formal dance...

Source: Southern Voice The Georgia Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday afternoon that would broaden the definition of bullying behavior in the state. Georgia Equality urged its members to contact their lawmakers in support of the bill, which the gay political group said would help gay and transgender...

Source: Houston Voice In Portsmouth, Virginia, a high school female has been punished for wearing a T-shirt featuring a lesbian pride symbol (two overlapping female gender symbols). A teacher was upset by the shirt, and school officials at I.C. Norcom High School had threatened the 17-year-old senior...