Archive for the ‘Education’ Category


Irmo resignation highlights rift in queer community

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

The controversy of Irmo High School (Irmo, S.C.) principal Eddie Walker and his resignation (effective June 2009) over the formation of a gay-straight alliance has highlighted divergent opinions and points of views within the queer community. The Rev. David Gillespie, a queer pastor who writes as "The Queer Heretic," has come ...

MD Court: Duh.

Friday, February 1st, 2008

The Washington Post reports that the Maryland Circuit court affirmed the Maryland State School Board which affirmed the Montgomery County school board which included information about sexual orientation in the health education curriculum. The judged ruled there was no reason to "second-guess the appropriateness" of the curriculum chosen by ...