Archive for the ‘High School’ Category
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Two days ago, I addressed the incidents surrounding Ken Hutcherson's appearance at a Mt. Si High School assembly for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. While respecting, and even supporting, the need for teachers and students to address the anti-gay rhetoric put forth but Pastor Hutcherson, I wondered if there ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Ken Hutcherson was invited to speak at Mount Si High School in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. KOMO TV reports that two teachers booed Hutcherson, who is known for espousing anti-gay attitudes, at the assembly. Citizen Link is asking readers to contact the school and the ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will formally introduce tonight a new bullying policy that expands protections to LGBT students.
From The Charlotte Observer:
Few dispute the need to rein in bullying in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. But a policy that will be formally introduced at tonight's school board meeting has touched off a debate over homosexuality, ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
I don't have much time this morning, so here is a quick run-down:
"The Fighting Words of Michael Brown" -- David Rattigan over at Ex-Gay Watch profiles Dr. Michael Brown. The esteemed doc responds throughout the 250-post long comment thread. David says: "Brown’s disclaimer is that [his movement] is “a non-violent ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, College/University, Ex-gay, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Education, High School, LGBT Youth, Politics | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 28th, 2007
It seems as though former participants of the N.C. Governor's School have taken to attacking me on my public outspokenness against the anti-gay mother who claimed Governor's School turned her son gay.
But I think they are confused. Their Facebook group, where one of my many Governor's School articles is linked, ...
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
I love boys in pink, in fact I wear pink all the time... It takes a real man to wear pink... but evidently some over-pumped, testosterone driven straight boys decided that pink meant "homo."
According to the Nova Scotia Chronicle-Herald a freshman high school boy was beaten up by 10 boys ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
The Daily Tar Heel, the award-winning daily newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, published a staff editorial on sex education on Tuesday.
In it, the staff said that sex education in North Carolina should be expanded and that abstinence-only education doesn't work:
The idea of teaching tolerance of ...
Posted in Chapel Hill, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Sexuality, United States | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
This just in from Pam's House Blend...
Greetings Friends and Co-Conspirators,
I’m working to place my book How I Learned to Snap in 1300 high schools, LGBT college resource centers, public libraries and LGBT youth groups across the United States. I’d love your help. For less than $10 a copy, we can ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
The North Carolina Senate passed the powerless, stripped-out version of the School Violence Prevention Act in its Second Reading. Not much to report on as there wasn't much debate at all.
Background here.
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