Tennessee schools blocking all gay info websites; ACLU demands removal of filter
””When I found out about this web filtering software, I wasn’t looking for anything sexual or inappropriate – I was looking for information about scholarships for LGBT students, and I couldn’t get to it because of this software. Our schools shouldn’t be keeping students in the dark about LGBT organizations and resources.”
Andrew Emitt, 17, a senior at the Knoxville, TN Central High School, remarking on his discovery that the state’s website filtering software was blocking political and educational information about LGBT issues. The ACLU is attempting to get the school to correct the issue. (News Sentinel)
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