All posts tagged "glsen"
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Biden’s New School Rules Protect LGBTQ Students
New Title IX rules from the Biden administration protect LGBTQ students from discrimination, but sidestep transgender athlete eligibility.
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Star Trek Discovery’s Wilson Cruz Keeps Making Television History
For three decades, Wilson Cruz has been combining acting with activism to ensure that the next generation thrives.
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The Anti-LGBTQ Bile of Speaker Mike Johnson
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, of Louisiana, has a long history of anti-LGBTQ activism, even before he was elected to Congress.
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LGBTQ Advocates React to Equality Act Reintroduction
LGBTQ advocates praised the reintroduction of the Equality Act and are urging federal lawmakers to pass the bill as soon as possible.
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Iowa Now Has Its Very Own “Don’t Say Gay” Law
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a "parental rights" law restricting LGBTQ content in schools and outing trans students to their parents.
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Anti-Gay Conservatives Attack GLSEN for Partnering with Target
The LGBTQ educational advocacy group GLSEN is under fire for to its partnership with Target, currently the subject of a right-wing boycott.
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GLSEN Launches 80+ “It’s Okay to say Gay!” Billboards Across Florida
GLSEN, the nation’s largest advocacy group for LGBTQ students, in partnership with Equality Florida, GLSEN Tampa Bay, GLSEN Collier, and SAVE LGBT, has launched a...
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LGBTQ students are under attack. GLSEN’s Melanie Willingham-Jaggers is ready to fight back.
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers is taking the reins of LGBTQ advocacy organization GLSEN in the midst of rising bigotry in schools nationwide.
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GLSEN names its first-ever Black, nonbinary executive director
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers has become the first Black, nonbinary executive director of GLSEN, an LGBTQ+ education advocacy organization.
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National equality organizations launch anti-bullying website to support LGBTQ youth and parents
Four national organizations have launched a website to guide students and parents on how to create safe school environments for LGBTQ youth.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs transgender athlete ban into law
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that bars transgender athletes from sports teams that align with their gender identity.
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LGBTQ students are protesting bullying and harassment with the “Day of Silence”
The annual Day of Silence, held this year on April 23, seeks to raise awareness about LGBTQ exclusion, bullying and harassment in schools.
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LGBTQ advocates launch national campaign to pressure Congress to pass the Equality Act
A coalition of 16 LGBTQ organizations has launched the Freedom and Opportunity for All campaign urging passage of the Equality Act
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President Biden issues executive order protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination
Executive orders seek to reverse some of the Trump administration's more controversial policy decisions
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Amy Coney Barrett served as trustee for three private schools with LGBTQ-hostile policies
Former students claim Trinity Schools' policies discriminate against children of same-sex couples and LGBTQ people
