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Courts have upheld the rights of students to wear clothing that conveys a message that others deem controversial. See Castorina v Madison County School Board, 246 F. 3d 536 (6th Cir 2001) (t- shirt depicting confederate flag); Chambers v Babbitt, 145 F. Supp. 2d 1068 (D. Minn. 2001) (sweatshirt emblazoned with message "Straight Pride); Barber v Dearborn Public Schools, 286 F. Supp. 2d 847 (E.D. Mich. 2003) (T-shirt with picture of President Bush with caption "International Terrorist"). It is interesting to note that the Webb City High School administration instituted a ban against wearing anything with a depiction of the confederate flag but the court in Castorina held that symbol, although racist, was constitutionally protected speech.
Courts have upheld the rights of students to wear clothing that conveys a message that others deem controversial. See Castorina v Madison County School Board, 246 F. 3d 536 (6th Cir 2001) (t- shirt depicting confederate flag); Chambers v Babbitt, 145 F. Supp. 2d 1068 (D. Minn. 2001) (sweatshirt emblazoned with message "Straight Pride); Barber v Dearborn Public Schools, 286 F. Supp. 2d 847 (E.D. Mich. 2003) (T-shirt with picture of President Bush with caption "International Terrorist"). It is interesting to note that the Webb City High School administration instituted a ban against wearing anything with a depiction of the confederate flag but the court in Castorina held that symbol, although racist, was constitutionally protected speech.
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Kokomo Tribune
January 28, 2018
With the eyes of the state upon us, the Kokomo Common Council voted to approve legislation that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ... “[The] administration was expected to revoke landmark guidelines issued to public schools in defense of transgender student rights, according to a draftÃÂ ...
KPQ
January 19, 2018
The Senate has passed a bill passed that would protect high school and college students' rights to free speech within school-sponsored media. Under the measure ... The Washington Senate has passed bills seeking to ban gay conversion therapy for minors and to address transgender bullying in schools.
The News Journal
January 17, 2018
It's for the parent," said Larry Mayo, who has grandchildren in the Indian River School District and two relatives who are openly gay. ... including Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs, have enacted policies affirming transgender students' rights to use the restrooms of their choice, be called the pronounÃÂ ...
The New Civil Rights Movement
January 11, 2018
Parents of some students at a Banks, Oregon high school are falsely claiming the American flag has been removed from at least one teacher's classroom and been replaced with the gay pride flag. And while a "handful" of teachers at Banks High School do have gay pride flags in their classrooms, no U.S.ÃÂ ...
KATU
January 9, 2018
"This is NOT about discrimination of students' rights," the parent, who asked to remain anonymous, said via email. "It is about the teachers ... All US citizens be they gay, straight, any color, of any religious denomination, etc. This social justice ... “The (rainbow) flag has more meanings than just gay pride. It shows that love isÃÂ ...
Hamilton Journal News
January 5, 2018
Last month the Lakota Board of Education narrowly rejected a sweeping expansion of district policy regarding transgender students' rights and options. ... Lakota special education teacher Emilly Osterling, who is also chair of the National Education Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and TransgenderÃÂ ...
GayToday
January 3, 2018
A federal judge in Illinois has ruled in favor of allowing a northwest school district to continue granting transgender students the right to use facilities matching their gender identity. Judge Jorge Alonso's 15-page ruling upheld the opinion that anti-discrimination statutes extend to trans andÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 22, 2017
Mr. Sessions, who has opposed expanding gay, lesbian and transgender rights, pushed Ms. DeVos to relent. After getting nowhere, he took his objections to the White House because he could not go forward without her consent. Mr. Trump sided with his attorney general, the Republicans said, and told Ms.
Vox
December 31, 1999
It reversed “don't ask, don't tell” — which banned gay people from serving openly in the military — and began to reverse a similar ban on open trans service ... therefore, schools should respect trans students' rights, including their right to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity.
The Times
November 25, 2017
Ruzylo, she claims, held a rally against domestic assault and “wouldn't let trans women march in it”, as well as promoting a campaign to “drop the 'T' from LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender]” on social media. Madigan denies ... “I'm good at trans rights and student rights,” she says. “I did a lot ofÃÂ ...
Washington Blade
November 20, 2017
The CAMP Rehoboth statement points to a national study conducted by the New York-based Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, ... leader Nicole Theis called on the group's supporters to submit comments characterizing the proposed policy as anti-family and anti-students' rights.
Washington Blade
November 20, 2017
Gay rights attorney Mark Purpura, an official with the statewide LGBT group ... conducted by the New York-based Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, ... the proposed policy as anti-family and anti-students' rights.
The Michigan Daily
November 14, 2017
... amending the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities — a ... they were Black, you hazed a person because they were gay — that ...
Paste Magazine
November 7, 2017
Thomas: “Students' rights don't mean diddly when there's a poop terrorist.” ... in love with telling me, “the whole school knows I'm gay” AGAIN.
Globalnews.ca
November 7, 2017
“Neither I nor anyone in our caucus has proposed outing gay kids. ... location at the intersection of education, religion, students' rights, parents'Â ...
Fort McMurray Today
November 2, 2017
Eggen introduced the bill to strengthen Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) ... It must affirm students' rights under the Alberta Human Rights Act and ...
TAPinto.net
October 27, 2017
At a time when gay, lesbian and transgender issues are still hot topics, in and out of the classroom, such representation would be a milestone.
Westford Eagle
October 25, 2017
A national survey by GLSEN [Gay, Lesbian & Straight Alliance] said that 75 ... 76, § 5], ensuring transgender students' rights to attend and ...
Allentown Morning Call
October 25, 2017
The lawsuit alleged that the students' rights had been violated under the ... noting that the high school sanctions a Gay Straight Alliance and a ...
MyWebTimes.com
October 20, 2017
Aiden was an active member of the newly-formed IVCC Gay/Straight ... LGBT student rights and continues to support the needs of the LGBTÂ ...
Inside Higher Ed
October 20, 2017
... “Pay It No Mind” Johnson -- two trans* women of color -- involved in a 1970 protest on behalf of gay students' rights at New York University.
Milton Independent
October 18, 2017
... fun of another student's skin color and calling another student gay. ... which includes students' rights to a public education free from HHB.
Advocate.com
October 18, 2017
Barron, a political strategist and cofounder of the now-defunct gay ... of guidelines aimed at protecting transgender students' rights — the list of ...
Telegraph.co.uk
September 28, 2017
The report was compiled by Student Rights, a project set up by the Henry ... Tatchell, a veteran gay right activist, was also snubbed by the ...
Philly.com
September 22, 2017
... and the elementary school has a growing number of gay and lesbian students. ... in 2016 passed a policy that affirms transgender students' rights to use the ... removal of federal guidelines on transgender student rights.
Metro Weekly
August 29, 2017
LGBTQ students' rights at issue in Fairfax School Board election ... open by the resignation of Jeanette Hough — and LGBTQ student's rights ...
Haaretz
June 4, 2017
The Education Ministry still considers homosexual relations between minors a crime and instructs school staff to report such acts to the authorities, according to instructions dating back to 1999. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel called on the ministry to correct the memo, noting that acts are legal inÃÂ ...
New York Times
February 22, 2017
Mr. Sessions, who has opposed expanding gay, lesbian and transgender rights, pushed Ms. DeVos to relent. After getting nowhere, he took his ...
The Nation.
January 11, 2017
Under Trump, LGBT Student Rights Could Be in Trouble .... seemed like he might have identified as gay in a more open environment, Ellen felt, ...
Progressive.org
December 31, 1999
Later, Baldwin's assertion that he felt more free as a gay, black man in 1960s Istanbul than he could ever feel in New York challenged and worried Hansen, .... The most prominent current case-in-point is the right's campus “Free Speech Movement,” dubiously co-opting the anti-war, student rights slogan thatÃÂ ...
Advocate.com
December 31, 1999
Biss, a mathematician whose district includes Chicago's wealthy North Shore suburbs, spoke of his legislation to ban conversion therapy and the “gay ... and the only candidate from downstate Illinois, spoke of being the first and only regional superintendent to hold a summit on transgender students' rights.
The Atlantic
September 23, 2017
... of a dramatic shift in how Democrats think about students' rights. ... of social issues, including gay rights and support for Planned Parenthood.
Philly.com
September 23, 2017
... and the elementary school has a growing number of gay and lesbian students. ... a policy that affirms transgender students' rights to use the bathrooms of their ... removal of federal guidelines on transgender student rights.
Common Dreams
September 21, 2017
... Florida's notorious ban on adoption by lesbians and gay men and a ... LGBT students' rights at school, employment discrimination againstÃÂ ...
Central Michigan Life
September 10, 2017
... between the students and administration was over student rights. ... The year 1990 brought the Office of Gay and Lesbian Programming andÃÂ ...
WBFO
September 5, 2017
... including maintaining a Gay-Straight Alliance after-school club, ... curtailing LGBTQ students' rights will not be tolerated,” said NYCLU StaffÃÂ ...
Youth Ki Awaaz
September 5, 2017
The student seemingly identifies as lesbian and was reportedly disrupting ... to question if the student's rights are being violated in this instance.
WBFO
September 5, 2017
... including maintaining a Gay-Straight Alliance after-school club, ... curtailing LGBTQ students' rights will not be tolerated,” said NYCLU StaffÃÂ ...
ThinkProgress
August 23, 2017
In a 2013 interview with Sean Hannity, Carson compared gay people to ... done anything to prove that she will fight for LGBTQ students' rights.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
August 20, 2017
Milo Yiannopoulos is a gay, conservative provocateur. ... civil rights lawsuit claiming the university violated students' rights to free speech.
Wisconsin Gazette
August 16, 2017
Legal victory for gay-straight alliance in Florida high school ... the ACLU's history of legal successes in defending students' rights to form GSAs and the ... GSAs are student organizations made up of lesbian, gay, bisexual andÃÂ ...
Unicorn Booty (blog)
August 13, 2017
... of color, and at least 12 were cisgender gay men,” Buzzfeed adds. ... that were LGBT-inclusive, such as supporting trans students' rights andÃÂ ...
The New Civil Rights Movement
August 12, 2017
... of color, and at least 12 were cisgender gay men," Buzzfeed adds. ... that were LGBT-inclusive, such as supporting trans students' rights andÃÂ ...
The Heartland Institute
August 11, 2017
Parkland's website lists a political science club and a Gay Straight Alliance, ... administrators should be better informed about students' rights.
BuzzFeed News
August 11, 2017
... transgender women of color, and at least 12 were cisgender gay men. ... that were LGBT-inclusive, such as supporting trans students' rightsÃÂ ...
Billboard
August 4, 2017
... declared he'd revoke transgender students' rights to use bathrooms that ... She Surprised This Man Who Survived the Orlando Gay Nightclub Massacre ... After a gunman fatally shot 49 people inside Orlando's gay nightclubÃÂ ...
Gay Star News
August 4, 2017
Gay Star News reached out to Heritage Oak and Nobel Learning for ... administration is backing away from protecting trans students' rights.
Sacramento Bee
August 3, 2017
... has been awful for the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender individuals. ... Obama policy to protect transgender students' rights in schools.
TheBlaze.com
July 27, 2017
“I'm as gay as the day is long and twice as sunny. ... from the school district, acknowledging that Ruff violated the students' rights to protest.
Vox
July 27, 2017
If the agency prevails, it will perpetuate a status quo in which gay and ... to respect and protect trans students' rights, including their ability to useÃÂ ...
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