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A first-of-s kd private school Geia aimed at attractg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr youth and teachers is beg tablished At

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GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT

A first-of-s kd private school Geia aimed at attractg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr youth and teachers is beg tablished Atlanta for stunts who feel bullied or not accepted tradnal School Atlanta is a K-12 stutn signed to be an alternative for LGBT stunts, though the school is open to any stunt who feels like they’re not gettg the support they need for “beg different, ” says Pri School founr Christian Zsilavetz. Pri School would be the first of s kd the Southeast and, acrdg to gay rights advot, a signifint velopment for the LGBT movement.

South, for gay rights group GLAAD. ”Nearly 9 10 LGBT stunts report experiencg harassment wh the last school year, and three 10 report missg a class bee they felt unsafe, acrdg to gay rights group Geia Equaly.

DO THE SO-LLED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW APPLY TO FL’S CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS?

Cobb County was one of the first Geia to implement an anti-bullyg, no-harassment policy that clud sexual orientatn and genr number of pro-LGBT anizatns known as Gay-Straight Allianc at public high schools has also grown Geia, to rights advot pot to other notable velopments Geia as well. WASHINGTON – A feral appeals urt has led that a Catholic high school Indianapolis was ee to fire a gay guidance unselor bee she performed at least some relig duti, the latt legal setback for LGBTQ+ rights when they nflict wh Fzgerald had worked for 14 years as a guidance unselor at Ronlli High School when school officials disvered she was married to another woman. HB 1557, officially tled “Parental Rights Edutn” but also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, is now a law.

Opponents refer to as “Don’t Say Gay” bee of fear of a chillg effect public school classrooms regardg LGBTQ stunts, teachers, or topics. “I n be an openly gay man — and say that to teachers and to parents and the stunts. Of Alabama stunts surveyed, 94 percent said they regularly heard other stunts e the word “gay” a negative way, and 72 percent reported verbal harassment bee of their sexual orientatn.

" It stat that "the teachg of history the Uned Stat shall clu a study of the rol and ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people the history of this untry. Dpe this new wave of efforts to tegrate LGBT ntent to the classroom, six stat – Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carola and Texas – still have laws prohibg the "promotn of homosexualy. " The laws, also known as "no pro homo" laws, prohib schools om teachg lbian, gay or bisexual people or topics a posive light health or sexual tn class.

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Gay unselor's firg at Indiana Catholic school OK'd by urt .

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