High school is a challengg time for most teens. It n be even more so for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stunts. Judy Chiasson of the Los Angel Unified School District and Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network talk about beg openly LGBT school.
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WHAT'S LIFE LIKE FOR GAY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
The Edutn Department on Wednday issued guidance that Tle IX prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty, a reversal of the Tmp admistratn’s stance that gay and transgenr stunts are not protected by the law. * gay students *
It wasn’t a lone cint for Biggs, who me out as gay to his Tennsee high school when he was a hman.
THE TOP 10 COLLEG FOR GAY STUNTS
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“I didn’t really do the bt school bee of , ” rells Biggs, now 23, who says homophobic slurs, ath threats, and shov were monplace.
“Most of the tors wanted to help, but did not know how or were limed what they uld do, ” says Biggs, referrg to Tennsee’s lack of legislatn preventg the bullyg of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer or qutng (LGBTQ) stunts. And while 83 percent of tors felt that they should provi a safe environment for their LGBTQ stunts—by displayg visible symbols of support or disciplg stunts for g homophobic language, for example—only half had taken actn to do so, acrdg to the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN), an anizatn that helps K–12 schools create safe environments for LGBTQ stunts.
Wh the Tyler Clementi suici at Rutgers and the recent spate of gay teen suicis the news, many people are wonrg what lleg are safe for gay teens. Here's a gui to 10 of the bt. * gay students *
Teachers like Hanan Huneidi, a 7th- through 12-gra teacher for at-risk stunts the Bay Area, California, says she feels that if she clus LGBTQ ntent her lsons, staff and stunts assume she’s tryg to ph a particular agenda bee she’s gay. Huneidi says she has at tim avoid the topic bee she don’t always want to “tomatilly be the reprentative of all gay thgs. ”Last year, a trated Huneidi told lleagu they need to “rry the torch too” disciplg stunts for g homophobic hate language, which is agast school l.
Sometim ’s as simple as puttg up safe space signs, or a sign that says a classroom or school is welg of all inti; reprimandg a stunt who the phrase “that’s so gay”; or readg a book wh an LGBTQ protagonist. He remembers the days of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the wispread e of homophobic slurs. The Edutn Department on Wednday issued guidance that Tle IX prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty, a reversal of the Tmp admistratn’s stance that gay and transgenr stunts are not protected by the law.
The partment ced s cisn the Supreme Court’s lg jt a year ago that feral civil rights law protects transgenr, gay and lbian workers – a lg the Bin admistratn has been g durg s early months to extend anti-discrimatn protectns to LGBTQ Amerins a number of different areas of life. Wh theater doors bolted shut for the next…foreeable future, we’re thrilled to see some Broadway talent pop up the pilot episo of Boy•Friends, a new edy based off the My Gay Boyiend web-seri. The show centers around two llege roommat, one gay and one straight, and their “journey through llege and to adulthood to bee the homo-hetero power uple of the ag.