Gay School Board Member Blasts Removal Of Gay Stunts' Quot About Beg Out And Proud From Yearbook - Towleroad Gay News

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• THE GAY TEENS HAD THEIR YEARBOOK QUOT REMOVED AND YOU'LL BE FUR WHEN YOU SEE WHY
• GAY HIGH SCHOOLERS' QUOT REMOVED FROM SCHOOL YEARBOOK"IF HARRY POTTER TGHT ANYTHG, ’S THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE THE CLOSET.”{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 12, 2017/9:27 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}HRC/KANSAS CYBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 12, 2017 / 9:27 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY HIGH SCHOOLERS' QUOT REMOVED FROM SCHOOL YEARBOOK","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-12T13:27:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-12T13:27:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO GAY MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS HAD THEIR SENR QUOT REMOVED OM THE YEARBOOK, KCTV5 NEWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEARNEY HIGH GRADUAT JOEY SLAVSKY AND THOMAS SWARTZ SAY THAT THEY SUBMTED THEIR QUOT BEFORE GRADUATN LIKE EVERY OTHER SENR, BUT THE SCHOOL REMOVED THEIRS OM THE 2017 YEARBOOK WHOUT WARNG OR EXPLANATN. WHEN THEY RECEIVED THEIR YEARBOOKS, SLAVSKY AND SWARTZ FOUND BLANK SPACE BENEATH THEIR NAM AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTH OF THE TEENS, WHO ARE ARE OPENLY GAY, HAD CHOSEN QUOT ABOUT G OUT THAT THEY FOUND FUNNY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLAVSKY SUBMTED, “OF URSE I DRS WELL. I DIDN'T SPEND ALL THAT TIME THE CLOSET FOR NOTHG." SWARTZ'S SUBMTED, "IF HARRY POTTER TGHT ANYTHG, ’S THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE THE CLOSET.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SCHOOL'S ADMISTRATN EMED THE QUOT OFFENSIVE BUT NOW CLAIMS THEY DIDN'T TEND TO OFFEND SLAVSKY AND SWARTZ WH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEARNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS PROVID KCTV5 WH THE FOLLOWG STATEMENT:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISTRICT ADMISTRATORS WERE MA AWARE OF NCERNS REGARDG THE REMOVAL OF SENR QUOT OM THE SCHOOL YEARBOOK. EACH YEAR, GRADUATG SENRS ARE PROVID AN OPPORTUNY TO PICK A FAVORE QUOTE TO BE PLACED THE YEARBOOK. IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT OUR STUNTS, QUOT THAT ULD POTENTIALLY OFFEND ANOTHER STUNT OR GROUPS OF STUNTS ARE NOT PUBLISHED. IT IS THE SCHOOL’S PRACTICE TO ERR ON THE SI OF UTN. DOG SO THIS SE HAD THE UNTENTNAL NSEQUENCE OF OFFENDG THE VERY STUNTS THE PRACTICE WAS SIGNED TO PROTECT. WE SCERELY APOLOGIZE TO THOSE STUNTS. ALL KSD STAFF UNRSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CLN AND ACCEPTANCE PECIALLY AN TNAL SETTG. WE WORK DILIGENTLY TO HELP EVERY STUNT FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED, AND CLUD. DISTRICT STAFF PARTICIPATE ONGOG TRAG AROUND ISSU OF DIVERSY AND SUPPORT STUNT ANIZATNS THAT DO THE SAME. THAT BEG SAID, WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MISTAKE AND WILL E AS A LEARNG OPPORTUNY TO IMPROVE THE FUTURE.HRC/KANSAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY DID IS WRONG,” SWARTZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I'M PROUD TO BE OM KEARNEY AND I'M PROUD TO BE WHO I AM,” SLAVSKY ADDS. “I'M JT DISAPPOTED AT WHAT HAPPENED.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO GRADUAT PLAN TO MAKE STICKERS TO SERT THEIR ORIGAL QUOT TO THEIR AND THEIR IENDS' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BLASTS REMOVAL OF GAY STUNTS’ QUOT ABOUT BEG OUT AND PROUD OM YEARBOOK

THE GAY TEENS HAD THEIR YEARBOOK QUOT REMOVED AND YOU'LL BE FUR WHEN YOU SEE WHY

In his inic novel Gvanni’s Room, gay thor Jam Baldw mak a powerful statement about love. Karl Herich Ulrichs is known as one of the first gay men to publicly announce his sexual inty.

Durg his lifetime, Ulrichs wrote numero says discsg homosexualy and assertg that non-heterosexual orientatns are natural and blogil. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, a former Icelandic Prime Mister and the first openly gay head of state, uttered the words durg a speech at a 2014 Pri ftival.

Arsham Parsi, an Iranian refugee livg Canada exile, has ma his missn to help LGBTQ people livg Iran: a natn where acts of homosexualy are punishable by floggg or even ath. “If you help elect more gay people, that giv a green light to all who feel disenanchised a green light to move forward.” – Harvey Milk.

GAY HIGH SCHOOLERS' QUOT REMOVED FROM SCHOOL YEARBOOK"IF HARRY POTTER TGHT ANYTHG, ’S THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE THE CLOSET.”{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 12, 2017/9:27 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}HRC/KANSAS CYBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 12, 2017 / 9:27 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY HIGH SCHOOLERS' QUOT REMOVED FROM SCHOOL YEARBOOK","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-12T13:27:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-12T13:27:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO GAY MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS HAD THEIR SENR QUOT REMOVED OM THE YEARBOOK, KCTV5 NEWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEARNEY HIGH GRADUAT JOEY SLAVSKY AND THOMAS SWARTZ SAY THAT THEY SUBMTED THEIR QUOT BEFORE GRADUATN LIKE EVERY OTHER SENR, BUT THE SCHOOL REMOVED THEIRS OM THE 2017 YEARBOOK WHOUT WARNG OR EXPLANATN. WHEN THEY RECEIVED THEIR YEARBOOKS, SLAVSKY AND SWARTZ FOUND BLANK SPACE BENEATH THEIR NAM AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOTH OF THE TEENS, WHO ARE ARE OPENLY GAY, HAD CHOSEN QUOT ABOUT G OUT THAT THEY FOUND FUNNY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SLAVSKY SUBMTED, “OF URSE I DRS WELL. I DIDN'T SPEND ALL THAT TIME THE CLOSET FOR NOTHG." SWARTZ'S SUBMTED, "IF HARRY POTTER TGHT ANYTHG, ’S THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE THE CLOSET.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SCHOOL'S ADMISTRATN EMED THE QUOT OFFENSIVE BUT NOW CLAIMS THEY DIDN'T TEND TO OFFEND SLAVSKY AND SWARTZ WH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEARNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS PROVID KCTV5 WH THE FOLLOWG STATEMENT:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISTRICT ADMISTRATORS WERE MA AWARE OF NCERNS REGARDG THE REMOVAL OF SENR QUOT OM THE SCHOOL YEARBOOK. EACH YEAR, GRADUATG SENRS ARE PROVID AN OPPORTUNY TO PICK A FAVORE QUOTE TO BE PLACED THE YEARBOOK. IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT OUR STUNTS, QUOT THAT ULD POTENTIALLY OFFEND ANOTHER STUNT OR GROUPS OF STUNTS ARE NOT PUBLISHED. IT IS THE SCHOOL’S PRACTICE TO ERR ON THE SI OF UTN. DOG SO THIS SE HAD THE UNTENTNAL NSEQUENCE OF OFFENDG THE VERY STUNTS THE PRACTICE WAS SIGNED TO PROTECT. WE SCERELY APOLOGIZE TO THOSE STUNTS. ALL KSD STAFF UNRSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CLN AND ACCEPTANCE PECIALLY AN TNAL SETTG. WE WORK DILIGENTLY TO HELP EVERY STUNT FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED, AND CLUD. DISTRICT STAFF PARTICIPATE ONGOG TRAG AROUND ISSU OF DIVERSY AND SUPPORT STUNT ANIZATNS THAT DO THE SAME. THAT BEG SAID, WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MISTAKE AND WILL E AS A LEARNG OPPORTUNY TO IMPROVE THE FUTURE.HRC/KANSAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY DID IS WRONG,” SWARTZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I'M PROUD TO BE OM KEARNEY AND I'M PROUD TO BE WHO I AM,” SLAVSKY ADDS. “I'M JT DISAPPOTED AT WHAT HAPPENED.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO GRADUAT PLAN TO MAKE STICKERS TO SERT THEIR ORIGAL QUOT TO THEIR AND THEIR IENDS' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

When Harvey Milk beme the first openly gay person elected to public office California, he beme the face of the ph to put more LGBTQ people posns of power.

“The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pri march exist or why Gay Pri Month is June tell them ‘A bisexual woman named Brenda Howard thought should be.’” – Brenda Howard.

“If a transvte don’t say I’m gay and I’m proud and I’m a transvte, then nobody else is gog to hop up there and say I’m gay and I’m proud and I’m a transvte for them.” – Marsha P.

GAY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BLASTS REMOVAL OF GAY STUNTS’ QUOT ABOUT BEG OUT AND PROUD OM YEARBOOK

In her time practicg law, she has dited her reer to helpg those who have been the victims of her untry’s harsh laws agast homosexualy.