Tag: education
Dept. of Ed Publishes List of Institutions Receiving Right To Discriminate Against LGBT Students
Department of Education answers HRC’s call to action by publishing list of educational institutions who have received an exemption from federal law seeking the right to discriminate against LGBT students.
Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging North Carolina’s Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law
Today, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, HB 2. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina against North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, Attorney General Roy Cooper, and the University of North Carolina, is on behalf of two transgender North Carolinians, Joaquín Carcaño, a UNC-Chapel Hill employee, and Payton McGarry, a UNC-Greensboro student, and Angela Gilmore, a lesbian and North Carolina Central University law professor.
Parliament demands Commission and Member States to tackle homophobia in schools
Last week, the European Parliament agreed that the European Commission and Member States should work together to tackle homophobia and transphobia in education.
Homophobia Linked To Psychopathic Behaviours, Study Claims
People with homophobic attitudes are more likely to have psychological issues including anger, hostility and aggression toward others, new research concludes.
130 Major Organisations Urge Obama Administration to Rescind Discriminatory Bush-Era Memo
Memo has dangerous and erroneous conclusions with far-reaching and discriminatory consequences.
Stonewall launches Training Partners and Education Equality Index at annual Education Conference
Stonewall, Britain’s leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans equality charity, today hosted its Education for All Conference for over 400 teaching staff and young people at the QEII Conference Centre in London.