Tag: students
Only in America : Kentucky Bill Targeting Transgender Students for Discrimination
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) denounces passage of a Kentucky Senate bill that singles out transgender students in that state for discrimination. Introduced by Kentucky State Senator CB Embry, Jr.,SB 76 would bar transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that match who they truly are as boys and girls. The State Senate approved the bill last Friday on a 27-9 vote and sent it to the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Prime Minister David Cameron ‘ignores gay students in sex education letter’
Campaigners have criticised David Cameron for failing to mention gay students in his reply to a letter calling for schools to teach pupils about same-sex relationships.
Gay By Degree names UK’s most gay-friendly universities
Stonewall today names the six universities in the UK that scored full marks in Gay By Degree 2015. The publication is the only online guide showing how gay-friendly the UK’s 158 universities are and is an invaluable tool for lesbian, gay and bisexual students and prospective students.
Ireland : Religious schools to join campaign on homophobia
Children’s classrooms will have posters urging an end to bullying based upon sexual identity.
Special Rapporteur on Child Protection calls for greater supports to Irish LGBT young people
BeLonG To, Ireland’s national service for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) young people has welcomed a strong statement from Dr. Geoffrey Shannon.
Group Pushing Indiana High School to Ban Gays and Lesbians from Prom
The Human Rights Campaign, the USA’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, is condemning the efforts of a small group in Indiana working to ban gay and lesbian students from attending the Sullivan High School prom this year.