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Arkansas School Board Member: “The only way im wearin (purple)…is if they all commit suicide”

Originally posted in Community Blog

By Advocates for Youth | Published: October 27, 2010
TweetTwo news items from yesterday: 1) The Department of Education sent out a letter to schools that “clarifies the relationship between bullying and discriminatory harassment,” observing that since homophobic bullying is gender-based, it violates the law, and schools must address and prevent it. 2) A school board official in Arkansas (Clint McCance) declared on Facebook that wearing [...]
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Fort Worth, TX Councilmember Tells GLBT Kids “It Gets Better”

By Vanessa | Published: October 14, 2010
TweetJoel Burns is my new hero. At this Tuesday’s Fort Worth City Council meeting, Burns used his platform as a councilmember to tell his story for the first time, and to express what he wished he was able to show all of the GLBT youth — and the 13-year old boy he once was — [...]
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Round-up: Responses to the gay teen suicides, bullying and It Gets Better campaign

By Miriam | Published: October 8, 2010
TweetIt’s been a tough few weeks for queer youth. We’ve had five (at least that we know of and have gotten media attention) gay youth take their lives as a direct result of bullying or harassment based on their sexual orientation. It reveals a truth we all know–it’s really hard to be different, especially as [...]
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What We Missed

By Miriam | Published: September 28, 2010
TweetAnother gay teenager takes his own life after being bullied at his middle school. Rest in peace Asher. Have you taken action yet to keep Washington from banning abortion coverage for folks with pre-exisiting conditions? Despite efforts by the GOP to woe woo Latino voters, it isn’t working. Shocking that being anti-immigrant doesn’t win over [...]
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