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Texas College Student Candidate’s HIV Status Revealed to Public

By Jason St. Amand | Monday Apr 8, 2013
A student running for the University o Huston-Downtown’s vice president was the victim of a smear campaign that revealed his HIV status to the public.

State Won’t Pay for Anti-Gay Private Schools

By Conswella Bennett | Thursday Feb 21, 2013
Tired of funding schools that exclude gays, Georgia lawmakers will introduce legislation that prevents private schools that discriminate from receiving funding.

Parents Say Bullying Caused Mich. Teen’s Suicide

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Dec 7, 2012
The parents of a gay Michigan teenager said he took his own life last month because he suffered frequent bullying inside and outside of school. The high school’s superintendent, however, says staff was not informed of the bullying.

Gay N.C. College Student Charged With Murder

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Dec 5, 2012
A young gay man from North Carolina has been charged with murdering a 43-year-old man in an Alabama trailer park.

Ohio High School Selectively Bans Pro-Gay T-Shirts

By Jason St. Amand | Monday Nov 5, 2012
Students from a high school in CelinOhio weren’t allowed to wear pro-gay rights t-shirts. Officials said they were too political. The students claim that classmates have worn Tees with pro-life and Mitt Romney messages.

Mich. HIV+ Teacher Gets up to 20 Years in Jail for Sex With Male Students

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Sep 19, 2012
A former high school teacher from Michigan faces up to 20 years in prison for having had sex with several male teenage students and not telling them that he was HIV positive.

Texas Trade School Principal, Outraged at Gay Student, Shuts Down Cosmetology Program

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Sep 18, 2012
A Southeast Texas trade-school principal allegedly cancelled a long-running cosmetology program after seeing a male student whom he perceived as gay.

Roanoke, Va., Businesses Offer Bullied Gay Student Free Car Repairs

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Aug 23, 2012
After a gay Virginia college student’s car had been repeatedly vandalized, local businesses, including an auto body shop, have offered to repaint the car and add $10,000 worth of bells and whistles.

Pa. Teacher Filmed Gay Student at Prom to Mock in Class

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday May 17, 2012
A Pennsylvania high school teacher allegedly video taped an openly gay student and his transgender date during a prom and then showed the footage to her class, allowing students to make fun of the couple.

Song Featured in Upcoming ABC News ’20/20’ Special to Benefit Work of GLSEN-led National Safe Schools Partnership

Friday Sep 30, 2011
Austin-based youth band Residual Kid will donate all proceeds from downloads of its song "Can’t Take Me Away," which is featured throughout the upcoming ABC News "20/20" special on the murder of 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King, to the work of GLSEN.