Seth Walsh

Landmark Anti-Gay Bullying Measure Passes California State Senate

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Bullying, Gay Bullying California, California State Seante, LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, California AB 9, Seth's Law California, Bullying, Seth's Law, Gay Bullying Law California, Anti-Gay Bullying, Seth Walsh, Tom Ammiano, San Francisco News

On Friday, the California State Senate approved Seth's Law (AB 9), a bill designed to crack down on the harassment of LGBT students in the state's sch...

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Landmark Settlement Reached In Sexual and LGBT Harassment Reports

Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Seth Walsh, Lgbt, Tehachapi, Russlynn Ali, California, Department of Education, Settlement, Sexual Harassment, California Schools, Department of Justice, Seth Walsh Suicide, Civil Rights, Education News

The Departments of Justice and Education reached a settlement today with the Tehachapi Unified School District in Tehachapi, Calif. that emphasizes po...

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Denial Is Not An Effective Anti-Bullying Program

Maureen Costello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Seth Walsh, Splc, LGBT Issues, Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Gay Bullying, Teaching Tolerance, Gay Bullying, Bullying, School Bullying, Education News
Maureen Costello

The suicides of boys tormented by anti-gay harassment grabbed the public's attention this fall. For every tragic and unnecessary case that makes it to the news, there are others we don't hear about.

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Feds Investigate Bullying Case: Did School Fail To Protect Gay Student?

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seth Walsh, Tehachapi, Gay Bullying, Richard Swanson, Arne Duncan, Gay Teen Suicide, Bullying, Teen Suicide, Education News

SAN FRANCISCO — Federal education officials are investigating a school district in a Central California town where a 13-year-old boy committed s...

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How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth

Bishop Gene Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Bashing, Bullying, Billy Lucas, Gene Robinson, Lgbt, Seth Walsh, Religion, Asher Brown, Gay Rights, Gay Teen Suicide, LGBT Rights, Christianity, Teen Suicide, Religious Right, Tyler Clementi, Religion News
Bishop Gene Robinson

It's time for "tolerant" religious people to acknowledge the straight line between the official anti-gay theologies of their denominations and the deaths of young people around the country.

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Standing Up for Our Gay Kids

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seth Walsh, Judaism, Tyler Clementi, Gay Youth, World News
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

We all don't have to agree, I know, but we all have to treat people with respect and dignity. Kavod ha'briot, honoring all living creatures, is a strong value in Judaism.

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What Is The Bullies Message?

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 05.25.2011

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Esmeralda Williamson-Noble

The recent spate of bullying-induced suicides - below are the names Asher Brown, 13, Cypress, Texas Seth Walsh, 13, Tehachapi, California Justin Aab...

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California Teen Who Endured Gay Taunts Commits Suicide

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seth Walsh, Seth Walsh Suicide, Los Angeles News

TEHACHAPI, Calif. — A 13-year-old Central California boy who was a target of taunts from classmates has died nine days after hanging himself fro...

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