Landmark Anti-Gay Bullying Measure Passes California State Senate
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...
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...
Posted 08.31.2011
The Departments of Justice and Education reached a settlement today with the Tehachapi Unified School District in Tehachapi, Calif. that emphasizes po...
Maureen Costello | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal education officials are investigating a school district in a Central California town where a 13-year-old boy committed s...
Bishop Gene Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 05.25.2011
The recent spate of bullying-induced suicides - below are the names Asher Brown, 13, Cypress, Texas Seth Walsh, 13, Tehachapi, California Justin Aab...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.02.2011