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Mass. high school crowns its very first transgender prom queen

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(Yahoo News) -- A student at Middleborough High School has become the first transgender prom queen in the history of Middleborough, Mass. (pop. 23,000 or so), the cranberry capital of the world. Wearing a silver tiara and a purple sash, and clasping a bouquet of pink flowers, the prom queen, Cody Tubman, spoke to FOX News Boston about the accomplishment. “I had like two people at the school be, l [more...]
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Making life easier for transgender teens in school

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(CNN Radio) -- Psychology over biology. A proposed law making its way through the California legislature would allow transgender teens to choose the bathroom, locker room facilities and sports teams of the gender with which they identify. [0:30] “It’s like you’re being trapped in a body that doesn’t fit you. And it hurts.” Nineteen-year-old Darius was born a girl but always wanted to be a boy. [more...]
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Transgender student skips graduation

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(ABQ Journal) -- Wednesday’s St. Pius X graduation ceremony was at least one student short. Transgender student Damian Garcia elected to stay home after the school told him he had to wear a white robe, for girls, instead of the black worn by male students. Garcia was born a girl named Brandi until he legally changed his name last year. St. Pius X students listen to archbishop Michael Sheehan duri [more...]
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New Mexico Catholic school demands transgender male student wear female gown

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Here we go again: Despite having his name legally changed from Brandi to Damian, trans Catholic high school student Damian Garcia is now being told by his Albuquerque-area school that he cannot walk at graduation unless he dons female attire: “I just want to walk in my black robe, nice and proud and have that memory to look back on with my family and friends. I would rather not walk than to embar [more...]
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School Refuses to Use Trans Teen's Name At Graduation

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First Issak Wolfe had to endure the humiliation of having his high school principal enter his biological female name for "prom queen" contender (he had entered the contest for "prom king.") Now the Pennsylvania trans student is being told that his graduation name announcement will not be his chosen name, although the school is allowing him to wear the traditionally male graduation garb. Wolfe: "I [more...]
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ACLU files lawsuit against Lake schools over gay-straight middle school club

By Staff on from articles.orlandosentinel.com

Middle school drama: The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) announced this week that it will represent openly-bisexual eighth-grader Bayli Silberstein, a Florida middle school student who was denied the chance to start a Gay Straight-Alliance at her school. The Lake County School Board, who voted 4-1 to table a decision on the creation of a GSA last month, is now silent on the matter. [more...]
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StudentsFirst dubs “Don’t Say Gay” bill co-sponsor “education reformer of the year”

By Staff on from salon.com

Rhee between the lines: Calling Tennessee state Rep. John Ragan a man who “consistently voted to do right by kids when it comes to education,” StudentsFirst founder Michelle Rhee is now giving him the honor of "education reformer of the year." Apparently, the educational nonprofit either loves Ragan's "Don't Say Gay" bill (which thankfully didn't pass, even in conservative Tennessee) or Rhee doe [more...]
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Swedish high school opens gender-neutral changing room for transgender students

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Leave it to the Swedish to get it right: Soedra Latins upper secondary school, in Stockholm, Sweden, has made news in the past for its gender-neutral environment, where kids are encouraged to call each other "friends" instead of "him" or "her." Now the school is in the spotlight again for single-person, gender-neutral changing rooms that can be used by any student, regardless of transgender statu [more...]
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