NH state senate passes bill to make teachers out students to parents
The New Hampshire’s state senate has passed a bill that would force teachers to out LGBTQ students to their parents, even when the news could potentially lead to abusive situations at home....
Mass. SJC to hear Gordon College’s LGBTQ workplace discrimination case
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear the claim of a Christian college in Wenham, Mass. that maintains it has the right on religious grounds to withhold from a longtime instructor a...
VT high school rallies LGBTQ+ support with homecoming halftime drag show
Burlington High School in Vermont came out in support of the LGBTQ+ community last Friday by hosting a halftime drag show at its annual homecoming football game. By all accounts, it was...
Hartford Conn. school nurse placed on leave for posts about LGBTQ students
A Hartford, Connecticut public schools nurse has been placed on administrative leave after posting inappropriate comments about LGBTQ students and allegedly revealing "private and personal" details about a particular student in a...
Dean College to bring portion of AIDS Memorial Quilt to Franklin, MA campus
Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts is bringing a portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt onto its campus on Nov. 14 and 15 as part of an educational program around its School for...
Burlington school district creates task force to improve LGBTQ+ student life
Burlington, Vermont's school district has a new task force focused on improving the academic and social experiences for LGBTQ+ students and faculty, according to a Dec. 7 NBC-TV 5 report.
UConn student government calls for campus-wide LGBTQ policy review
University of Connecticut's undergraduate student government is calling for sweeping LGBTQ policy advancements across campus. Last week, the university's student senate passed "A Statement of Position Regarding the Rights of Queer and...
Tufts athletics community forms group for LGBTQ+ and ally student-athletes
The athletics community at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. has officially formed a chapter of Athlete Ally, "a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the advocacy for LGBTQIA+ student-athletes," according to Tufts University...
Middlebury College names first openly gay NBA player Jason Collins its 2020 commencement speaker
Though the exact date of the class of 2020's full, live graduation ceremony hasn't been set yet, Middlebury College in Vermont announced the name of its commencement speaker at a virtual senior...
US Dept. of Ed. pressures Franklin Pierce University to rescind trans athletics inclusion policy
Under pressure from the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, has rescinded its policy of inclusion for transgender athletes.
