Pride flag stolen from VT middle/high school, principals vow to replace
The Pride flag flying over Harwood Union Middle and High School in north-central Vermont was stolen over the past weekend. In a statement issued soon after the theft, the school's administrators promised...
Mass. Attorney General Campbell co-leads multi-state coalition to support LGBTQ+ kids in public schools
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown are co-leading a multi-state coalition of 19 attorneys general in supporting a Maryland local board of education’s efforts to create...
South Burlington, Vermont drafts new policy for trans, nonbinary students
South Burlington, Vermont's school district has drafted a new, affirming policy for transgender and nonbinary students.
"I think if we are asking teachers to create inclusive variances in...
OUT Maine executive director speaks out against using LGBTQ+ youth for political gain
Sue Campbell, Executive Director of OUT Maine, recently attended a school board meeting at Maine Regional School Unit 40, where approximately 300 people were in attendance to either give or listen to...
US district court allows case against NH ‘banned concepts’ law to proceed
A US district court has ruled that a lawsuit may proceed against a New Hampshire state law that "discourages public school teachers from teaching and talking about race, gender, sexual orientation, disability,...
Mass. Board of Education approves more LGBTQ-inclusive sex/health ed
The Bay State's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously voted yesterday to adopt a new sex and health education curriculum that will be more LGBTQ+ inclusive and teach about "bodily autonomy,...
NH Senate passes bill to ban trans student athletes from school sports
The New Hampshire State Senate last week voted along party lines to pass legislation that effectively bans transgender students in grades 5–12 from participating in school sports. The bill now heads to...
Massachusetts schools respond to anti-LGBTQ+ group’s federal lawsuit ruling against trans protections in Bay...
Over the summer, the anti-LGBTQ+ group Moms for Liberty brought on a federal lawsuit in Kansas aimed at blocking protections for transgender students in 2,000 schools across the US, including 32 elementary,...
Milford, New Hampshire school votes to keep trans-student–supportive bathroom, locker room policy in place
After a heated public meeting at Milford High School in Milford, New Hampshire, the school board voted to keep the school's current policy allowing transgender students to use the bathroom and locker...
ME parent files federal suit over middle school not disclosing child’s gender ID
Despite a state privacy statute and federal law protecting students' privacy, the mother of a middle school student in New Castle, Maine has filed a federal lawsuit against her 13-year-old child's school...
