Connecticut state treasurer speaks out against proposed anti-trans legislation
Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell, himself an openly gay man, penned a February 28 op/ed in the Hartford Courant calling out recent proposed state legislation targeting transgender children:
It’s...
CT lawmakers seek to restrict trans, gender-nonconforming student rights
Republican state lawmakers in Connecticut, partnering with the right-wing Family Institute of Connecticut, are pushing for a public hearing on legislation to restrict the rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming students in the...
Federal court hears challenges to New Hampshire’s classroom censorship law
This morning, Jan. 16, the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire is scheduled to hear arguments in the lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s classroom censorship law, which discourages public school...
Bay State middle school teacher seeks answers after police search classroom for trans memoir...
Despite a public apology from the local police chief, the middle school teacher in Great Barrington, Mass. who had her classroom searched last month by a police officer looking for a copy...
Police chief apologizes after officer searches middle school for LGBTQ book in Great Barrington
After a police officer followed up on a complaint by searching a middle school in Great Barrington, Massachusetts for a copy of "Gender Queer: A Memoir," the town's police chief posted a...
ACLU-NH, GLAD: School book ban would violate NH Constitution
The ACLU of New Hampshire and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) on Monday a letter to Frank Edelblut, the Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education (DOE), warning that his...
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...
State orders Amherst, MA to release report on transgender mistreatment
Massachusetts Secretary of State has ordered the Amherst regional school committee to make public the report on "counselors and other staff members accused of failing to offer support to transgender students who...
Amherst, MA voters to fill five school committee seats in today’s election after trans...
Amherst, Massachusetts voters going to the polls today are being asked to fill five spaces on the city's Regional School Committee left open after a controversy around the treatment of transgender students...
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...
