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,...
Race, sexuality, gender identity key issues for Presidential candidates in NH
Republican Presidential candidates are taking advantage of extremist views on race, sexuality and gender identity, under the label of "parental rights," to campaign in New Hampshire. These hot button issues are putting...
Parent of trans youth who first reported bullying in Amherst schools optimistic about investigation
Earlier this year, Maxine Oland, the parent of a transgender student in the Amherst, Massachusetts Regional Public Schools, called out a systemic pattern of anti-trans behavior after her child was "bullied to...
Openly gay, LGBTQ-supportive Marblehead Schools superintendent forced to resign
John Buckley, the openly gay, now-former superintendent of Marblehead Public Schools, was pushed out of his job on Aug. 2 with no apparent reason given. But his support of LGBTQ+ and Diversity,...
Protest against Worcester Diocese’s anti-LGBTQ school policy held tonight
A protest against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester's recently announced anti-LGBTQ school policy will take place this evening, Wed., Aug. 23, at the Diocese Chancery on the corner of Elm and...
Catholic schools in Worcester, MA prohibit all LGBTQ+ student expression
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts has a new policy, starting this school year in 21 of its schools, to make students "conduct themselves at school in a manner consistent with...
Pro-LGBTQ youth rally July 28 in Amherst to pressure school committee
A rally in support of LGBTQ+ youth and to demand accountability from school officials for an alleged pattern of anti-LGBTQ+ behavior is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Friday, July 28, at the...
Amherst high school journalists prompt investigation into concerns of transphobia at nearby middle school
Students in a high-school journalism class in Amherst, Massachusetts, did a deep dive into an alleged culture of transphobia they found at a nearby middle school, and their report in the school...
Middleborough, MA middle-schooler goes to court over ‘free speech’ right to wear anti-trans slogans...
Lawyers from the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Massachusetts Family Institute have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Middleborough, Massachusetts, seventh-grader whose school would not allow him to wear a t-shirt...
Parents, residents decry ‘day of intolerance’ at Burlington, MA school
A Pride celebration at a middle school in Burlington, Massachusetts, turned into a "day of intolerance" earlier this month, with students tearing down rainbow decorations and chanting their pronouns were "U.S.A."
