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Plaintiff Hannah Page Earlier this year we blogged about Yulee High School in Yulee, FL. Two high school students were trying to start a gay-straight alliance (GSA) and were told that they could not do so.
Today we received news from the ACLU of Florida that a partial settlement with the School Board of Nassau County (FL) has been reached. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, approved by federal judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr. this past Friday, a permanent injunction has been entered against the district prohibiting discrimination against the high school’s GSA and forbidding retaliation against students and faculty who are associated with the GSA. The school district will also pay about $40,000 in attorneys’ fees and court costs associated with the litigation thus far to the ACLU.
The lawsuit was filed on February 10, 2009 after Yulee High School administrators repeatedly denied student requests for permission to form a GSA and to hold meetings at the high school, and previously at Yulee Middle School in the 2007-2008 school year. On March 11, 2009, Judge Adams entered a preliminary injunction ordering the school district to allow the GSA to meet at Yulee High School while the case made its way through the courts. The settlement agreement makes permanent the terms of that preliminary injunction.
“Every student deserves a safe and secure education. Bullying of gay students is epidemic in American schools and in Nassau County,†said Robert Rosenwald, ACLU of Florida LGBT Advocacy Project Director and lead counsel. “These courageous students took a stand to address the problem and the school policies that exacerbate it. Hopefully, Nassau school administrators will follow their students’ example and become part of the solution rather than part of the problem.â€
The judge’s order outlines what the school must do to comply, including:
• Allow the club to hold meetings on campus
• Allow the students to use the name Gay-Straight Alliance rather than one that does not use the word “gayâ€
• Allow the club to further its goals of advocating “for tolerance, respect and equality of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people†and curbing bullying and harassment against LGBT students
• Refrain from retaliating against students and faculty who participate in the GSA and the lawsuit.
“We started a gay-straight alliance because we wanted a safe space where all students can talk about harassment and discrimination that LGBT students face,†said ACLU plaintiff and Yulee student Hannah Page. “We’re grateful that the court recognized that the GSA should be allowed to meet and be treated like any other club.â€
Last week we blogged about the deadly shooting at the GLBT youth center in Tel Aviv, Israel. According to this Advocate article residents of an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem attacked a group of young people who visited the area on Thursday to hang posters condemning the deadly shooting.The youth and an Army Radio reporter went to the Mea She’arim area to raise awareness about the shooting at a gay youth center that killed a counselor and a young woman and injured at least 10 on Saturday. Members of the ultra-Orthodox haredim chased the protesters down alleyways, prompted by the feeling that the youths were blaming them for the shootings, but the young people managed to escape.
In the days since the shooting, many have cited strong religious bias against LGBT people, and appealed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to mitigate the influence of conservative religious opinions in government.
Israeli government officials have confirmed that the shooting is being investigated as a hate crime, among other possible motives.
A vigil was scheduled for Saturday night to mark one week since the shooting, considered the worst attack ever against Israeli’s LGBT community. President Shimon Peres was expected to attend.
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From Alternet: On Monday, Glenn Beck made clear that he does not support violence in the name of political causes. Sure, he’s advocating civil disobedience if need be. Maybe 70 million people voted for Barack Obama less than a year ago, but who cares? “It is time to go to Washington!” he preached on Wednesday. “It [...]
The persistent belief that AIDS is primarily a “gay disease” has long been part of the Western world’s discussion of the topic. But in Lebanon, where sexuality and AIDS are not discussed openly, the association of HIV with homosexuality is a recent one, and is being touted by the country’s religions, according to a Lebanese [...]
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