“There is a Trans Action Committee that’s part of Canvass For A Cause,” stated Canvass For A Cause’s Holly Hellerstreet in an interview with LGBT Weekly. “And we have been working to support transgender people in San Diego. We’re really excited here in California that we have the School Success and Opportunity Act which is…
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus announced today that the School of Media, Visual, and Performing Arts (MVPA) at San Diego High School has been selected as the outreach partner for the 2014 Spring show. The upcoming WOW! The Chorus Sings the ‘90s concerts April 5 and 6 at the JCC Garfield…
You really didn’t want to talk about it. Sometimes, you thought it might even be just a rite of passage: everybody endures name-calling at one time or another, right? Everybody’s bullied at some time. You didn’t want to talk about it, but you always wondered if you should’ve. When faced with bullies, is keeping quiet…
Administrators at Sheridan High School, located just south of Little Rock, Ark., are refusing to include an interview with openly gay student Taylor Ellis in this year’s yearbook. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), is calling on Sheridan Superintendent Brenda Haynes and Principal Rodney Williams to reverse the decision. Taylor’s bio reads: “I use to be…
Despite their best efforts, state Democratic legislators in South Carolina failed to persuade their Republican counterparts to restore funds to two colleges that have included two gay-themed books as part of a required reading curriculum at public colleges. Multiple votes on the issue proved devastating to those who supported the text. College of Charleston students…
Karen England, the executive director of the Capitol Resource Institute (CRI) – a partner in the Privacy for All Students Coalition (PFAS) – spoke March 10 to a Salt and Light Ministry meeting at Calvary Chapel Golden Springs in Diamond Bar about the School Success and Opportunity Act, or AB1266. AB1266 is the bill that…
Monday night the tally was in – the effort to repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act (AB1266) failed to qualify for the ballot. The Privacy For All Students (PFAS) coalition, the coalition that spearheaded a petition drive effort to put AB1266 up for referendum this November, collected 619,387 signatures from across California for that…
The effort to repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act-California’s new law ensuring that all children have opportunities to do well in school- has failed to qualify for the ballot. The law-also known as Assembly Bill 1266-went into effect on January 1st, ensuring that schools have the guidance they need to make sure all students,…
Kevin Beiser grew up in a family whose challenges included constant moving, homelessness, school suspensions, low expectations from teachers and addiction. Nevertheless, he is now president of one of the largest school districts in the nation, San Diego Unified. “I remember my first couple of days at middle school,” Beiser recalls. “I was following my…
After a series of legislative and judicial Marriage Equality victories, major anti-LGBT organizations have redirected their efforts away from marriage equality and toward attacking the rights of transgender people. These attacks follow California’s passage of Assembly Bill 1266, the School Success and Opportunity Act. The bill guarantees transgender students equal access to restrooms, locker rooms,…
