Dartmouth College, Concord, New Hampshire, plans to open a student residence hall for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex and allied students by Autumn 2014.
Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights Scotland – 2013 Black History Month
The 2013 Black History Month events programme is out now! Talks, tours, trips, films and more throughout October
The faces of LGBT HM 2014 – Ethel Smyth
Valarie Morris, composer and founder of Sandscape Publications has published online a biography of Dame Ethel Smyth, one of the four ‘faces’ of LGBT History Month 2014. The site is a valuable resource for teachers considering celebrating HM next February, and are looking for ideas.
US: Student attempts suicide by ‘hanging himself’ after teacher bullied him with anti-gay slurs
A student in South Carolina, USA, has attempted suicide after a school teacher allegedly used anti-gay slurs against him, calling him “gay,” “gay boy,” “Mrs Pete,” and “Mrs Peters.”
Public school appoints first gay head boy
From today’s Sunday Times: A 17-YEAR-OLD is to become the first openly gay head boy of a top British public school.
Will Emery, the son of a banker, was “overwhelmingly” voted in by more than 1,000 pupils and staff at Brighton College, where boarding fees start from £27,000 a year.
Continuing homophobia in schools is the legacy of Section 28
Today’s Guardian says “It’s time for the government to issue new guidance which makes plain to schools their responsibility to support its gay pupils”. And we might add, it’s LGBT teachers as well…
Yvette Cooper Praises Schools Out’s Work!
Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has welcomed the government’s decision to start a consultation on the future of LGBT policy in the autumn.
Jewish Schools Tackling Homophobia
Jewish LGBT-rights group Keshet UK have made a considerable symbolic move by having the “Some people are gay. Get over it” campaign poster translated into Hebrew and hung at a Jewish school in London.
Homophobia in school sport must be challenged, says TUC
This report makes for grim reading and shows how homophobia is still part and parcel of school and college sport. – Frances O’Grady