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Resources on Suicide Prevention & Crisis Intervention
Regional, State & Local Organizations (Within the U.S.) Supporting LGBT Youth & Their Allies
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Victory for Florida Students in Lake County Gay-Straight Alliance Case
A federal appellate court delivered a big win to Florida students in a long-running legal dispute over a middle school gay-straight alliance.
The court’s unanimous decision, authored by a famously conservative judge, holds that a federal law known as the Equal Access Act applies to (and therefore protects the rights of) students attending Carver Middle School in Lake County. The student plaintiffs had relied on the Act’s non-discrimination protections in a lawsuit over the Lake County School Board’s refusal to allow the middle-school GSA. The school board responded to the suit by arguing, among other things, that the Equal Access Act only applies to high schools and therefore provides no protection to the district’s middle school students; today’s decision rejects that position.
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Boy Scouts End Nationwide Ban on Gay Leaders
[Updated July 28]
The Boy Scouts of America has ended its national ban on gay Scout leaders, though the new policy has a controversial religious exemption. Click here or on ‘Read More’ to view the full post.