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Brandon Perkovich graduated from Community School of Naples this month as valedictorian of a class of 58, with a 4.52 grade-point average on a 4.0-point scale. During his senior year, he took four Advanced Placement classes: biology, English literature, environmental science and statistics; served as class president; and completed a thesis on carbon dioxide emissions produced by people driving to and from the school. He also worked part time and applied to colleges. The 18-year-old is headed to Harvard University to major in microbiology and pre-medicine. He also happens to be gay.
The Montgomery County school board yesterday approved new lessons on sexual orientation for use in every middle and high school, introducing homosexuality and gender identity in health classes where they have not been discussed except in response to a question from a student.
Twenty close friends, three varieties of ice cream and one $60 pecan pie shipped overnight from Florida were the ingredients Leoule Goshu chose recently to mark his graduation.
Iowa’s Lt. Governor Patty Judge and State Senate Leader Mike Gronstal joined the Iowa Pride Network College Coalition at a press conference at the State Capitol to advocate for the Iowa Civil Rights Code to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
School officials in Massachusetts want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to end gay teachings. The suit by four parents claims Lexington schools are trying to indoctrinate their children about a lifestyle they consider immoral. John Davis, an attorney for the town, argued in court Wednesday afternoon for dismissal. He says teaching diversity is a legitimate state interest and that parents don't have the right to dictate the ideas their children are exposed to in school.
When Philip Kassen teaches a middle-school course about human sexuality, he frequently invokes anecdotes about adolescent romances — not only between young men and women, but also between same-sex couples. This helps create a comfortable atmosphere for teenagers with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender parents as well as students questioning their own sexuality.
Ana Lopez, a 2006 winner of the Colin Higgins Foundation Youth Courage Award, was named to Out Magazine’s "Out 100" list. The annual listing includes the year’s most interesting, influential, and newsworthy LGBT people from the worlds of entertainment, sports, business and politics.
The family of a Harper Junior High School student who was harassed by other students because his father is gay is pursuing legal action against the Davis Joint Unified School District. Among the demands is a $100,000 payment for damages.
Six Vassar College students were arrested at the Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square. The students were holding a peaceful sit-in to protest the federal policy that denies openly gay Americans the right to serve in the military. They were charged with criminal trespassing. |
