LOS ANGELES — Addressing an LGBTQ community fearful that their gains in equality are slipping, Democratic presidential candidates on Thursday promised an aggressive agenda to end workplace discrimination, improve health care and ensure protections for people who face threats, or worse, because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. At...
Valley Teacher Stopped From Handing Out 'Gender Unicorn' Lesson
A principal at a Stanislaus County middle school told a teacher on the first day of classes to stop handing out a one-page, illustrated explanation of gender identity called The Gender Unicorn. The Modesto Bee reported that the principal at Denair Middle School happened upon the science class as the...
Valley Teacher Stopped From Handing Out 'Gender Unicorn' Lesson
A principal at a Stanislaus County middle school told a teacher on the first day of classes to stop handing out a one-page, illustrated explanation of gender identity called The Gender Unicorn. The Modesto Bee reported that the principal at Denair Middle School happened upon the science class as the...
Big Business to Supreme Court: Defend LGBTQ From Bias
NEW YORK — More than 200 corporations, including many of America's best-known companies, are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal civil rights law bans job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The corporations outlined their stance in a legal brief released Tuesday by...
California Overhauls Sex Education Guidance for Teachers
SACRAMENTO — California has overhauled its sex education guidance for public school teachers, encouraging them to talk about gender identity with kindergartners and giving advice to help LGBT teenagers navigate relationships and practice safe sex. LGBT advocates praised the new recommendations for giving such attention to a community that often...