Boston Nonprofit Opens Doors for Marginalized Students Seeking Advanced Degrees
Leadership Brainery looks to provide resources and connections for marginalized communities to gain access to higher education.
June 19, 2023
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Transgender High School Senior Skips His Graduation
Damian Garcia said he's 'fully respecting' the school's decision and himself by not attending the graduation ceremony.
May 23, 2013
Indiana School Reverses Decision to Deadname Trans Teen at Graduation
"I feel like this battle was unnecessary and brought attention to us that we didn't desire," the teen's father told The Advocate.
May 24, 2022
WATCH: Out Trans Students Celebrate Graduation at Catholic Schools
This graduation season, two schools took steps towards making Catholic education more inclusive of transgender students.
June 25, 2014
Ohio High School Graduation Speaker Condemns Same-Sex Relationships
The speech has been criticized by the high school's administration and the Marion County community.
June 2, 2022
Nebraska Judge Dismisses Transgender Graduate's Suit Over Shutdown of School Paper
The former student who brought the suit could not prove he was harmed by the school's action, the judge ruled.
October 18, 2023
Florida Extends ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Through High School Graduation
Now no student in a Florida public school will be taught about the existence of LGBTQ+ people or other gender identities until after they graduate from high school.
April 19, 2023
WATCH: Catholic School Won't Let Trans Grad Wear Men's Garb
Teachers, friends and family recognize Damian Garcia as male. But St. Pius Catholic High School in Albuquerque contends that the transgender teen must wear the graduation garb designated for female students.
May 20, 2013
An Owasso High School graduate is exposing anti-LGBTQ+ bullying after Nex Benedict's death
In the wake of transgender Indigenous teen Nex Benedict's death, a graduate of Owasso High School is accusing the administration of failing to prevent bullying.
April 15, 2024
Gay Florida High Schooler Faces Threat Over Graduation Speech
The senior says the school's principal has told him that no activism would be allowed at the school's graduation ceremony.
May 12, 2022
Op-ed: A Gown With No Gender
Why high schools should really drop the gender segregation when it comes to graduation robes.
June 3, 2013
Trans Teen Wins $75K in Landmark School Discrimination Suit
After a five-year battle that started in elementary school, Nicole Maines will be leaving a lasting legacy for all trans students as she graduates high school.
December 5, 2014
Olympian Matt Savoie Marries His Partner
Matt Savoie, a 2006 Olympian-turned-law-school-graduate and current attorney, married his partner in a ceremony in Massachusetts on October 7.
October 24, 2012
Former Student Sues School For Bullying Harassment
A recent high school graduate in Kansas has filed a lawsuit against the school district alleging that school officials failed to protect him from bullying and harrassment he suffered due to his perceived sexual orientation.
August 18, 2012
Gay H.S. Senior Barred From Walking at Graduation for Wearing Pants
A South Carolina high school even omitted Dynasia Clark's name from the announcement of graduating seniors over an alleged dress code violation.
June 3, 2020
And the Crown Goes To...
Voted "best couple" by their senior class at a South Bronx high school, out new graduates Victoria Cruz and Deoine Scott made history and helped to change attitudes.
June 29, 2009
Gay Catholic Talks About Being Barred from Giving Graduation Speech
Actor Dominic Sheahan-Stahl may have been let down by administrators who decided he couldn't give a graduation speech at his high school alma mater because he is gay, but the students have stepped up.
May 18, 2012
Vanessa Hudgens: Punching Beauty
Graduating from her High School Musical era with grown-up roles in Beastly and Sucker Punch, Vanessa Hudgens forgives gay haters for being jealous and wanting her ex.
March 4, 2011
Seven Dead in Shooting at Northern Illinois University
Another student shot at a Northern Illinois University lecture hall has died, raising the toll to seven, including the gunman, who had graduated from the school and had been considered a good student, officials said Friday. The shooting was the latest in a spate of attacks in U.S. schools and universities, including the shooting of a gender-nonconforming student at an Oxnard, Calif., junior high school who has since been declared brain-dead; a 17-year-old accused of shooting and critically wounding a fellow student Monday during a high school gym class in Memphis, Tenn.; and a woman who shot two fellow students to death before committing suicide at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge late last week.
February 15, 2008
'Written in the Stars:' University of Michigan hosts 'Pride Prom' for LGBTQ+ students
The event was aimed at LGBTQ+ students who "maybe didn’t have the best experience at their high school prom," according to an organizer.
April 8, 2024