Ohio State University Students Work for DADT Repeal
November 14, 2010 by Karin Quimby
Every time I get the opportunity to work with university students, I feel renewed hope for our future. Their passion for social change together with what might be called, ironically ,a blasé attitude towards LGBT people –an utter embrace and welcome of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities to the degree that it’s a total nonissue— is so refreshing.
Continue Reading ►Students Call on Senator Brown for DADT Repeal
November 13, 2010 by Karl Bach
I am so excited to be on the ground in Massachusetts right now, putting everything that I have into making sure that the Senate hears our voice when it comes to repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Already I have been hard at work, this time with student at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. It goes without saying that college students are more familiar with email and twitter than faxes and letters.
Continue Reading ►HRC Staff Lend Voices to "It Gets Better" Project
November 10, 2010 by Carolyn Simon
The tragic news of recent teen suicides paired with a climate of anti-LGBT bullying in many schools has taken an enormous toll on our community and on our nation as a whole. While we are hard at work each day, fighting to prevent bullying and discrimination in schools, this issue also deeply affects all of us here at HRC on a very personal level.
Continue Reading ►Clint McCance Resigns: The Back Story
October 29, 2010 by Carolyn Simon
Fair-minded Americans were thrilled last night when Clint McCance – the Midlands School Board Vice President from Pleasant Plains, Arkansas, who was under fire for an anti-gay Facebook tirade – announced he would resign from the board. Appearing on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, McCance apologized for his screed that said he would disown his children if they were gay and encouraged LGBT youth suicide. Read his full posts from when we broke the news on Tuesday evening.
Continue Reading ►School Board Member Clint McCance Resigns Under Fire for Facebook Comments
October 28, 2010 by Ty Cobb
Clint McCance, appearing on Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN this evening, announced that he will resign from the Midland School Board. The controversy erupted when McCance unleashed an anti-gay tirade on Facebook in response to a rash of bullying-related suicides.
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