by Sarah Green | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
This Oklahoma student is twelve years old, in the seventh grade, and transgender. Her family moved into the Achille Independent School District, in rural Byron County, when she was in fifth grade, and she has always attended schools there as a girl. “She’s been living...
by Sarah Green | Nov 14, 2016 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Growing up gay, transgender, or anywhere else in the “rainbow” can be difficult. As the LGBTQ community becomes more open and accepted, we’ve put a lot of thought into how to help kids deal with the challenges of being a part of that community. But the most...
by Sarah Green | Oct 7, 2016 | News, Student Issues
In recognition of its lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender student population, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, will stop referring to the Homecoming King and Homecoming Queen and call them Homecoming Royalty. Students in each grade...
by Sarah Green | Jan 7, 2016 | News, Student Issues
Within the space of several weeks, two things happened in Dent County, Missouri: First, the town lowered flags to half-mast in mourning over the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationally. Second, Jacob Wilson, a native of the town and an...
