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Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria
Link to relevant resources on GLHV website.
Documents and links in this resource
- GLHV (web link)
LGBTs & Education: News from Abroad (2)
Relevant news uploaded from March 2007.
Documents and links in this resource
- Anti-gay abuse pervades US schools (Anti-gay violence.doc)
- B.C. to add gay issues to school curriculum (Canada.doc)
- Europe Mulls Ban On Homophobic Bullying In Schools (Europe Mulls Ban On Homophobic Bullying In Schools.doc)
- How to stop hate crimes (How to stop hate crimes.doc)
- California Senate OKs teaching gay history (May 20.doc)
- MSCD named one of top 100 schools for gays (MSCD named one of top 100 schools for gays.doc)
- Schools debate when to expose students to gays (Schools debate.doc)
- Students to study homosexual role models (Students to study homosexual role models.doc)
- Toronto School Board to Ask All High School Students Their Sexual Orientation (toronto.doc)
- Major LGBT Rights Archive Left To NY Public Library (Major LGBT Rights Archive Left To NY Public Library.doc)
- School bullying turns gay teens off education (School bullying turns gay teens off education.doc)
- Protecting Our Youth (Protecting Our Youth.doc)
- Back to School :: LGBT youths suffer bullying, stress (Back to School.doc)
- Philly Schools Drop 'Gay and Lesbian History Month' (LGBT history month dropped.doc)
- Ontario Catholic School Board Approves Referrals to Gay-Activist Therapist, Censors Right to Life Material (Ontario Catholic School Board Approves Referrals to Gay.doc)
- One student’s never-ending struggle (One student.doc)
- Difficult Dialogues Series / Talking sex: Stigma fading (Difficult Dialogues Series.doc)
- Incoming gay freshmen face discrimination based on Facebook profiles (Incoming gay freshmen face discrimination based on Facebook profiles.doc)
- Schools Must Improve Sexuality Education (Schools Must Improve Sexuality Education.doc)
- Sexual orientation shouldn’t lessen sense of security (Sexual orientation shouldn.doc)
- More Schools Offer Gay Studies Classes (More Schools Offer Gay Studies Classes.doc)
- Gay rights battle over school sex education (Gay rights battle over school sex education.doc)
- Study reports GSA's positive effects (Study reports GSA.doc)
- Congress Needs to Stop School Bullies (Congress Needs to Stop School Bullies.doc)
- Many county districts opting out of lessons on diversity (Many county districts opting out of lessons on diversity.doc)
- Filling the queer curriculum void (Filling the queer curriculum void.doc)
- School Board Allows Gay-Straight Alliance in Rockton, Illinois (School Board Allows Gay.doc)
- High school club sparks controversy (High school club sparks controversy.doc)
LGBTs & Education: News from Abroad (3)
Relevant news uploaded since March 2007.
Documents and links in this resource
- Another Victory for GLBT Rights (Another Victory for GLBT Rights.doc)
- Anti-bullying bill heads to governor; Culver also wants civil rights changes for gays (anti bulying law.doc)
- City Tech: ‘We need to do more for gay students’ (colleges do more.doc)
- Bias-Free School Bill Reintroduced In Calif. (Bias.doc)
- Fighting the religious bully in schools (Fighting the religious bully in schools.doc)
- House passes anti-bullying legislation (House passes anti.doc)
- How to stop the bullying (How to stop the bullying.doc)
- Act allows redress for child victims of homophobic abuse (ireland.doc)
- Anti-gay Groups Target Clubs in High Schools (NATIONAL NEWS.doc)
- School Board, Conservatives Clash Over Sex-Ed Curriculum (School Board.doc)
- Bullying conference (bullying conference.doc)
- Bill would provide safe (Bill Would Provide Safe.doc)
- Bullying targets lesbian, gay teens (Bullying Targets Lesbian.doc)
- Gay and lesbian teens face more bullying (Gay and Lesbian Teens Face More Bullying.doc)
- Turn terror of school bullying around (Turn terror of school bullying around.doc)
- American gay teens lobby for their rights (American gay teens lobby for their rights.doc)
- Gay and lesbian teens face more bullying (Gay And Lesbian Teens Face More Bullying.doc)
- Students hear anti-gay talk (Students hear anti.doc)
- Conservative christian law group threatens (Conservative Christian Law Group Threatens Schools Barring Anti.doc)
- Fight homophobia in schools: council (Fight homophobia in schools.doc)
- Gay Students 3 Times More Likely To Be Bullied (Gay Students 3 Times More Likely To Be Bullied.doc)
- Taking a stand against bullying (bullying, USA.doc)
- Bullying programs around the valley help kids stand up for themselves (Bullying programs around the valley help kids stand up for themselves, USA.doc)
- Kids and gay slurs. What are they talking about? What do they really mean? (Kids and gay slurs, USA.doc)
- GLAD attorney: Lexington schools lawsuit has had chilling effect on public schools (schools pull books, USA.doc)
- Talking About Gay Issues in Schools: It’s Still Elementary (Talking About Gay Issues in Schools, USA.doc)
- UWO helps gay students ‘come out’ (UWO helps gay students.doc)
- LGBT youth describe harassment, bullying (LGBT youth describe harassment.doc)
- Safe Schools (Safe Schools.doc)
- "Schools must act to protect trans students" (Schools must act to protect trans students, NZ.doc)
- Tougher Policy on Bullying Proposed (Tougher Policy on Bullying Proposed.doc)
- `IF YOU ARE SINGLED OUT, IT IS MERCILESS' (IF YOU ARE SINGLED OUT.doc)
- California gay teen murdered at school (California gay teen murdered at school.doc)
- Education, Health And Religious Organizations Unite To Keep Students Safe (Education.doc)
- Four Steps Schools Can Take to Address Anti-LGBT Bullying and Harassment (Tuesday.doc)
- Preference vs. prejudice: Gay groups promote awareness lessons to schools (Preference vs.doc)
- Schools attempt to prevent bullying (Schools attempt to prevent bullying.doc)
- Schools take stance on bullying (Schools take stance on bullying.doc)
- LGBT parents grapple with bullying, acceptance, rights - inside of schools and out (Fighting for change.doc)
- Sacrifice for safer schools (Sacrifice for safer schools.doc)
- Gay-straight network for schools will be formed (GSAs alliance.doc)
- LGBT speakers share stories, experiences Everyday hardships topic of sexual diversity panel (LGBT speakers share stories.doc)
- Florida becomes 36th state to pass anti-bullying law (Breaking news.doc)
- In 123-page guide, state offers schools tips on stopping bullies (In 123.doc)
- Lessons from the Safe Schools movement (Lessons from the Safe Schools movement.doc)
- New law aims to stop schoolyard bullying of gays (New law aims to stop schoolyard bullying of gays.doc)
- Bullying bill stalls on listing gay youth (Bullying bill stalls on listing gay youth.doc)
- Jury says school district failed to protect lesbian and gay students. Lambda Legal urges court to uphold the decision (Jury says school district failed to protect lesbian and gay students.doc)
- Anti-homophobic bullying legislation introduced to New York Senate (Anti-bully bill new york.doc)
- Coming out in adolescence (Coming out in adolescence.doc)
LGBTs & Education: News Items from Abroad (1)
Relevant news items from abroad.
Documents and links in this resource
- Anti-gay bias (ANTIGAY BIAS.doc)
- Campuses not LGBT friendly, study says (campuses.doc)
- Gay, lesbian teachers reluctantly live a lie (discrimination banned.doc)
- Laura Szalacha evaluates safe schools plan for gay and lesbian students (Distributed February 13.doc)
- Do Schools Fail Gay & Lesbian Youth? (Do Schools Fail Gay.doc)
- Expelled teen?s parents threaten to kick him out (Expelled teen.doc)
- Fluid risk (Fluid risk.doc)
- Guidelines scarce for confronting anti-gay bullying (Guidelines scarce for confronting anti.doc)
- They're 'out' at school, and tension is in (het n les.doc)
- High School Counselors Say They Lack Skills to Assist Gay, Lesbian Students (High School Counselors Say They Lack Skills to Assist Gay.doc)
- Killing prompted changes in Newark schools, government (Killing prompted changes in Newark schools.doc)
- For the nation?s gay high school students, separate will never be equal (Laura A.doc)
- Parents turn to courts to stop bullying (lawsuit bullying.doc)
- Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth, Inc. (LIGALY) (Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth.doc)
- Most states fail to protect gay kids in school (Most states fail to protect gay kids in school.doc)
- U.S. schools struggling with gay issues (NATIONAL NEWS.doc)
- New Policy Includes Anti-Disrimination Language For Gays (New Policy Includes Anti.doc)
- New Report says; Homophobia likely leads to twice rate of mental health problems for Gays, Lesbians (New Report says.doc)
- No Name-Calling (No Name calling week.doc)
- No names allowed: 'Words hurt, and we want kids to know words hurt' (No names allowed.doc)
- Out of the Closet, In the Classroom (Out of the Closet.doc)
- Queer youth advocate tolerance in schools (panel.doc)
- U.S. students win gay taunts payout (payout.doc)
- Getting 'Real' about bullies (Posted on Thu.doc)
- Calif. Gay Students' Lawsuit Settled (Posted on Tue.doc)
- Schools settle gay-bashing suit (Posted on Wed.doc)
- School 'Humiliated Boy, Seven, over Gay Mother' (School.doc)
- Senate OKs ban on school harassment (Senate OKs ban on school harassment.doc)
- Teens seek tolerance at Calexico High (Teens seek tolerance at Calexico High.doc)
- VANCOUVER (VANCOUVER.doc)
- Gay-straight organizations focus on (A club for all persuasions1.doc)
- Film on Homophobia (suicicde.doc)
- Gay students describe harassment at school (Gay students describe harassment at school.doc)
- DOE looks into bullying policies (Hawiian schools.doc)
- Position Statement on Sexual Minority Youth (Position Statement on Sexual Minority Youth.doc)
- Stopping Anti-Gay Abuse of Students in Public Schools:A Legal Perspective (USA1.doc)
- Putting a stop to bullying (SCHOOL VIOLENCE.doc)
- A club for all persuasions (A club for all persuasions2.doc)
- Students use spring break to fight schools (Students Use Spring Break To Fight Schools.doc)
- Some people just need more schoolin (Some people just need more schoolin.doc)
- Bills nationwide address gays in schools (CALIFORNIA.doc)
- Education bill to promote diversity (From YubaNet.doc)
- CALIFORNIA Bill would include gays in public school texts (CALIFORNIA1.doc)
- Tracy's inaugural gay prom goes smoothly despite threats (LGBT Prom.doc)
- Wellness Week, Vermont (Burlington.doc)
- GLSEN's Day of Silence (Students go silent for gay rights.doc)
- Schools debate when to expose students to gays (Schools debate.doc)
- Anti-gay abuse pervades US schools (Anti-gay violence.doc)
- California Senate OKs teaching gay history (May 20.doc)
- B.C. to add gay issues to school curriculum (Canada.doc)
LGBTs & Education: Policies
Relevant policies.
Documents and links in this resource
- Stand Up For Us (stand up.pdf)
- Stand Up For Us: Policy Environment (stand up 2.doc)
- DFeS Update: June 2004 (Tackling Homophobia update June 04.doc)
- Stopping Anti-Gay Abuse of Students in Public Schools:A Legal Perspective (USA) (USA.doc)
- Tackling Homophobic Bullying, NASUWT (nasuwt.pdf)
- Homophobia, Sexual Orientation and Schools (institute of education homophobia.pdf)
- North Lincolnshire Promoting diversity (n. lincs.pdf)
- Select Committee on Education and Skills (Select Committee on Education and Skills Third Special Report.doc)
- Safe to Learn (safe to learn.pdf)
- Homophobic bullying (homophobic bullying.pdf)
- Single Equality Scheme (SES.pdf)
- Bullying and Other Forms of Aggressive Behavior (forest hills policy.pdf)
- POLICY PROHIBITING HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION OR BULLYING (west clement policy.doc)
- N Lincs Promoting Equality (Homophobic%20Bullying%20Final.pdf)
LGBTs & Education: Resources (2)
Relevant resources uploaded from March 2007.
Documents and links in this resource
- General Teaching Council Bibliography (Bibliography - Sexual Orientation Equality in EducationFINAL290404.doc)
- NUT Tackling homophobic bullying (tackling .pdf)
- EACH poster are you? (EACH Poster - Are you .pdf)
- EACH poster no excuses (EACH Poster - no excuses.pdf)
- Tools to ensure healthy relationships (Tools to ensure healthy relationships.doc)
- NUT (web link)
- Brighton & Hove Education Online (web link)
- TeacherNet (web link)
- Government Guidelines: Tackling Homophobic Bullying (web link)
- Additional resources for bullying prevention (add_resources_bullying_prevent.pdf)
- A guide to bullying prevention (bullying_data_guide_overview.pdf)
- Bullying Prevention (bullying_prevent_guide.pdf)
LGBTs & Education: UK News (2)
Relevant news items up-loaded since March 2007.
Documents and links in this resource
- A lesson in why it's cool to be gay (A lesson in why it.doc)
- Adults 'must step in to stop bullying' (Adults.doc)
- Gay friendly stories for primary school kids (Gay friendly stories for primary school kids.doc)
- Home Office defends anti-homophobia campaign (Home Office defends anti.doc)
- Mayor supports Euro gay bullying campaign (Mayor supports Euro gay bullying campaign.doc)
- Rapper's documentary prompts MPs on bullying (Rapper.doc)
- Report reveals extent of anti-gay taunts in schools (Report reveals extent of anti.doc)
- MPs to demand action (MPs to demand action on.doc)
- TV show encourages gay bullying, say teachers (TV show encourages gay bullying.doc)
- Gay teachers too afraid to come out (Gay teachers too afraid to come out.doc)
- Drama opens up ‘gay’ issue for schools (Drama opens up.doc)
- City schools take on homophobic bullies (City schools take on homophobic bullies.doc)
- MPs say Catholic schools fail to tackle gay bullying (MPs say Catholic schools fail to tackle gay bullying.doc)
- Government rejects compulsory recording of homophobic bullying (Government rejects compulsory recording of homophobic bullying19th June 2007 16.doc)
- New guidance on bullying in schools to be unveiled (New guidance on bullying in schools to be unveiled.doc)
- Teacher's sentence for sex with pupil "too lenient" (Teacher.doc)
- Government committed to stamping out gay bullying (Government committed to stamping out gay bullying.doc)
- Homophobia on the rise in Scottish schools (Homophobia on the rise in Scottish schools.doc)
- ‘Last taboo’ of gay bullying is rife (Wales) (Last taboo.doc)
- Education News - Homophobic bullying - Minister pledges action in schools (Education News.doc)
- MPs cannot ignore homophobic bullying (Opinion.doc)
- School cannot sack head in 'gay marriage' (School cannot sack head in.doc)
- Other views (From The Times.doc)
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families. (kevin brannan.doc)
- Is honesty the best policy? (Is honesty the best policy.doc)
- NO HIDING PLACE FOR BULLIES” – Ed Balls (NO HIDING PLACE FOR BULLIES.doc)
- Play about homophobia to tour schools (Play about homophobia to tour schools.doc)
- Gay writer angry after schools reject play (Gay writer angry after schools reject play.doc)
- Bid to beat bullies taken into schools (Kettering.doc)
- Torchwood star backs homophobic bullying campaign (Torchwood star backs homophobic bullying campaign.doc)
- New homopbobic bullying resource unveiled (New homopbobic bullying resource unveiled.doc)
- YOUTHS DEMAND BETTER SEX EDUCATION (YOUTHS DEMAND BETTER SEX EDUCATION.doc)
- School play helps end classroom homophobia (School play helps end classroom homophobia.doc)
- Homosexual Propaganda Removed From UK Schools, But Only After Muslim Complaint (Homosexual Propaganda Removed From UK Schools.doc)
- Calling for action to combat gay bullying (Calling for action to combat gay bullying.doc)
- COMMENT: Gay students abandoned by parents enter 'postcode lottery' (COMMENT.doc)
- New programme targets gay abuse in Welsh schools (New programme targets gay abuse in Welsh schools.doc)
- Police take anti-gay fight into schools (Police take anti.doc)
- Teachers TV devotes week of programmes to fighting homophobia (Teachers TV devotes week of programmes to fighting homophobia.doc)
- Gay, Lesbian Equality Education Only Way to Stop Homophobic Bullying, Says TUC Chief (New law aims to stop schoolyard bullying of gays.doc)
- Study looks at detrimental effects of homophobic bullying in schools (Study looks at detrimental effects of homophobic bullying in schools.doc)
- New rules allow religious schools to discriminate (New rules allow religious schools to discriminate.doc)
- Bullying victim wins £1,500 (Bullying victim wins.doc)
- Trafford LEA was ordered to pay (In October 2000.doc)
LGBTs & Education: UK Projects
Relevant projects in the UK.
Documents and links in this resource
- EACH (web link)
- Education for All (web link)
- Schools Out (web link)
- Wired for Health (web link)
LGBTs & Education: US Projects
Relevant projects from the USA.
Documents and links in this resource
- Centre for Student Affairs (web link)
- Gay Straight Alliance Network (web link)
- GLSEN (web link)
- Hetrick Martin Institute (web link)
- Safe Schools Coalition (web link)
- University Queer Programmes (web link)
- Anti discrimination policy (anti disc policy.pdf)
- the cost of harassmen t (cost.pdf)
- Enumerating (enumerating.pdf)
- Distrtict Policy (rochester.pdf)
- code of conduct (rochester code.pdf)
- Legislative recap (task force.pdf)
- training policy (training policy.pdf)
- Whitmer Safe Schools (Whitmer Safe Schools PowerPoint.ppt)