Al Ferguson LGBTQ+ Harassment Protected By Religious Exemption At Baylor University The US Department for Education has granted a religious exemption to Baylor University which removes their obligation to take action on sexual harassment claims involving LGBTQ+ students. Baylor Unive... Queer Up Education Aug 14, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Dr Tai Houser Shakespeare To Be Censored In Florida Due To 'Don't Say Gay' Law Don’t Say Gay, the law that restricts instruction of LGBTQ+ identities and sexual content in schools, was expanded in March to cover a greater age range. As a result, Hillsborough County School Distri... Queer Up Education Aug 14, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Dr. Julio Capo, Jr Debate Over Recognizing Pride And LGBTQ+ History Breaks Out In The Gayest Place On Earth There were heated discussions at Tuesday’s Broward County School Board meeting over resolutions supporting Pride. Of the 99 resolutions the board historically has passed without any issue, two of them... Queer Up Education Aug 10, 2023 Queer News Tonight
FayWhat?! DeSantis' Board Of Education Begins Erasure Of Trans Identities In School On Monday, the deputy general counsel of Florida’s Orange County Public Schools system sent an email to principals announcing new policies for the upcoming academic year. The email announced that the ... Queer Up Education Aug 9, 2023 Queer News Tonight
BROWARD COLLEGE, Neil Plakcy Florida Reverses "Don't Say Gay" To Allow For AP Psychology Florida has reversed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ ban on a high school psychology course, allowing it to be taught in an “age and developmentally-appropriate” manner. On August 3, the higher education non-prof... Queer Up Education Aug 7, 2023 Queer News Tonight
John Hayden Iowa School District Lists 374 Books As Banned, Many Of Which Aren't In School Libraries Hundreds of books would be banned in Urbandale schools, providing the first full scope of just how many titles could be removed from schools under a new Iowa law that forbids teaching about gender ide... Queer Up Education Aug 1, 2023 Queer News Tonight
FayWhat?! Safe Schools Rainbow Roundtable Brings LGBTQ+ Resources And Students Together Safe Schools Rainbow Roundtable is a groundbreaking, year-long educational series dedicated to creating safer, more inclusive spaces in our schools. This unique program, a collaboration between Safe S... Queer Up Education Jul 31, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Dale Stine North Carolina School Board Member Censured After Sharing Anti-LGBTQ+ Image The Mount Airy Board of Education held a special meeting on July 10 to censure board member Randy Moore, a U.S. Army veteran who was appointed to the board in January 2021. Moore had posted a Facebook... Queer Up Education Jul 31, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Tarek Turjman LGBTQ+ Charter Middle School To Open In Phoenix A middle school for LGBTQ+ youth, described as life-saving for its future pupils, is set to open in Arizona. The Queer Blended Learning Center, a micro-school for up to a dozen students, will open its... Queer Up Education Jul 27, 2023 Queer News Tonight
ONYX, Elimination Virginia School Districts Are Rejecting Gov. Youngkin's New Anti-Trans Policies Another Virginia school appears to be rejecting Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new model policies, which updated the Virginia Department of Education’s policies for transgender students. The Alexandria City Pu... Queer Up Education Jul 27, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Rajee Narine-Singh DeSantis Attempt To Make College More Conservative Leads To Faculty Exodus Amidst Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s hostile takeover of the Florida education system, the New College of Florida is struggling to hold onto its faculty. In January, DeSantis appointed the far-right anti-LGBTQ+... Queer Up Education Jul 25, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Aqua Foundation, Mateo Ventura Bruer LGBTQ+ Youth Activists Build 'Little Libraries' To Bypass Book Bans Six young activists have deployed their first "Little Library" in Miami-Dade County, filled with banned books and works they hope will counteract academic censorship and the stigmatization of LGBTQ+ p... Queer Up Education Jul 25, 2023 Queer News Tonight
