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The Block Island School has agreed to allow students to form a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). There has been confusion and miscommunication in the past about whether students could form the group or not, with health teacher Victoria Carson telling...

One of Jack Miller’s favorite parts about high school has been participating in his school’s Key Club. The 17-year-old has been part of student group focused on public service ever since his freshman year at North Phoenix Preparatory Academy, a Great Hearts Academies charter school. “We just got to have a ton of fun volunteering, making friends through that," he said. 

Students are suing their school over the alleged discriminatory treatment of its Gay-Straight Alliance club.

Unfair Treatment The Indiana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has teamed up with an Indiana Gay-Straight Alliance to file a lawsuit alleging that it has been unfairly barred from operating on-campus in a similar fashion as other “non-curricular” clubs. The suit, filed last week in U.S. District Court, claims that the Pendleton […]

"We dare not forget that our civilization was built by men and women who placed their faith in a loving God."

At their last meeting the Chesterfield School Board approved a resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ+ month. It comes as several states have passed laws banning transgender athletes from girls' sports and as the Virginia Department of Education is being sued over guidelines to protect transgender students.

ACLU joins sixth grader in saying online-only Wisconsin school should allow students to form LGBTQ club Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Submitted by Brianna Prahl Wren Prahl, a sixth grader at iForward, is trying to start a club for LGBTQ+ students. When sixth grader Wren Prahl got the list of clubs for their new school last fall, they poured over the list and carefully narrowed it down. They chose the pet club, baking club, art club and Dungeons and Dragons —�...

The Rev. Bright Appiagypi-Podkye celebrates Sunday Mass, albeit with audio provided by cellphone as parishioners remain in their cars in the parking lot of the Parish of Saint Agnes Cathedral on May 31 in Rockville Centre, New York. (Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) “Religious Liberty in Crisis: Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty” is the provocative title of a new book by former U.S. Solicitor General Ken Starr. Starr joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain why he thin...

Reply A Harrison High School student has started a conservative club. (Google Maps) HARRISON, NY — Harrison High School now has a local chapter of Young Americans For Freedom, and the national organization is celebrating. Luke Wong, now a junior, spent two years trying to get a club started, working with YAF and the national Alliance Defending Freedom. YAF officials said ADF lawyers sent a letter to school board President Kelly Mangan in June saying "Harrison Highs failure to recognize YAF i...

Improving the Lives and Rights of LGBTQ People in America A Road Map for the Biden Administration Getty/Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle LGBTQ rights supporters gather during a candlelight vigil in West Reading, Pennsylvania, on September 14, 2020. Adam Peck Introduction and summary The Trump administration spent the majority of its four years in office launching a barrage of attacks infringing on the rights of LGBTQ people, promoting discriminatory policies, and creating barriers to ...