schools
Lesbian student flees Florida school’s LGBTQIA+ ban
A mother of a lesbian student at Florida’s Grace Christian School has withdrawn her daughter from the school. The mother said her daughter no longer felt safe after learning of the school’s blatant LGBTQIA+ ban. News of the school policy comes after the introduction of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. Similar to contentious contract at …
Scott Morrison slammed for tweet about ‘gender whisperers’
LGBTIQ rights advocates urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison to meet with transgender and gender diverse Australians after he wrote a harmful tweet condemning ‘gender whisperers’ and their support for transgender youth. Earlier, Scott Morrison responded to a news story by the Daily Telegraph which claimed teachers received training as gender whisperers “to spot potential transgender …
LGBTIQ Teachers Face Discrimination At Work, Study Finds
Workplace discrimination against LGBTIQ teachers in New South Wales is relatively widespread and taking a toll on their psychological wellbeing, according to new research. Of the just-over 1000 LGBTIQ teachers who participated in the study conducted by Western Sydney University and the NSW Teachers Federation trade union, 42 per cent of them reported experiences of …
