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SIECUS - Articles http://www.siecus.org/ Articles from SIECUS Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 en Mississippi High School Cancels Prom to Avoid Attendance of Gay Student http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1892 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1892 Abortion Referral from a Seattle School-Based Health Center Upsets Mother http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1890 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1890 School District Moves to End Dictionary Ban http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1891 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1891 Milwaukee Public Schools Approve Plan to Make Condoms Available in Some High Schools http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1885 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1885 Voters Keep Contraception Policy in Place at Revere High http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1884 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1884 Facing the Appeal of a Lawsuit and Vocal Objections, Alameda Schools Water Down Lesson Plans on Bullying and Sexual Orientation http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1830 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1830 School Board in Michigan Retracts its Decision to Remove Gay History Month Display http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1829 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1829 Female Student Denied a Place in Yearbook for Donning a Tuxedo in Senior Photo http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1827 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1827 Father’s Complaint over Book Leads to Temporary Removal from School Library in Virginia http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1826 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1826 Florida School District Votes to Include Information about Contraception in Sexuality Education Policy http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1825 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1825 Oregon School District Addresses Concerns about “Explicit Nature” of Sexuality Education Curriculum http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1763 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1763 Teen Pregnancy Statistics Prompt School Board Official to Consider On-Site Comprehensive Health Care http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1765 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1765 Students File Lawsuit Over Anti-Gay Harassment and Win Access to a GSA http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1759 Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1759 Parent Outcry Leads to Adoption of Sex Ed Curriculum http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1758 Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1758 Tennessee Schools Sued over Censored LGBT Websites http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1754 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1754 New Contraceptive Services Stir Debate at High School http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1741 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1741 Parents Prevail as School Board Moves Toward More Comprehensive Curriculum http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1740 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1740 OK Teacher Forced to Resign Over The Laramie Project http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1728 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1728 Court Rules GSA is Allowed to Meet Despite School Board’s Objections http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1652 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1652 Anti-Choice Group Pressures District to Change Sex Education http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1651 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1651 Portland Community Saves their Sex Ed http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1583 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1583 Unexpected Resistance to Students Forming GSA Club http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1584 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1584 High School with Pregnancy Spike Unanimously Votes on Contraception Availability http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1571 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1571 Pledge Cards to Promote a Safer School Banned from Elementary Students http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1572 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1572 Christian Students Cry “Censorship” After Libraries Reject Anti-Gay Books http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1488 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1488 School Board Suspends Sex Education Program After Speaker Answers Question about Oral Sex http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1491 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1491 Plan for School-based Health Clinic Offering Reproductive Health Services Derailed http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1489 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1489 Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program Suspended After Complaint from a Parent http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1490 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1490 Seventeen Pregnancies in Massachusetts High School Draw National Media Attention http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1176 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1176 South Carolina High School Principal Resigns Over Gay-Straight Alliance http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1171 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1171 Local Pastor Protests Day of Silence http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1135 Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1135 District Considers Policy to Prohibit Gay Harassment in Schools http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1132 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1132 Middle School Students Need Sex Education Now, District Says http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1133 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1133 Sex Education Programs Strengthen Consent and Review Processes http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1084 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1084 Parents Demand Sex Education That Engenders “Healthy, Responsible Life Decisions” http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1085 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1085 Investigation Probes Abstinence-Only Infiltration in California Public Schools http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1080 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1080 Students Demand Redress of Gay-Lesbian Discrimination at High School http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1081 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1081 Students Suspended for Protesting District’s Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Policy http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1082 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1082 Opponents Claim Teen Prevention Education Program Endangers Minors, Threaten Lawsuit http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1083 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1083 Board Backs Birth Control Component of Biology Class http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1077 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1077 Abstinence-only Education is Failing Us, Students and Public Officials Say http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1078 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1078 District Opinions Divided on Future of Sex Education, Fear Loss of Local Control http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1079 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1079 Proposed Changes to Sexuality Education Stirs Discussion in Nation's Capital http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1026 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1026 County Health Officials Push for Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Schools http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1048 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1048 Students Fight for Sex-Ed in the City http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1049 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1049 Students, Author Protest Book Banning http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1050 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1050 Task Force Recommends Contraceptive Access in Denver High Schools http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1051 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1051 Debate Over Gay-Straight Alliance Heats Up http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1052 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1052 Students Pulled From College Health Class Over Discussion of Safe Sex http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1053 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1053 District Abruptly Halts Student Access to Condoms in High School http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1054 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1054 Gay-Straight Alliance Permitted in Effort to Preserve Other Extracurricular Activities http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1055 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1055 Community Objects to Mention of Oral Sex with Middle Schoolers http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1056 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1056 School District Votes to Ban Video Showing Diverse Families http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1057 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1057 Parents Push for More Health, Less Dogma http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1059 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1059 “We Want to be Kept Out of the Headlines” http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1060 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1060 Proposal to Make Education More Inclusive Passed http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1061 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1061 Trying for Traction in Virginia http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1062 Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1062 Student-Created Education Program Dismissed by Superintendent http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1063 Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1063 New AIDS Education Garners the Support of Many, the Anger of Few http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1064 Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1064 Day of Silence Participants Face Homophobic, Racist Graffiti http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1065 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1065 School Considers Revising Sexuality Education Program http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1066 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1066 Parents, Health Researchers Urge School Board to Adopt Comprehensive Curriculum http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1067 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1067 Parents Accuse High School of Promoting Homosexuality, Pushing Political Agenda http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1068 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1068 FBI, State Deem Books Legal after Obscenity Complaints http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1069 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1069 Students' Use of Word 'Vagina' Sparks Controversy http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1070 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1070 Citizens' Group, Churches Object to Abstinence Educator's Tactics http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1071 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1071 Federal Court Upholds School's Right to Teach about Homosexuality http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1072 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1072 Comprehensive Sexuality Education Comes to Colorado http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1073 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1073 New Mexico School Board Debates Sexuality Education Policy, Implements Comprehensive Curriculum http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1074 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1074 Parents Object to Screening of Tape on Family Diversity in Public Elementary School http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1075 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1075 Substitute Teacher Charged with Endangering Minors, Faces 40 Years in Prison http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1076 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Community Action Updates http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureID=1076