Community Action Updates
January 2012
| Nevada: College Sexuality Course Under Scrutiny by Local School District |
| The Carson City School District, in Nevada’s capital, has been faced with controversy involving high school student enrollment in dual-credit courses offered by Western Nevada College (WNC). In a course covering human sexuality taught by WNC Communications instructor Tom Ku |
| Pennsylvania: HIV-Positive Youth Denied Admission to Private Residential School |
| By Shannon Ingram, SIECUS Program Research Intern Officials of the Milton Hershey School in Derry Township, PA, say they have denied admission to 13-year-old applicant because of his HIV-positive status. The school argues that it is unable to ensure that the applicant would not have unprotected sexual contact with other students ... |
| Michigan: ‘Gay Apparel’ at Issue in Elementary School Holiday Music Program |
| By Mary Walsh, SIECUS Program Research Intern A music teacher at Cherry Knoll Elementary School in Traverse City, MI, became the focus of attention after altering the lyrics of “Deck the Halls” to remove the word ‘gay.’ During rehearsals for a Christmas concert, students giggled at the lyric “Don we now ... |
| Georgia: Book Ban in Dade County Schools Thanks to ‘Sexual Content’ |
| Dade County School District, a small Georgia district with four public schools, attracted attention for yanking a National Book Award winner from its reading list after facing parental objections over sexual content and profanity. Sherman Alexie’s best-selling young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, had been ... |
| Washington State: Male Teacher’s Capri Pants Trigger Media “Cross-Dressing” Frenzy |
| By Mary Walsh, SIECUS Program Research Intern &nbs |
| Connecticut: Yale “Sex Week” Under Fire |
| By Shannon Ingram, SIECUS Program Research Intern The annual February “Sex Week at Yale”, a campus tradition since 2002, has been banned by university administrators from associating itself with Yale or using campus facilities unless it changes its focus. Officials claim the reason is |
| Wisconsin: Abstinence Bill Moves Closer to Enactment |
| By Mary Walsh, SIECUS Program Research Intern &nbs |
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