Caleb Laieski may be young, tall and lanky, but he’s a fighter. At his Arizona high school, anti-gay bullying was so bad that he had to drop out and complete his education in a GED program. But the intense persecution he suffered had a sort of purifying effect – he channeled the bigotry against him into …
Expression Not Suppression (ENS) is a Fresno-based annual conference for LGBTQ youth and straight allies who are dedicated to creating safer schools and building the GSA movement in the Central Valley. ENS is youth-planned and youth-led. Are you a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning or straight ally youth? Want more tools to make YOUR …
Jamie Nabozny agreed to this interview shortly after testifying to the bullying task force established in Minnesota by Governor Mark Dayton in an executive order . Jamie Nabozny won a Landmark Lawsuit in Federal court which rocked the public education system with the message that no child should be bullied. This does include people who identify …
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The FAIR Education Act: Extending FAIRness in Our Schools The Printise J. Womack Lecture endowment, the Henry Madden Library, and the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature invite everyone to attend a panel discussion on the FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, Respectful) Education Act. The discussion will be held on May 1st from …
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“Mom, you don’t know how it feels to be hated.” That’s the message 14-year-old Kenneth Weishuhn Jr. had for his mother, shortly before he killed himself. The 14 year old had recently come out of the closet and was ostracized by others in his school. A Facebook page was started to persecute him and he …
Good afternoon! It is joy and delight to introduce the inaugural Harvey Milk Hope Award recipient and scholar: MICHELLE HENDERSON SWIFT, Class of 2013. She will receive a $2,000 scholarship in the 2012-13 academic year and will be publically recognized at the Top Dog Alumni Awards Gala on Sept. 28th at the Save Mart Center. …
Gay Central Valley will be tabling at ENS and hosting a workshop… Courtesy GSA Network Expression Not Suppression (ENS) is a free, annual conference in the Fresno area for LGBTQ and straight ally youth (ages 13-21) who are dedicated to creating safer schools and building the GSA movement in the Central Valley. ENS is open to …
Okay…let’s face it…Colin Farrell just gets hotter the older he gets…I could go so much further with why older guys are hotter than younger guys, a tenant I’ve lived by my entire life, even when I was a teenager, but I digress…let’s focus on the message about bullying… Courtesy BelongTo.Org Hollywood actor Colin Farrell has …
THE POWER OF AN ENDOWMENT: Established in 2006, the Bulldog Pride Fund (BPF) has had one simple mission: “To support student scholarships at Fresno State.” Since its inception, the BPF has raised nearly $214,000 for its endowment. This fall, the BPF will provide five scholarships of $2,000 each – $10,000 total – to Fresno State …
