Posts belonging to Category 'lgbt students'
January 27, 2012 | Posted by Denis Dison
The Victory Institute is proud to announce the 2012 spring class of the Victory Congressional Internship, a selective program that seeks to provide outstanding young LGBT leaders with a unique experience on Capitol Hill as well as leadership training programs offered by the Victory Institute.
These four students will spend fourteen weeks interning on Capitol Hill, [...]
Categories: LGBT Leaders, lgbt students, Victory Congressional Internship | 
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July 5, 2011 | Posted by Denis Dison
The California Assembly today gave final approval to a bill sponsored by openly gay State Sen. Mark Leno that will require the state’s public schools to “fairly and accurately portray the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement and the historic contributions of the diverse LGBT community in social science instruction,” according to [...]
Categories: California, LGBT Elected Officials, lgbt students | Tags: accurate account, alliance network, california assembly, california legislature, california youth, civil rights movement, dignity, equality california, final approval, gay state, gay straight alliance, history classes, landmark legislation, laub, lgbt community, lgbt youth, mark leno, science instruction, social science, transgender | No Comments »
July 5, 2011 | Posted by admin
The following post originally appeared on the blog Berekely in the World.
By Jae Henderson
“Gay rights are human rights — and human rights are gay rights,” declared U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She was addressing an audience gathered in the nation’s capital for the awards ceremony of Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies.
Before the [...]
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May 25, 2011 | Posted by Denis Dison
The Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute is proud to announce the inaugural 2011 class of the Victory Congressional Internship, a new program that seeks to provide outstanding young LGBT leaders with a unique summer experience on Capitol Hill and leadership training programs offered by GLLI.
These six students, chosen from among nearly 500 applicants, will spend eight weeks [...]
Categories: lgbt students, Victory Congressional Internship | Tags: advocacy group, campus group, colby college, community service projects, congressional interns, David Cicilline, eagle scout, janae, katherine miller, kirsten gillibrand, leadership institute, leadership training, minority staff, national advisory council, preferred name, purdue university, senate committee, tammy baldwin, uc berkeley, yale university | No Comments »
March 29, 2010 | Posted by Denis
Chris Armstrong, an openly gay junior and former intern at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, has been elected president of the University of Michigan Student Assembly, which represents tens of thousands of students at one of the country’s most prestigious schools.
“I am so humbled by the fact that the student body voted for us. [...]
Categories: Chris Armstrong, lgbt students, Michigan, Uncategorized | Tags: ann arbor city, ann arbor city council, Chris Armstrong, lesbian victory fund, michigan student assembly | No Comments »
March 11, 2010 | Posted by Denis
A Northern Mississippi school district has cancelled its annual prom rather than change a policy that forbids same-sex couples from attending. The ACLU of Mississippi had asked Itawamba County school officials to allow an 18 year-old student, Constance McMillen, to attend with her girlfriend, who is also a student.
According to the Asheville Citizen-Times:
The ACLU said [...]
Categories: lgbt students, Mississippi, Uncategorized | Tags: asheville citizen times, county school officials, mississippi school, northern mississippi, same sex couples | No Comments »
