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:Eric Ethington (Author) | October 11, 2011
Once again it’s National Coming Out Day! And as always, I find myself thinking of all the teens out there who are going through what I did. To mark this day, I hope you’ll join with me in giving someone hope. Watch the video below. So many of us went through real horrors in our [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 15, 2011
California – Openly gay State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano is proposing a new anti-bullying law design to reduce bullying of LGBT teens. He’s naming it in honor of Seth Walsh, the 13 year old gay teen who committed suicide last year. Seth Walsh was one of the many teen suicides we reported on last year, his [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 14, 2011
Menifee, California – Paloma Valley High School is becoming known as a hotspot for anti-gay bullying. The latest report tells of a teacher who wrote an “S” on the hand of a straight student who supports LGBT rights and referred to her as a “Sinner” for the rest of class. The ACLU has made several [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 10, 2011
Washington DC – The “Safe Schools Improvement Act” has been reintroduced into the US Senate after it was defeated last year. The bill would require all schools which receive federal funding to have anti-LGBT bullying policies and procedures in place. Check out who the cosponsors are below. For years now, all credible research institutes have [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 3, 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah – In what is becoming a long line of seemingly last-ditch efforts to try to keep the money train flowing, extremist Paul Mero and The Sutherland Institute are now trying to convince everyone that the cause of school bullying of LGBT kids are the gay activists themselves. Right…. So try and [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 2, 2011
Kentucky – Republican Representative Mike Harmon has just amended a bill which would have prohibited bullying in schools based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The amendment states that kids who bully for religious reasons are exempt, as long as they aren’t violent. Utterly pitiful, hopefully Kentucky will reject this ridiculous argument as easily as [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 1, 2011
Utah – Rabid extremist Chuck Colson has just released a video condemning GSA’s (Gay Straight Alliances) in Utah, saying that they are indoctrinating kids to rape others just like in prison. Watch it below According to lunatic Colson, providing safe places for LGBT kids where they can be free of harassment from bullies is somehow [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | March 1, 2011
Minnesota – LGBT activists packed the Anoka-Hennepin school district board meeting last night to protest the board’s “neutral policy” on LGBT bullying and education. Over 24 people spoke out against a school board which has seen 9 student suicides in the past few years and done nothing. The Anoka-Hennepin school board has come under a lot [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 22, 2011
Kentucky – House Bill 370, which adds sexual orientation to the state anti-bullying law, passed the House Education Committee by a landslide this afternoon. Dozens of young LGBT students testified at the committee hearing, and the bill’s sponsor says they made all the difference. HB 370, sponsored by State Representative Mary Lou Marzian (D, Louisville), [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | February 4, 2011
In honor of the 100th Day Of School, PRIDEinUtah is pleased to announce the 1st annual Weekend Anti-Bullying Video Contest! Create your own 30 sec video on anti-bullying video and submit it to us by Monday at 10am Mountain Time. Winner gets $50! I know it’s not a huge prize, but the video is worth [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.