19 states worry about queer kids in public schools

Saturday, April 1, 2006 (SF Chronicle)

CALIFORNIA/
Bills nationwide address gays in schools/
19 states have more or fewer rights for students on agenda

Wyatt Buchanan,
Chronicle Staff Writer


Lawmakers in state capitols across the country are drafting legislation
targeting gay and lesbian youth in public schools.

Gay rights leaders say the legislation results from the fact that
young people are expressing their sexual orientation
at younger and younger ages. [....]

Two bitterly opposed bills working through California's Legislature are
among the most far-reaching gay rights laws ever considered covering
American youth.
A Republican bill seeks to pull the debate in the other
direction by curtailing discussions of homosexuality.

In at least 18 other states, including
Nebraska, Iowa, Kentucky and Wyoming,
a host of bills have been proposed
to expand or limit the rights
of gay and lesbian students.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/04/01/BAGANI1TT51.DTL


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