Settlement Reached in Harassment of Gay Student
The ACLU-WA and Kent School District in November reached an out-of-court settlement in the lawsuit filed by former student Mark Iversen. Iversen filed suit against the school district in 1997, alleging...
View ArticlePuyallup Student Receives Scholarship for Work against Discrimination
Damian Ball, a senior at Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, has been selected to receive a Youth Activist Scholarship Award in recognition of his work for civil liberties. The $4,000 college...
View ArticleGay-Straight Alliance Gains Recognition at Federal Way High School
The Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) has the same free speech rights as other student clubs at Federal Way High School, thanks to action by the ACLU. In March school officials notified the GSA that a...
View ArticleACLU Tells High Schools They Must Give Equal Rights to Gay-Straight Alliance...
Responding to problems faced by students in several schools, the American Civil Liberties Union is advising school officials statewide that their existing rules for student-organized clubs may...
View ArticleYakima Student Receives ACLU Scholarship
Trevor Gilmore, a senior at A.C. Davis High School in Yakima, has been selected to receive one of ten National ACLU Youth Activist Scholarship Awards. For his work in starting the first Gay-Straight...
View ArticleACLU Provides Legal Help to Gay-Straight Alliances
All Walter Schlect and his friends wanted was to start a new student club to address prejudice on campus.But the Associated Student Body at West Valley High School would not consider their application....
View ArticleGay and lesbian teens are punished more at school and by police
LGBT teenagers are more likely than their peers to be punished by schools, police and the courts, according to a recent Washington Post article...
View ArticleACLU-WA Opposes Inadequate Rules for Protecting Students Against Discrimination
January 26, 2011By Facsimile and e-mailYvonne RyansDirector of Equity and Civil RightsOffice of Superintendent of Public InstructionPost Office Box 47200Olympia, WA 98504-7200Re: ACLU-WA Written...
View ArticleState and Federal Lawmakers Keep Spotlight on Bullying
President Obama recently raised public awareness of bullying and harassment with the first-ever White House Summit on Bullying Prevention. Obama focused national attention on the effects of bullying...
View ArticleTeens: Is Your School’s Internet Filter Blocking LGBT Sites?
Most high schools use Internet filtering software that blocks content the school district deems to be offensive, obscene or harmful to minors. However, some filters specifically block websites with...
View ArticleGay-Straight Alliance Gains Equal Rights
Recently, three Kennewick High School students formed a gay-straight alliance (GSA), the first among all Kennewick schools. They did so in the face of months-long opposition by some members of the...
View ArticleTux? Corsage? Constitution? Know Prom Night Rights
Do you know a student who is attending prom? For many young adults, prom is a highlight of the school year. For others, the experience can be marred by a violation of students' constitutional rights....
View ArticleGood News for Gay-Straight Alliances
Some good news from the feds: the U.S. Department of Education has just sent a "dear colleague" letter to school districts in Washington and across the nation reminding them of students' legal right to...
View ArticleSchool Board Restores Clubs’ Access to School Resources!
Students in the Kennewick School District are celebrating today because last night the school board restored access to school resources for noncurricular clubs.In mid-August, the Kennewick School Board...
View ArticleThe ACLU of Washington Goes Purple for LGBT Youth
Today is Spirit Day when people across the country wear purple as a sign of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth and to speak out against bullying. Going purple is one way...
View ArticleDickerson v. Aberdeen
Body: In December 2010, ACLU-WA directly represented the family of a teenager who suffered years of harassment in his school district. Russell Dickerson III was one of the few African-American students...
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