Harassment of gay student
ACLU Reaches Agreement With School District To Combat Bias After Queer woman Student Is Harassed By Teachers
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VALLEJO, CA – The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Vallejo City Unified University District on behalf of a high school student who faced anti-gay harassment and discrimination from teachers and school staff and was required to participate in a school-sponsored “counseling” group engineered to discourage students from creature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans. The settlement is designed to combat harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity at all the district’s schools, and includes district-wide anti-harassment training for students and staff.
“All I ever wanted was to be able to go to school and just be myself. But I couldn’t do that when the people I was supposed to be learning from were judging me and telling me something was wrong with me. How was I supposed to learn when I was constantly scared?” said Hamilton, a high school student
Democrats in the Senate and the Home introduced a bill addressing bullying and harassment of LGBTQ college students on the 11th anniversary of Tyler Clementi's death.
Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, along with Representative Mark Pocan, also of Wisconsin, presented the legislation which would necessitate colleges and universities that receive federal funding to proceed policies dedicated to ending harassment and bullying of minority identities like sexual orientation and gender.
If passed, the Tyler Clementi Higher Awareness Anti-Harassment Act would require higher knowledge institutions to set up policies that prohibit harassment of enrolled students by classmates, faculty and staff based on race, color, national beginning, disability, and religion, as well as sexual orientation and gender identity, according to the Human Rights Campaign. The bill would classify cyberbullying as harassment, too.
Competitive grants will also be offered to schools as incentives for developing anti-bullying programs, providing counseling services or training through
Lawsuit: Male Student Accused of Sexual Harassment for Rejecting Gay Advances Commits Suicide After Title IX Verdict
"You should consider killing yourself."
That's what Thomas Klocke, a straight male student at the University of Texas at Arlington, allegedly told a gay male classmate after finding out about his sexuality during class on May 19, The classmate filed a Title IX complaint with the university.
The problem? Klocke denied ever having made such a comment. In his version of the story, the classmate came on to him during class, calling him beautiful. Klocke felt uncomfortable, told the classmate he was vertical, and moved to a different seat after the classmate wouldn't stop looking at him.
The classmate might have been worried Klocke would accuse him of sexual harassment, Klocke later guessed, because he immediately filed his own sexual harassment complaint against Klocke. The accuser told university officials that Klocke had called him a "faggot" and threatened to eliminate him.
Klocke maintained that he did no such thing, but the university sided with the accuser.
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Sexual Harassment: It&#;s Not Academic
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U. S. Department of Education
Margaret Spellings
Secretary
Office for Civil Rights
Stephanie Monroe
Assistant Secretary
Revised September
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: Defining Sexual Harassment
What is sexual harassment?
What are some examples of sexual conduct?
Is all physical contact sexual in nature?
What if the sexual actions is criminal in nature?
Must the sexual conduct be unwelcome?
When does sexual deeds "deny or limit a student's ability to
participate in or benefit from a school's education program?"
Can new school children engage in sexual harassment?
Are gay and lesbian students protected from sexual harassment?
Part Two: Responding to Sexual Harassment
How should a school respond when it receives information about
alleged sexual harassment?
What if the victim requests confidentiality or asks that the
complaint not be pursued?
Does a academy have to do anything about sexual harassment if a
particular incident i