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Facebook Fights Cyberbullying
Today Facebook launched a new button to report cyberbullying. The first change is specifically for 13- and 14-year-olds (you have to be at least 13 to sign up for a Facebook account). If a boy in that age range wants to report a mean or threatening post or image a schoolmate has put on Facebook, he can click “This post …
Read More »NY’s Anti-Bullying Law Now In Effect
As of today, New York’s landmark anti-bullying ordinance is now state law. And as with so many LGBT rights issues in New York, heavy credit goes to Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, the chief sponsor of the bill. Via press release: “As parents, educators, and former students ourselves, New Yorkers are all well aware of the great harm bullying can cause. I …
Read More »Bus Monitor Bullies Get Suspension
The four seventh grade boys who brutally bullied New York bus monitor Karen Klein have been suspended from school. The school system in the Rochester suburb of Greece says it will suspend the middle school students from their school and from using regular bus transportation for a year for bullying Karen Klein. The students will be transferred to a special …
Read More »Tyler Clementi’s Parents Speak Out
Tyler Clementi’s parents appeared on NBC to speak about their son and their new foundation. (Via Andrew Belonsky)
Read More »Ben Cohen In The New York Times
Check out the NYT’s Style section today for a profile on Ben Cohen. You might also enjoy Father Tony Adams’ interview with Cohen in Pride Magazine, which is online in its entirety.
Read More »Seattle Cops – It Gets Better
Dharun Ravi Released From Jail
Ten days early, Dharun Ravi walked out of a New Jersey jail today after meeting good behavior stipulations of his sentence. Wearing a dark blue shirt and khaki pants and sporting a beard, Ravi, 20, of Plainsboro walked out of the building with defense attorney Steven Altman’s arm around his shoulder, flanked by Altman’s son and fellow attorney Joshua Altman. …
Read More »New York Passes Cyberbullying Act
The Empire State Pride Agenda is thrilled. Via press release: The New York State Senate, under the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and the State Assembly, under the leadership of Speaker Sheldon Silver, and with the tireless advocacy of Senator Steve Saland and Assemblymember Danny O’Donnell, passed legislation that will help protect children from bullying and harassment online. …
Read More »Portland Police: It Gets Better
Early Release For Dharun Ravi
Dharun Ravi is expected to granted an early release from jail this week. Dharun Ravi, 20, will likely be released from the Middlesex County Jail after serving just 20 days of a 30-day sentence, warden Edmond Cicchi said. Ravi used a webcam to stream video of his roommate, Tyler Clementi, kissing another man inside their dorm room in September 2010. …
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Read More »Dharun Ravi To Appeal Conviction
Dharun Ravi’s legal team has filed a notice of their intent to appeal his conviction. The notice lists the proposed issues to be raised on appeal, including that the bias intimidation statute is unconstitutional as applied to Ravi and that several decisions by Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman, who presided over the trial earlier this year, “prejudiced the defendant’s ability …
Read More »FLASHBACK: Romney Blocked Bullying Guide For Usage Of “Trans” And “Bisexual”
The Boston Globe reports today that in 2006 then Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney blocked a state anti-bullying guide because it included the words “transgender” and “bisexual.” Romney aides said publicly at the time that publication of the guide had been delayed because it was a lengthy document that required further review. But an e-mail authored in May of that year …
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NEA Hosts Netroots Anti-Bullying Panel
Lots of teachers are in the audience.
Read More »Ontario Passes Anti-Bullying Bill
Over the screams of the Catholic Church, today the Ontario provincial legislature passed Bill 13, the anti-bullying ordinance that orders all schools to allow gay-straight clubs. Bill 13 was launched after the suicide of a 14 year-old gay boy, whose own father opposed the bill. Catholic schools and parents will soon come to accept the provisions of the government’s anti-bullying …
Read More »ONTARIO: Father Of Bullied Dead Child Denounces Plan For Gay-Straight Clubs
The father of the boy whose suicide prompted Ontario’s pending anti-bullying bill says that had his son belonged to a Gay-Straight Alliance, he would have been an even greater target. The father’s words are now being heralded by anti-gay groups as evidence that schools should not allow such clubs. From the anti-gay LifeSiteNews: “From what I read of studies of …
Read More »Tyler’s Parents Reject Ravi’s Apology
Calling it nothing more than a PR stunt, the parents of Tyler Clementi have refused to accept the apology offered Wednesday by Dharun Ravi. In their first public comments on the sentencing, the Clementis issued a statement in which they rejected Mr. Ravi’s apology as insincere. “As to the so-called ‘apology,’ it was, of course, no apology at all, but …
Read More »ONTARIO: Provincial Government Orders All Schools To Allow Gay-Straight Clubs
Over the horrified screams of Catholic groups, the Ontario government is ordering all schools to allow gay-straight alliance clubs. Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten said there would be no compromises. “Schools need to be safe places for kids to be themselves — and for some kids, that means being able to name a club a gay-straight alliance,” Ms. Broten said. …
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