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14 May 2013
US: After allowing gay-straight alliance, school board may once again move to ban it 8 The School Board at a middle school in Florida which temporarily allowed a gay-straight alliance club after it was threatened with legal action, may be attempting to make moves to ban the club once more.
2 May 2013
US: Human rights group to take on case of bisexual girl barred from starting gay-straight alliance 3 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has said it will take on the case of a 14-year-old student in the US, who was banned from starting a Gay-Straight Alliance club at her middle school.
3 April 2013
Canada: Teen granted permission to put up gay-straight alliance posters 4 A Canadian teenager in Manitoba who previously voiced his support for a bill to allow gay-straight alliances in his school district has won the right to put up posters for the club at his school.
3 April 2013
Canada: Teen may change minds of school which declined to allow gay-straight alliance posters 7 A Canadian teenager who previously voiced his support for a bill to allow gay-straight alliances in his school district, said he was hopeful after a meeting with school administrators that he might be granted permission for the club after all.
18 March 2013
Canada: Teenager stands up for gay-straight alliances 7 A student in Canada has pushed to set up a GSA following his Province's consideration of a bill supporting them in all schools, which is currently facing a growing backlash from faith groups.
16 March 2013
Canada: Gay-straight alliance bill is as disrespectful as a ‘right to eat pork’ Jewish student group, say religious opponents 32 A bill requiring all schools to allow gay-straight alliances in Canada's Manitoba province has come under fire from religious groups, who say it might as well require Jewish students to advocate for the right eat pork.
13 March 2013
US: Human rights group threatens legal action over school which banned gay-straight alliance 4 US human rights group the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has threatened to sue a Pennsylvania school board which banned students from forming a gay-straight alliance.
12 March 2013
US: School board to decide whether to allow gay-straight alliance, or cancel all clubs 8 A School Board in the US is meeting on Monday evening in order to decide whether to allow a gay-straight alliance club on campus, or instead, whether to ban all clubs.
11 January 2013
Serbia: Court makes landmark ruling against homophobic discrimination 8 A court in a city in northern Serbia set a legal precedent when it fined a man for discriminating against a work colleague because he was gay.
10 October 2012
US teen commits suicide following bullying claims 20 A school in East Hampton, the eastern tip of Long Island, is in the spotlight following the death of a teenager who it’s feared could have been the victim of anti-gay bullying.
25 September 2012
US: High School student starts gay-straight alliance 2 A 15-year-old from Columbus, Indiana, has started her high school's first gay-straight alliance, after seeing her gay friends being bullied for years.
23 August 2012
Gay-Straight Alliance sue California school over sex abstinence drive 5 A united group of parents, doctors and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network are suing the Clovis Unified School District in California over a sex education drive championing abstinence until marriage.
2 December 2011
Video: US student, 16, confronts Bachmann on marriage rights 69 Michele Bachmann tells the 16-year-old student gays have the same rights to marry as straight people: "They can get married: they can marry a man if they're a woman."
15 November 2011
US study: Links between Gay-Straight Alliances and better mental health 22 Authors say LGBT students have spent more time in education and enjoy better mental health if they have participated in such a group.
2 November 2011
Serbian MP convicted for saying Pride would promote gay “illness” 24 Dragan Markovic, the leader of United Serbia, made the comments ahead of Belgrade Pride 2011, which had to be cancelled due to security fears.
5 October 2011
Tennessee student says principal assaulted him for wearing gay rights t-shirt 20 A Tennessee student claims his principal assaulted him for wearing a t-shirt in support of a school gay-straight alliance.
10 June 2011
Canadian Catholic school bans rainbows 86 A Canadian Catholic school has banned pupils from using rainbows, the symbol of the gay pride movement.
28 April 2011
New Mexico school bans all clubs after gay-straight alliance forms 49 A school board in New Mexico has voted to ban all school clubs after a gay-straight alliance applied for recognition.
28 March 2011
Northern Ireland school is first to form gay-straight alliance 25 A school in Northern Ireland is the first in the country to form a student gay-straight alliance.
3 March 2011
Texas school bans all clubs to prevent gay-straight alliance being formed 29 A school in Texas has banned all extra-curricular clubs in a move to deny a student's request to form a Gay-Straight Alliance that would bring together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight students.

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