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Between The Lines is supported by many fine advertisers, Todd A. Heywood but we cannot accept responsibility for claims made by our advertisers, nor can we accept responsibility for materials provided by Jason Michael advertisers or their agents. AJ Trager, [email protected] Copyright 2016 Pride Source Media Group www.PrideSource.com October 27, 2016 | BTL 3 NEWS Artists Mr. Brainwash and Nats Getty Judge Won’t Delay Order Backing collaborated to help create the mural which Ohio Transgender Student features hearts painted in colors from the rainbow flag. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A federal The artists said they’re leaving the judge has rejected an Ohio school district’s background of the mural white to encourage request to put a ruling involving transgender people to write their own messages and bathrooms on hold during an appeal. tributes on it. Judge Algenon Marbley ordered Highland Another canvass displayed bears the slogan local schools in Morrow County last month for the memorial: “I am. We are. Let’s be.” to treat an 11-year-old student who is The June 12 massacre left 49 people dead biologically male but identifies as female “as and is the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. the girl she is.” history. Gunman Omar Mateen was killed by That includes calling the student by a SWAT team members. female name and female pronouns and giving the student access to the girls’ restroom. Highland wants to block enforcement of Buyers Drop Boycott Talk Ahead a federal directive that public schools let students use bathrooms and locker rooms of Massive Furniture Market matching their gender identities. HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) – About The school district asked Marbley to delay 75,000 wholesale furniture buyers and sellers his order while the district appealed. from around the world are headed to North Marbley turned that request down Oct. Carolina, this time without the ferment over 20, saying the girl’s sex discrimination and a state law that denies anti-discrimination equal protection claims would likely succeed protection to LGBT people that marked the on appeal. last meeting six months ago. The twice-a-year furniture market opens Saturday in the traditional furniture city of 2 Men Face Charges in Explosion High Point for its five-day run. of LGBT Newspaper Box The High Point Market Authority staging the event, furniture retailers and manufacturers SALEM, Mass. (AP) – Two men from New say there’s no longer much talk of boycotts. Hampshire will be charged in the explosion The April market was preceded by calls to of a news box for an LGBT newspaper in boycott the event responsible for an estimated Massachusetts. $5 billion a year in economic activity in North The Salem News reports that 23-year-old Carolina. John Richard of Holliston, New Hampshire, The spring market saw about 1,000 fewer and 20-year-old Lawrence Gilman of Milford, registered attendees from the previous year New Hampshire, were summoned to Salem after last year’s spring event attendance rose District Court on Oct. 21 facing charges 2.5 percent. related to property damage and placing an incendiary device. The two are not being charged with a hate Suit Alleging Catholic School Gay crime in the Aug. 23 explosion that destroyed a Salem news box for the Rainbow Times, Marriage Bias Will Proceed which markets to the lesbian, gay, bisexual HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) – A judge has and transgender community. Police say they rejected a Roman Catholic school’s request don’t believe the men targeted the box because that she reconsider dismissing a lawsuit filed of any bias. by a former employee who claims she was The newspaper’s publisher issued a fired because she’s married to a woman. statement thanking police and saying the The Record reports the ruling made by newspaper and LGBT community are stronger Superior Court Judge Lisa Perez Friscia was than ever. made public on Oct. 21. Friscia initially rejected Paramus Catholic High School’s request to dismiss Kate Pulse Nightclub Gates Open for Drumgoole’s lawsuit in a ruling issued in late Unveiling of New Memorial August. Drumgoole claims the school violated state discrimination laws by firing her as dean ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The gates of guidance and head coach of the basketball surrounding Pulse nightclub in Orlando, team after learning she married a woman. Florida, have been open for the first time since The school has said Drumgoole was fired the deadly June attack for the unveiling of a because she’s in a same-sex marriage. Their new memorial. attorney argues that it’s lawful for churches Multiple news outlets report that hundreds to require that employees subscribe to their of people gathered Oct. 20 as artists revealed tenets. the new mural at an event held behind the commemorative fence around the club. 4 BTL | October 27, 2016 www.PrideSource.com FOR Share this resource! www.MiVoterGuide.com Mobile & Desktop Ready Use it when you VOTE Nov. 8 www.PrideSource.com October 27, 2016 | BTL 5 NEWS Conversation On Bullying Empowers Students and Parents BY KATE OPALEWSKI Since the State Board of Education NOVI – More than 200 teachers, approved a set of guidelines administrators, counselors, parents, and community members gathered Oct. 17 at the designed to protect LGBTQ First Annual “Defeat the Label Community students, conservative lawmakers Conversation on Bullying” at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. in particular have been critical. The conversation was moderated by Kevin Epling – father of Matt Epling, for which correlate the two, then go and ask a lot of Michigan’s Safe School Law is named. A questions.” series of panelists took part in a TED-style talk ACLU LGBT Staff Attorney Jay Kaplan to share how bullying affects their sectors and points to the Patterson v. Hudson Area Schools what attendees should know. federal lawsuit filed against a Michigan school “Addressing bullying is a huge issue that district where disciplinary procedures to comprises many disciplines,” said Jamie address the bullying of a student suspected of Greene, executive director for Defeat the being gay were ineffectual. Label. The key messages delivered at the event “With or without an anti-bullying policy, show that students and parents want to feel a school district can be found liable for its empowered and that they have the ability to failure to address incidents of bullying if it was make a change in their schools and community. deliberately indifferent to the complaints of “For parents, it’s about knowing what the student,” he said. “Deliberate indifference the schools plans are,” Greene said. “When would include even if the school actually took something happens, what are the steps that the steps to address the bullying, but such steps school district has in place? Do they go to the were ineffectual and the district continued to counselor first or the teacher? And what should Kevin Epling – father of Matt Epling, for which Michigan’s Safe School Law is named moderated a series of panelists took part in a TED-style talk to share how bullying affects their sectors and what attendees should know.
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