'Boy or girl?' As even younger kids challenge gender identity, schools try to adjust

 MARTHA IRVINE 

http://www.newser.com/

ezs note:  It's about halfway down, so you might miss it.  One study showed 1 to 1.6 percent of middle to high schoolers were either gender variant or transgender - a sharp increase from the average of the paleolithic times where 1 in 10,000 was considered "normal".

So much for principals calling us "freaks".

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Transgender High School Senior Skips Graduation Over School's Transphobic Policy

SUNNIVIE BRYDUM

http://www.advocate.com/

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School Officials Refuse to Read Transgendered Boy's Name at High School Graduation (VIDEO)
Kiri Blakeley
http://thestir.cafemom.com/

VIEWPOINT: America the senseless - Sarah Toce -http://www.windycitymediagroup.com

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ezs note:  This may seem a bit off-topic, but please take the time to read it.  If you are so moved, go to www.house.gov, enter your ZIP code, and tell your legislator that you are for sensible gun control.  Thank you.

Catholic school won't let group honor gay student (http://www.ksfy.com)

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School board decided to hide; nine students died (www.easternecho.com)

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School board approves surveillance, transgender policies

University law students target school bullying (www.wbaltv.com)

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School filtering gay, transgender sites goes to court (www.cbsnews.com)

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Gay friendly schools: Alliance school (lightbox.time.com)

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Transgender student issue perplexes McIntosh County, Georgia, parents, school officials (jacksonville.com)

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Burnaby parents intensify efforts against school policy (The Vancouver Sun [Canada])

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Law school hosts LGBT-rights conference (Windy City Media Group)

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Family presses school on policy (News-Journal online)

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School ends Kye Allums' season (Outsports)

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Michigan school agrees to gender-neutral prom court (Detroit News)

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SAGES brings safe places to school (New York Daily News)

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Transgender people learn to speak as the person they want to be at NC school (Canadian Press / Google [Canada])

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LGBT students face threat of bullying in schools (KHAS)

School board survey gets mixed reaction (CTV [Canada])

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is standing by a controversial new survey that will ask parents and students a series of personal questions, including ones related to students' sexual orientation.(more above)