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Title: Panel drops LGBTs from Ohio bully bill
Post by: Felix on January 15, 2012, 12:21:05 AM
Post by: Felix on January 15, 2012, 12:21:05 AM
Gay People's Chronicle
Anthony Glassman
http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories12/january/0113121.htm (http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories12/january/0113121.htm)
Columbus--Just a few weeks after Equality Ohio sent an e‑mail to members and supporters expressing optimism for the coming year, the Ohio Senate Education Committee put forward only two-thirds of the anti-bully bill introduced by Rep. Nickie Antonio in the state House of Representatives.
The bill, which passed the committee unanimously, requires that school districts provide comprehensive anti-bullying training and provisions to protect students against "cyber-bullying."
But the part of the bill which enumerated categories upon which protections can be based--including sexual orientation and gender identity--was removed.
Anthony Glassman
http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories12/january/0113121.htm (http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories12/january/0113121.htm)
Columbus--Just a few weeks after Equality Ohio sent an e‑mail to members and supporters expressing optimism for the coming year, the Ohio Senate Education Committee put forward only two-thirds of the anti-bully bill introduced by Rep. Nickie Antonio in the state House of Representatives.
The bill, which passed the committee unanimously, requires that school districts provide comprehensive anti-bullying training and provisions to protect students against "cyber-bullying."
But the part of the bill which enumerated categories upon which protections can be based--including sexual orientation and gender identity--was removed.