Texas high school senior Trevor Wilkinson was placed on in-school suspension (ISS) on November 30 after he showed up to school wearing nail polish. Nail polish, it turns out, violates his school’s…
Music Video: Matt Zarley & Jeb Havens Honor Class Of 2020 ‘Stronger’
Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer Matt Zarley teams up with critically acclaimed indie artist Jeb Havens to honor the educators and students of the class of 2020 with a reimagined rendition of the Kelly Clarkson…
Reddit: ‘High School Bullies Apologized To Me And I Told Them To F*ck Off’
A thread on the AskGayBros Reddit raises some questions about being bullied in school and how to respond to an apology years later. One Reddit user posted, “My former high school bullies…
High School Football Season Canceled After Allegations Of Locker Room Assault
A California high school has canceled the remainder of its football season amid allegations of sexual battery between players in a locker room altercation after a practice last week. Gilroy High School…
Mississippi High School Bans Same-Sex Dates At Prom
Students at a Mississippi high school were given required attendance paperwork in order to attend prom that included language that clearly banned same-sex dates. Via Yahoo News: Students at Tremont Attendance Center…
High School Officials Break Into Bathroom Stall Being Used By Transgender Student
(screen capture) A video posted to social media appears to show school officials breaking into a bathroom stall as a transgender high school student is using the bathroom. According to The Daily…
Wisconsin High School Students Throw Full-On ‘Sig Heil’ In Prom Photo
(Click image to enlarge) Folks are kind of flummoxed by a photo taken at the junior prom of Wisconsin’s Baraboo High School showing the class’s male students doing a ‘sig heil.’ Law…
Progress For Schools Becoming More LGBTQ Inclusive Is Slowing
GSA bus in Pride parade (image via Flickr/jglsongs – CC License) According to the 2017 National School Climate Survey from GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network), progress in making schools more…
Dating Out Athletes Celebrate Final High School Dance Together
Hunter Sigmund (L) and Jake Bain (R) in their requisite senior prom pic For the students dancing the night away at St. Louis’ John Burroughs High School senior prom, openly gay couple…
SNL: Theater Nerds Get Down At The “Crucible Cast Party”
Ok, I can post this in full disclosure that not only did I know these folks when I was in high school, I WAS this crowd. Saturday Night Live sends up the…
Toronto: LGBTQ Posters Cool Transformation When Photographed With Flash
This is pretty cool. God knows the younger crowd likes tech-y, new things. Via Adweek: New posters have gone up in Toronto District School Board schools, which include 76,000 middle school and…
Infectious Venezuelam Youth Orchestra Kills It With “Mambo” From West Side Story
A Facebook friend just reminded me of this clip featuring Maestro Gustavo Dudamel conducting West Side Story’s “Mambo” with the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra Simón Bolívar, the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble, plus Alexis Cárdenas…
South Carolina High School Officer Fired For Violating Proper Procedures
Sheriff Leon Lott is currently giving a press conference egarding the South Carolina deputy who flipped a female high school student’s desk over then dragged/threw her across the room. Sounds like he…
High School Days
#highschooldays 😈A photo posted by Chloe Lattanzi (@chloelattanzi) on Oct 23, 2015 at 4:21pm PDT
High School Senior Barred From Bringing Male Date To Homecoming Suspended For Unwanted Publicity
Last week, I reported on the news that Lance Sanderson, a student at Christian Brothers High School, was forbidden from bringing a male date to this year’s Homecoming Dance. Today, he was…
Short Film: “The Text” (“El SMS”)
Coca-Cola’s True Friendship campaign, which shows teens how not to be cruel at “crossroads moments,” teamed up with Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black on this short film about two teen besties and “that”…