Bigoted Parents Make Another Run at Transgender Teacher Lily McBeth
This is turning into one of those stories that simply will not die. Once again the bigoted parents in the Eagleswood School District banded together to attempt to remove substitute teacher Lily McBeth from her job. McBeth, who took a year off to transition from a man to a woman, was reinstated in her position [...]
School Board Opts to Keep Transgender Teacher
In a follow up to an earlier story, the Eagleswood school board refused to fire substitute teacher Lily B. McBeth last night. The controversy surrounding McBeth started after she took a leave of absence from her position as a substitute teacher to transition from a man to a woman. When the transition was complete McBeth [...]
New Jersey Bigot Wants Transgendered Substitute Fired
Some religious fundie is at it again with their "I’m not bigoted, it’s just my religion" bullshit in New Jersey. In the same county where a dying Laurel Hester waged her war against five heartless Republicans to leave her benefits to her partner, Eagleswood School District is having a nasty little fight of its own [...]
New Jersey Gay Rights Figure Laurel Hester Dies
Laurel Hester, the lesbian cop in New Jersey who was at the center of a horrendous fight against five heartless Republicans, died yesterday at the age of forty-nine. Hester was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer last year and began a fight that lasted months to secure transfer of her benefits to her wife, Stacie Andree. [...]
An Ever So Slightly Suspicious Firing
Dr. Juanita Kurton has over thirty-five years teaching experience, carries two Masters degrees and a PhD in special education. She has support from colleagues and parents. She put in the requisite three years at Marion E. McKeown School in New Jersey’s Hampton School District. Dr. Kurton however was denied tenure and even worse she was [...]
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