elementary school

Openly gay teacher Seth Stambaugh teacher was removed from an Oregon Elementary School following a complaint by a parent. But 22 parents of students at the school wrote letters in support of Stambaugh, calling on the district to reinstate the student teacher, whom they said had "positive rapport" with his students. The incident is based on a conversation Stambaugh had with a student about his marital status in which he stated it would be illegal for him to marry because he would choose to marry a man. On Sept.

An Australian teacher asked students to stop using the word "gay" when singing a classic children's song, but stated no homophobia was intended. The instructor said he was playing a song about Kookaburra birds for 7- and 8-year-old students when the line gay your life must be produced giggles.

A San Diego-area sixth-grader's report on Harvey Milk was not welcomed by the school's principal, the L.A. Times reports:

Ethan McNAmee, a third-grader at Montclair Elementary School in Denver, organized a rally for marriage equality and delivered a speech at the Colorado State Capitol on Saturday:

An overflow crowd packed a recent Alameda [CA] Unified School Board meeting to voice its opinion on a proposed GLBT curriculum for K-5 students.

The district says teachers asked for the curriculum to help prevent bullying; and supporters say it's time to end hate speech.

NBCBayArea.com reports: "The proposed curriculum includes the book 'Who's In a Family' and vocabulary that includes gay, lesbian, and LGBT."

Powerblogger - lezgetreal - exposes just one troubling incident involving Anna Barraza, an elementary school principal in the L.A. area who's actions [and inaction] have created a loud chorus of negative discourse.

One parenting group has organized to get their message out. On its website, the Concerned Dolores Community exclaims: "Principal Anna Barraza is destroying the core fibers of this great educational institution."