Merideth Baxter comes out on the Today show.

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The MSSC, Unity Mississippi, and many more partner organizations, want to call attention to a proposed anti-bullying policy that Jackson Public Schools is seeking public comment.

Knol Aust (Unity Mississippi) and Brent Cox (Mississippi ACLU) spoke with Fox 40 about the new Hate Crimes Law signed into law by President Obama on October 28, 2009.

A Wesson student is fighting back after being excluded from her high school yearbook for wearing men’s clothing in her class photo. While the ACLU seeks to handle the legal aspects, our community can show our support by contacting Copiah County Schools Superintendent Rickey Clopton and CC Ronald Greet, the principal of Wesson Attendance Center. Get involved and show this Mississippi teen that we support her!

The Senate passed groundbreaking legislation Thursday that would make it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced plans to establish the first national resource center to assist communities across the country in their efforts to provide services and supports for older LGBT individuals.

The Copiah County School District is standing behind a decision not to publish Ceara Sturgis’ senior picture in Wesson Attendance Center’s yearbook because she chose to be photographed in a tuxedo instead of the drape reserved for girls.

A Wesson student is fighting back after being excluded from her high school yearbook for wearing men’s clothing in her class photo.

WLBT reports: Ceara Sturgis, a lesbian teen at Wesson Attendance Center’s high school, chose to have her senior class picture taken wearing a tuxedo. The school has informed her that the photo will not be included in the yearbook.

“People tend to believe that racism, on all sides of the color lines, is something that stops at the gates of the LGBT community… It just doesn’t happen that way,” writes actor Doug Spearman in an essay for the Human Rights Campaign’s Equality Forward series.