Nashville Students Score a Unanimous Win
In yesterday's report of our visit to the 2008 ACLU Membership Conference, we mentioned a fellow speaker by the name of Evie Farnsworth who has been working with a group called Support Student Safety.
Their mission: To convince the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the public school anti-discrimination policy.
At yesterday's meeting, the Metro Nashville BOE voted to approve Support Student Safety's recommendation.
But wait! There's more!
All nine members of the Metro Nashville BOE also voted to ratify the 2008-2009 employment contract, which includes, for the first time, protection of employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Go Nashville! Great job, Evie, Support Student Safety and the Tennessee Equality Project.
More details here: Metro BOE updates policy to protect GLBT people
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