First they tried protests of anti-gay bills. Then students put on a play at Louisiana’s Capitol

Op-ed: Legislators should vote against ‘don’t say gay’ bill to ban classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity

This is a guest opinion columnIn my middle school and high school in the 1990s, we talked about LGBTQ people in class. My social studies teacher talked about the AIDS epidemic and its impact on LGBTQ communities when we learned about the Bubonic Plague in our course about the Middle Ages. We had current and graduated students talk about their queer identities on National Coming Out Day. The director of our senior year Shakespeare play introduced…

Ben Franklin H.S. students protest recent anti-LGBTQ bills with a play at State Capitol

A group of students from a New Orleans high school staged a play they developed on the steps of Louisiana's Capitol to protest a series of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

First they tried protests of anti-gay bills. Then students put on a play at Louisiana's Capitol

Ava Kreutziger was in high school English class last year when she heard about the passage of legislation that could affect LGBTQ+ students like her. She excused herself from class to go cry in the bathroom, and found two of her classmates already there in tears.

First they tried protests of anti-gay bills. Then students put on a play at Louisiana’s Capitol

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ava Kreutziger was in high school English class last year when she heard about the passage of legislation that could affect LGBTQ+ students like her. She excused herself from class to go cry in the bathroom, and found two of her classmates already there in tears. Those bills were vetoed, but similar proposals — now with a better shot of passing under a new Republican governor — would regulate students' pronouns, the bathrooms…

First they tried protests of anti-gay bills. Then students put on a play at Louisiana’s Capitol

By SHARON LURYE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ava Kreutziger was in high school English class last year when she heard about the passage of legislation that could affect LGBTQ+ students like her. She excused herself from class to go cry in the bathroom, and found two of her classmates already there in tears. Those bills were vetoed, but similar proposals — now with a better shot of passing under a new Republican governor — would regulate …

First they tried protests of anti-gay bills. Then students put on a play at Louisiana’s Capitol

By SHARON LURYE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ava Kreutziger was in high school English class last year when she heard about the passage of legislation that could affect LGBTQ+ students like her. She excused herself from class to go cry in the bathroom, and found two of her classmates already there in tears. Those bills were vetoed, but similar proposals — now with a better shot of passing under a new Republican governor — would regulate …