SAN FRANCISCO -- A report released this week by Gay-Straight Alliance Network examines the effectiveness of different approaches to implementing lessons that are inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) people.

The findings illustrate the critical impact administrator support for LGBTQ-inclusive lessons can have, as well as the need to engage all stakeholders in the school community, from students to state education officials.

FRESNO, Calif. -- Gay-Straight Alliance Network today joined parents and physicians in suing the Clovis Unified School District over its high school abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education.

The lawsuit charges that the district is violating California law and putting teens' health at risk by teaching students misinformation and denying them critical instruction about condoms and contraception. A 2003 law requires that sexual health education in California's public schools be comprehensive, medically accurate, bias-free, and appropriate for students of all sexual orientations.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Nearly 60 California high school students are talking today with state lawmakers and administrators about the harm caused by extreme discipline policies like "zero tolerance" and the need to implement protections for LGBT youth.

The students attending the seventh annual Queer Youth Advocacy Day are LGBT and straight ally youth activists representing Gay-Straight Alliance clubs from towns and cities across state.

SACRAMENTO -- The anti-gay Capitol Resource Institute received approval Tuesday from the State of California to circulate petitions for a referendum on the June 2012 ballot that asks voters to overturn SB 48, the FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful) Education Act, which was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown this month.

The anti-equality group has until mid-October to collect more than 504,000 signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot.