Oct 22, 2007Quickie Link: Lambda Legal Protests Violation of Student's Privacy
By vanrozenheim
(USA) - One of the leading US legal advocacy groups for the LGBT community issued a statement Thursday urging the Ithaca City School District to cease a challenge of New York's Human Rights Law. Lambda Legal called the district's challenge of the law “unconscionable” and said a district victory would cripple LGBT students' abilities to find protection in the face of discrimination from a public school district. LGBT students are at particular risk if the district defeats the human rights law because the alternative avenues suggested by the district for discrimination complaints do not explicitly and effectively protect LGBT students, stated a letter Lambda Legal sent to board members Thursday.
