By Eric Ruder | June 30, 2023 | News, Press Release
File under: LGBTQ, LGBTQIA+, SCOTUS: Supreme Court of the United States, student debt, Supreme Court
CHICAGO – CTU President Stacy Davis Gates today issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decisions to upend relief for student loan borrowers and roll back rights of the LGBTQIA community: “Today, the Supreme Court’s decisions to block the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan and their move to restrict the rights of the LGBTQIA community represent yet another attack on students, the Black and Brown community and all those seeking to live out their American Dream. Today’s decision comes on the heels of the court’s move yesterday to gut Affirmative Action in higher-education admissions, and it has turned a blind eye to the compounded impact of racism and discrimination on our nation.”
By John Cusick, IFT Legislative Director | January 17, 2020 | News
File under: IFT, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois State Board of Education, ISBE, LGBTQIA+
The Illinois Federation of Teachers task force is advising the Illinois State Board of Education as the Board implements HB246, the LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum Bill. The new law goes into effect for the 2020-2021 school year, so educators and school staff are working...By Michael Brunson, CTU Recording Secretary | December 6, 2018 | News, Resolutions
File under: Donald Trump, Federal Policy, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+, Transgender, US Department of Health and Human Services
The CTU House of Delegates voted to adopt the following resolution at its December 5, 2018 regular meeting.
By Nara Schoenberg - Chicago Tribune | April 20, 2018 | News
File under: Chicago Tribune, LGBTQIA+
It was a simple question: “Mr. E., do you have a girlfriend?” But Elijah Eiler, a teacher at the James Otis World Language Academy in Chicago, wanted to tread carefully as a gay teacher. It was the beginning of the school year, and Eiler didn’t know the seventh-grader...