Tennessee schools block gay issues sites
A school librarian and two Tennessee high school students have told the American Civil Liberties Union their school district has, “blocked access to online information about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues,” says the School Library Journal . “As many as 107 Tennessee public school districts could be illegally preventing students from accessing online information about LGBT issues by activating the Internet filtering category designated ‘LGBT’,” says a letter from the ACLU to school officials at Knox County Schools, Metro Nashville Public Schools, and the Tennessee Schools Cooperative, according to the story. “As a result of using the Educational Networks of America (ENA) filtering software students using school computers cannot view political and educational information about LGBT issues and well-known nationals organizations such as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), and the Human Rights Campaign,” it says.
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