Monday, 23 January 2017

Interview with Caleb Laieski, an Advocate for LGBT Youth

Caleb Laieski is a 16-year-old advocate for LGBT youth. After being successful in getting his school and district to update its anti-discrimination policy and include protection for LGBT students in the student handbook, he's moved on to advocate for the Student Non-Discrimination Act pending before Congress. You can find out more about him here: http://www.askthejudge.info/caleb-lai... ...

Friday, 20 January 2017

Battling the Blood Ban

Caleb Laieski, a Virginia resident and LGBT rights advocate who rose to prominence after speaking out against the anti-gay bullying that forced him to leave school when he had lived in Arizona, announced Thursday he had filed a lawsuit in the United State District Court for the Eastern District...

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Gay Teen Claims Discrimination at School

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- A Valley teen says he's been getting death threats because he's gay. Now, he wants his school district to do something about it. "Well, you basically wake up in the morning and you know you're going to be teased, harassed," said Caleb Laieski, a 15-year-old from Surprise. The last few years haven't been easy for him, ever since he came out of the closet in eighth grade. "High...