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...aboard his Boeing 737 campaign plane, Biden ventured only a few steps outside his cabin at the front of the plane, which kept him safely away from the reporters at the back. When Biden suddenly appeared at the door to the main cabin, Dallas Morning News reporter Todd Gillman attempted to take a snapshot - a not-uncommon occurrence aboard a campaign plane - and was told by a campaign staffer, "We prefer that you not take photos." According to a blog post by Ryan Corsaro, the CBS News embed on the Biden plane, the candidate has not taken questions from...
When Heather Gillman, a normally reserved junior at Ponce de Leon High School in the Florida Panhandle, found out that her openly lesbian cousin, a ninth grader, had been suspended, along with 10 other students, for expressing support of a lesbian senior who claimed to have been harassed, the straight 17-year-old was outraged. Gillman responded to the suspensions - and the claim that the students had committed "illegal organizing" - by wearing a rainbow T-shirt and her cousin's rainbow belt to school. But soon after, when the school board prohibited expressions supporting equal rights for gay people...
...been none. On Wedneday Heather wore a shirt to school that said "Gay? Fine by me." Others donned rainbow bracelets and shirts with messages like Got Pride? and Whatever! (under a group of rainbow colored people)."I was definitely worried about how teachers would not like me afterward," says Gillman, "but mostly the reaction has been very positive...
...Gillman case, U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak specifically chastised the board for a missed educational opportunity on "leadership...civil discourse...and tolerance and diversity." But the players on both sides may have learned some lessons nonetheless. Griffin, who says he just "didn't think expressions about that lifestyle were appropriate in the school setting," acknowledged that "times are changing" and said he'll comply with whatever the court orders. Ardena Gillman, who didn't think her shy daughter would ever go through with a trial, learned Heather was "not your typical teenager." As for Heather, the experience was a powerful...
...researchers analyzed data on 915 infants collected through Project Viva, a study examining pregnancy and early development that was led by Medical School professor Matthew Gillman, one of the study authors...