Very interesting news about Mississippi and their steps to be in the 21st century.
The Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition, which was formed this fall, is led by students across Mississippi working to promote student safety through a number of educational strategies and policies. These strategies will include urging Mississippi schools and communities to adopt comprehensive non-discrimination policies, training coordinators, and developing local strategies to educate students on their constitutional rights. Members of the Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition are working together with the LGBT Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Jackson chapter of Parents, Friends, and Families of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) to ensure that all students have access to public education that is safe and free from discrimination.
LGBT students in Mississippi face the most hostile school environment in the country. This according to a 2004 report by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). The report ranked Mississippi dead last in a nationwide study of anti-bullying policies in schools. Mississippi not only tolerates school bullying, as it has no set policy against it, but the state also preaches an explicitly anti-gay message as part of its public school curriculum.
They're trying, and that's a good thing.
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