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Wasilla High School & LGBT youth: A more complex picture

Tuesday, 17 May 2011 – 9:36 AM | Comments Off on Wasilla High School & LGBT youth: A more complex picture
Wasilla High School & LGBT youth: A more complex picture

Last week we wrote about the “Bohemian Rhapsody” controversy at Wasilla High School and the wider picture for LGBT youth in Mat-Su schools. Since then, we’ve learned that things might be better for LGBT students at Wasilla High School than our story portrayed.

Bohemian Rhapsody “too gay” for Wasilla? — Beyond the snark, bad situation for gay kids in Mat-Su schools

Friday, 13 May 2011 – 2:54 PM | 4 Comments
Freddie Mercury in New Haven, CT at a WPLR Show, November 1978. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Beyond the headline-catching absurdity of the short-lived Wasilla High School ban on “Bohemian Rhapsody,” there’s a more serious reality for LGBT students in the Mat-Su — one which hasn’t gained so much media attention.