LGBT community

EFF director argues for use of online pseudonyms

With advent of the Google+ policy requiring users to identify by “the name your friend, family or do-workers usually call you,” Jillian York, a director for the Electronic Freedom Foundation argues that the benefits of pseudonyms outweigh the negatives, particularly for gays and other people subject to violence or harassment such as victims of domestic violence and particularly those opposing oppressive political regimes. York writes, “Those in favor of the use of ‘real names’ on

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Yale and ACLU campaign to stop schools’ censorship of web on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender content

The American Civil Liberties Union and Yale Law School are assessing public high school censorship of  LGBT web content by asking students to report instances of censorship. Reads the release: “Students may not realize that it actually is illegal for their schools to block educational and political content geared toward the LGBT community,” said Joshua Block, staff attorney with the ACLU LGBT Project. “With this initiative, we hope to inform students of their rights, and

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