Anti-LGBTQ Web Filtering
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Federal law requires public schools to use software to block pornographic websites, but schools often use that software to block sites that provide positive, useful information about LGBT issues, even though the websites aren鈥檛 sexually explicit in any way. When schools block pro-LGBT sites but still allow access to hate sites that condemn LGBT people or urge them to try to 鈥減ray away the gay,鈥� it鈥檚 viewpoint discrimination and it violates students鈥� rights under the First Amendment.
If you're blocked from visiting pro-LGBT websites at school, especially if you can still visit anti-LGBT sites:
Or call (212) 549-2673. For non-LGBT issues, please contact your local 吃瓜直播 affiliate.
Federal law requires public schools to use software to block pornographic websites, but schools often use that software to block sites that provide positive, useful information about LGBT issues, even though the websites aren鈥檛 sexually explicit in any way. When schools block pro-LGBT sites but still allow access to hate sites that condemn LGBT people or urge them to try to 鈥減ray away the gay,鈥� it鈥檚 viewpoint discrimination and it violates students鈥� rights under the First Amendment.
If you're blocked from visiting pro-LGBT websites at school, especially if you can still visit anti-LGBT sites:
Or call (212) 549-2673. For non-LGBT issues, please contact your local 吃瓜直播 affiliate.