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The student news site of Coral Gables Senior High School

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LGBTQ+ candidates make history by being elected to the government in 2020.

2020 Elections: LGBTQ+ Elected to Congress Make History

Daphne Renoux, Staff Writer Nov 16, 2020

Records have been set this year by members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning+ community who have been elected to United States government offices. Sarah McBride, Mondaire...

Lawsuits Aim to Return Transgender Soldiers to the Military

Lawsuits Aim to Return Transgender Soldiers to the Military

Chase Bagnall-Koger, Staff Writer Sep 5, 2017

With the help of Lambda Legal, an organization that works to fight for citizen's civil rights, two human rights groups, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the OutServe-Servicemembers Legal...

Protest erupts against President Trump's decision to ban transgender people from serving and protecting their country.

#ProtectTransTroop

Yeileny Lopez, Opinion Editor Aug 14, 2017

Instead of moving towards equality for everyone, society in 2017 finds itself once again shifting far from it. On July 26, Trump reached out on Twitter to state that the "United States Government will...

Obama visits Vietnam, migrant boats shipwreck, death penalty pursued for Dylann Roof and superbug reaches the US in this week's news.

Recap: May 23 – 29

Sophie Feinberg, Editor May 29, 2016

International Affairs Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam "President Barack Obama announced Monday that the United States is fully lifting a decades-long ban on the sale of military equipment...

In news this week: Rousseff impeachment process picks back up, ISIS claims string of attacks across Iraq, the bison is now the US national mammal and George Zimmerman attempts to sell the weapon used in the Trayvon Martin shooting.

Recap: May 9 – 15

Sophie Feinberg, Editor May 15, 2016

International Affairs Brazil crisis: Rousseff impeachment process 'back on track' "An impeachment process against Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff appears to be back on track after the acting...

Many have been stirred into action, attempting to support what they believe in.

Tragic Suicide of Transgender Teen Leelah Alcorn

Samantha Valero, Staff Writer Jan 15, 2015

Early on Dec. 28, 2014, 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn, a teenager struggling with sexuality, died after being hit by a tractor-trailer while walking around route 71 in her Ohio hometown. Alcorn's onset internal depression, isolation...

True friends will always love and support you for being yourself.

Transgender Acceptance

Jake Paz, Staff Writer Dec 10, 2014

Currently, society is more accepting of transgender and gender nonconforming people than in the past. More clubs like our very own Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) are being established in schools to help...

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