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A senior at George Washington University was charged in D.C. Superior Court Monday with beating another student while calling him antigay slurs, according to the school’s student newspaper. Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested senior Ross Richardson early Sunday morning in Ivory Tower, after he kicked and punched a fellow student while saying, “you fucking fag.”

Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei, the two Rutgers University students charged with invasion of privacy for broadcasting the gay encounter of classmate Tyler Clementi, who later committed suicide, have dropped out of school rather than face disciplinary hearings.

A 23-year-old South Carolina man claims he was barred from graduating from Greenville's Bob Jones University because he was caught watching Glee off-campus.

Two female high school students in Oklahoma are firing back at their school for refusing to let them graduate after discovering the two are a couple. According to KWTV News, 18-year-old Melissa McKenzie said she was kicked out of Del City High School in Del City, Okla., at the beginning of the semester when the principal found out she was living with her girlfriend instead of her family. The principal then told her if she returned to her family's home, she would be welcomed back to school.

An elementary school principal apologized to parents after students were sent home with a flier advising children not to tell on bullies.

Honesty is a virtue. Unless you’re a lesbian student at The Master's School, a K-12 Christian school in West Simsbury, Conn. Rachel Aviles was a popular kid who excelled in academics, sports, and extracurricular activities. Unfortunately, Aviles wasn’t able to attend what would have been her senior year because of circumstances resulting from an incident last spring.

A pair of high school students in North Carolina said they were suspended because they hugged each other before a class. There are other students who kiss in the hallway all the time," Perrault said. "Teachers don't say anything to them. I guess it's unusual to see a girl and a girl hugging each other."

A 19-year-old Oakland University sophomore took his own life Tuesday, a few months after telling his family and friends he was gay. Family members of Corey Jackson say they believe the Rochester Hills, Mich., college student had been bullied over his sexual orientation, and it ultimately led him to commit suicide.

There has been a rash of gay suicides over the past few weeks and now, Raymond Chase, a student at Johnson & Wales in Providence, R.I., died by hanging himself in his dorm room this past Wednesday. Campus Pride reported on the death of Chase, which follows the suicide of Tyler Clementi of Rutgers University this week and the recent reported suicides of teenagers Asher Brown, Billy Lucas, and Seth Walsh.

The Boston school has become the third U.S. women's college to clarify its stance towards trans women and men amidst heated conversations about the future of single-gender institutions.