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’t 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 “pray away the gay,” it’s viewpoint discrimination and it violates students’ 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:
Fill out our confidential online form
Or call (212) 549-2673. For non-LGBT issues, please contact your local ACLU 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’t 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 “pray away the gay,” it’s viewpoint discrimination and it violates students’ 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:
Fill out our confidential online form
Or call (212) 549-2673. For non-LGBT issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate.