When Indiana began allowing same-sex couples to marry in 2015 after the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that same-sex couples have a right to marry in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Indiana Department of Vital Records refused to place same-sex spouses on their children’s birth certificates as they do for different-sex spouses. Eight female same-sex couples who conceived children through sperm donation sought the right to be recognized on their children’s birth certificates in federal...
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Dynasty Young was an effeminate black gay student who liked to wear knee-high boots, bangles, and purses to school. Students called Dynasty a “fag,” spat at him, threw rocks and bottles at him, and they would move far out of his way when he walked by as if to avoid contracting a disease from him because of his sexual orientation and gender expression. Instead of protecting Dynasty from this harassment, teachers and school administrators blamed him and his “flamboyant” clothing for...