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	Podcast:		Exam
	Episode:		Exam - Columbia schools look for ways to support LGBTQ students
	Category:		Government & Organizations
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	Publish Date:		2016-02-23 15:43:41
	Description:		When Liam Theberge, a senior at Hickman High School, heard that the Columbia Board of Education was going to be talking about adding gender identity and gender expression to the District’s nondiscrimination policy last September, he knew he had to be at that meeting. “It was a really big and important topic for me, and I think a lot of incoming students and even current students needed to have their voice there,” Theberge said. After the Board unanimously approved the addition, Theberge said he saw a great reaction from many teachers. “They're a lot more open over the subject,” he said. “I've had a few who walked up to me and asked about it and wanted to just say thank you to me for talking there and just wanted a bit more education on the subject.” To provide teachers with that education, the Columbia Missouri National Education Association brought in two trainers from the association’s Human and Civil Rights Division to lead an after school workshop on Wednesday, February 17 called
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