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Beaverton School District reaches agreement with Seth Stembaugh over dismissal

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Seth Stambaugh

It was one of the biggest local LGBT stories of the year when student teacher Seth Stambaugh was let go from a position at a Beaverton elementary school for admitting to being gay. He was eventually reinstated to his position but it was unclear whether Stambaugh would pursue a lawsuit.

This week we got the answer when he reached a resolution with the Beaverton School District for $75,ooo. Stambaugh has said a significant portion of this award will go to Portland nonprofits p:ear, and Outside In.

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Written by || Mon, Feb 14th 2011 at 08:12 AM || Tags: , , , , , , , , , || Category: Local News || 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Biggest local news of 2010

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E Room/Weird Bar owner Kim Davis. Photo by Jamie Francis / The Oregonian

Portland is a very homo-aware town but we are still small, and news travels fast. Here’s some of the things that caused the most uproar.

5 – Duende censorship, and the Pride parade route change

It was much more upsetting to witness the Rose Festival quash a chaste kiss in the Circus Project’s Duende, nearly forcing the performance to be canceled. There was nearly as much kerfuffle internally in the community when the Pride parade route was taken off the traditionally Stark Street triangle (aka Vaseline Alley). Sometimes the struggle comes from without, but the struggle within is just as powerful.

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Written by || Thu, Jan 6th 2011 at 04:41 PM || Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , || Category: Community, Local News, Politics & Activism, Shopping, Stage || 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

‘Fired’ student teacher Seth Stambaugh reinstated to Beaverton School District

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Stambaugh speaking at the Q Center. KATU photo

Folks were shocked to hear that earlier this month a Lewis and Clark student teacher, Seth Stambaugh was let go from the Beaverton school district for revealing that he would marry a man if it were legal. There has been much discussion and outrage in the last few weeks and last Thursday the Beaverton School District voted unanimously to reinstate Stambaugh, while also issuing an apology. From Superintendent Jerry Colonna:

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Written by || Mon, Oct 25th 2010 at 11:56 AM || Tags: , , , , , || Category: Local News, Nat'l / Int'l News || 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Beaverton student teacher alleges discriminatory firing for being gay

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Seth Stambaugh. Photo by Leo Qin / Pioneer Log

In many places in the United States it is all to common to be fired for being gay. But here in Oregon we are used to non-discrimination policies and laws on the books. So it’s particularly shocking and disappointing to see student teacher fired from his position at Sexton Mountain Elementary in nearby Beaverton.

Lewis and Clark college graduate student in teaching Seth Stambaugh was placed in Beaverton as a student teacher for a 4th and 5th grade class. Soon after his appointment he was called aside for dressing inappropriately when a parent complained, even though the outfit consisted of pressed slacks, a button-up oxford shirt, and a cardigan, according to Lake Perriguey, a lawyer who is now working pro-bono of Stambaugh. Later in the week that same parent threatened to remove his child following a conversation about marriage.

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Written by || Mon, Oct 4th 2010 at 05:17 PM || Tags: , , , , , , , , , , || Category: Local News || 6 comments - (Comments are closed)