A ray of hope

And this is happening in Iowa!

Some Iowa school districts are changing their policies to protect openly gay students. About 17 school districts across the state including Ames, Des Moines, Urbandale and West Des Moines are protecting homosexual students by making changes to their anti-discrimination policies. Critics of the policy change say that all students should be protected against sexual harassment, but school officials say that gay students often get the brunt of the abuse. (source)