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Walt Whitman high point: a Dallas school for gay students was on its last leg when MTV taped the new documentary School's Out, but now everything is looking up. (Behind the Headlines).(Becky Thompson of Walt Whitman Community School, Dallas, Texas)(Interview)
Becky Thompson and Pamala Stone, two Dallas-area teachers, found inspiration in a troubling statistic--that over 80% of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students are verbally harassed at school--and six years ago established the Walt Whitman Community School in Dallas. The first private school in the nation to specifically serve gay youth, Whitman has served as a haven for youth used to taking some hard knocks and furious punches.
The school has taken some hard knocks too. A new documentary airing April 17 on MTV, School's Out: The Life of a Gay High School in Texas, shows how Whitman has had to struggle with insufficient funding, no accreditation, and low…
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