Ted Chalfen, a student at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado delivered a moving speech at his school's graduation this past Sunday; he thanked his fellow students and teachers for their support in his decision to come out as a gay man.

It's good stuff, y'all. 

Watch after the jump!

Kaitlyn Hunt, an 18-year-old high school senior in Florida, is facing felony charges as a result of alleged sexual contact with her 14-year-old high school girlfriend.

The case is gaining national attention based on the question of whether or not Kaitlyn is being charged because she's gay.  Relationships between older and younger high school students are obviously quite common and usually don't result in the older member of the pairing getting arrested...

More after the jump.

The New Mexico high school Jesse Tyler Ferguson attended gained national attention last week when it was brought to light that school officials were forcing a transgender male student, Damien Garcia, to wear a female graduation gown during the school's commencement ceremony. 

The Modern Family star became aware of the story and has reached out to St. Pius High School directly on Damien's behalf. 

See what he has to say after the jump.

Yikes. Was a Maryland police officer trying to get a glimpse at teen peen or was the camera he installed in a high school boy's bathroom without permission intended to catch students in some sort of nefarious criminal activity?

That's what investigators are currently trying to figure out. More after the jump.

Students at Brennan High School in San Antonio, Texas are petitioning to have a lovable photo of Felicia Rivera and Lalani Hernandez cuddling reinstated in their year book. 

We let out a cheer here at Instinct when we read that Diana Medley, the Indiana teacher that unleashed a torrent of anti-gay vitriol towards gay students, was placed on administrative leave, but now it appears that the move was made for her protection rather than as a form of punishment.

Details after the jump. 

Nice! A gay Missouri high school student gets to take his boyfriend to prom following a decision by his high school administrators to change their policy barring students from bringing same-sex dates. 

More after the jump.

Updated Wednesday, 4:15 p.m. EST

ABC News has posted an interview with former assistant principal Mike Moroski who was fired from an Ohio Catholic high school for writing a blog post in support of same-sex marriage.

Does Moroski have a middle finger ready to unleash on the church? Does he want his job back? All answers will be revealed after the jump!

Support for Sullivan, Indiana's LGBT students continues to reverberate across social networks where teacher Nate Walden has a special message for Diana Medley, the homophobic special ed teacher we told you about on Monday. 

The game of catfish got even creepier (if that was even possible) over the weekend when it was discovered that 30-year old Zachary Reeder, a teacher at Servite Catholic High School in Orange, California, had allegedly been posing as a teen girl to get nude pics out of his male students. 

Students (and at least one teacher) at Sullivan High School in Indiana have demanded that queers be banned from the "traditional" prom they'd like to hold later this year. Local special ed teacher Diana Medley agrees BECAUSE THE BIBLE. 

The chances that a kid will be a victim of bullying decreases as they age, according to a new study published today in the journal Pediatrics. According to English researchers responsible for the report, bullying peaks at early adolescence and gradually peters out over the years.