It's been a tough time for the LGBTQ community around the United States lately -- especially for LGBTQ youth. From Florida's infamous "Don't Say Gay" bill, which attempts to restrict all discussion of non-hetero sexual orientations and non-cis gender identities from...
Is Misgendering Children Free Speech?
With the Virginia Supreme Court's decision to uphold the reinstatement of Tanner Cross, a Loudoun County teacher who insisted on his right to misgender transgender students regardless of school policy, concerns over the enforceability of Virginia's new laws protecting...
‘Pray for the Christians’: Graham Urges School Boards to Fight ‘Godless Socialist Agenda’
A kerfuffle in Loudoun County over critical race theory and the rights of transgender students to go by their chosen names and pronouns has attracted the attention of right-wing evangelical activist Franklin Graham. Which is the last thing Virginia needs. Evangelical...
Dept. Of Education Threatens To Withhold $18 Million From Schools That Let Transgender Athletes Compete
Betsy DeVos's reasoning is based on prejudicial misunderstandings and bears a strong resemblance to a current lawsuit against Connecticut schools by the anti-LGBTQ group Alliance Defending Freedom. The U.S. Department of Education (DOE), led by Betsy DeVos (pictured...
Trump-Appointed Judge Says It’s Constitutional for Businesses to Refuse Gay Customers
Trump's conservative judicial appointees continue to spread the idea that things like wedding cakes constitute "art" and are therefore exempt from anti-discrimination laws. Go figure. Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Justin Reed Walker ruled on...
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