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States that protect transgender health care, including Vermont, try to absorb demand
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont)States that declared themselves refuges for transgender people have essentially issued an invitation: Get your gender-affirming health care here without fearing prosecution at home.
Parents
LAUSD Protest: Parental and LGBT rights activists clash over policies
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Parental rights and LGBT activists clashed Tuesday in Los Angeles over controversial policies in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
2 people detained as parental rights and LGBTQ+ groups hold dual rallies in Downtown Los Angeles
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)About 200 people marched through downtown Los Angeles today in support of parental rights and notification policies in schools, while a separate group gathered nearby to rally in support of LGBTQ+…
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
2 people detained as parents-rights and LGBTQ+ groups hold duel rallies in Downtown Los Angeles
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)About 200 people marched through downtown Los Angeles today in support of parental rights and notification policies in schools, while a separate group gathered nearby to rally in support of LGBTQ+ youth, ultimately leading to an unlawful assembly declaration and at least two arrests.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears criticizes school districts defying Youngkin’s guidance
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears has criticized several school districts in the state for their refusal to adopt the state's guidance and policies regarding transgender students.
Parents
‘Manufactured fear’: North Carolina becomes the latest state to limit freedoms of trans kids
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via NJ.com (New Jersey)GOP lawmakers overrode North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of three laws that restrict access to gender-affirming care, ban trans youth from their preferred sports teams and bar teachers from discussing gender and sexuality.
Parents
Fighting censorship is a proud American tradition
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via Register Herald (West Virginia)In May of 1933 in Berlin, Nazis gathered in the streets, built a gigantic bonfire, and burned thousands of books.
Parents
Rochester Community Schools announces interim superintendent
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via The Detroit News (Michigan)John Silveri takes the job three weeks after embattled Rochester Community Schools Superintendent Robert Shaner resigned from the post.
Parents
California library kicks out ex-college soccer player for ‘misgendering’ transgender athletes
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)A former college soccer player and conservative activist was kicked out of a California public library after she was accused of 'misgendering' biological males who identify as female during a presentation on fairness in women's sports.
Parents
Former Moore High School basketball coach Richard Gatewood sues JCPS over his firing
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via Courier Journal (Kentucky)In his lawsuit, Richard Gatewood says he was fired for exercising his 'parental rights' by breaking up a fight between his own kids in the gym.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
N.J. Democrats’ conflicting messages
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)Good Tuesday morning!Friday's Superior Court decision to block three Monmouth County school districts from enforcing parental notification policies for trans students was met with approval by Attorney…
Parents
Iowa makes an awful book-banning law even worse
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via StarTribune (Minnesota)Even a censorious list of books to be removed from shelves would be better than the current ambiguity.
Parents
Mississippi school district pushed equity, quizzed parents on gender identity
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)EXCLUSIVE — A Mississippi school district has been using teacher trainings to incorporate ideas of critical race theory and asked parents if they were comfortable discussing gender identity and sexual
Social Emotional Learning, Parent Involvement, Racism
NC school year to begin under new parental rights law
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via WRAL (North Carolina)As students around the state prepare to return next week for the start of the traditional school year, teachers are trying to figure out what they'll need to do to comply with the newly enacted Parents' Bill of Rights.
Parents
‘Timing issues’ implementing parental rights law as school starts in NC
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via CBS 17 (North Carolina)RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – The new school year begins with new requirements as the Parents' Bill of Rights takes effect, following the legislature's vote to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the controversial legislation. The new law requires schools to inform parents when a child changes the names or pronouns they use and blocks instruction […]
Parents
North Dakota schools implement transgender restrictions for new academic year
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Schools across North Dakota are starting the new school year with new rules about addressing students claiming transgender identity.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
California library kicks out ex-college athlete after being accused of misgendering
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)A former college athlete was kicked out of a library in California after she was accused of misgendering people while talking about transgender athletes in women's sports.
Parents
Federal law change lets Air Force Academy cadets keep parental rights
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)When Melissa Hemphill became pregnant as a cadet at the Air Force Academy with her son in 2009, she faced a harsh set of options: Leave the academy, get an
Parents
How Ron DeSantis joined the ‘ruling class’ — and turned against it
Sunday, August 20th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Early last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis nestled into his chair onstage in Naples, Florida, to explain to an audience of the would-be conservative elite his journey through the reigning liberal one they hoped to destroy.
Parent Involvement, Racism