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10 charter schools approved to open as NYC hits limit again

Wednesday, July 17th, 2024

via New York Daily News (New York)

Charter school operators were approved Wednesday to open 10 more locations in New York City — but a handful of new programs, including a LGBTQ-focused school, were shut out of the vote.

LGBTQ+

Meet the Arizona-based Christian law firm working to ban abortion nationwide

Saturday, July 13th, 2024

via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)

The Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom is arguably one of the most significant legal and political powerhouses working in the United States.

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+

Revisiting John Lennon’s Beatle Island and the outlaws of Western fiction

Friday, July 12th, 2024

via OC Register (California)

In the Book Pages this week, Kevin Barry talks about John Lennon, Michael Waters discusses 'The Other Olympians' and more.

LGBTQ+

‘We’ve created medical refugees.’ LGBTQ+ healthcare workers fight for gender-affirming care amid rise in anti-trans laws

Wednesday, July 10th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

The fate of trans healthcare lies in the outcome of a presidential election and next summer's Supreme Court ruling. But these LGBTQ+ healthcare workers are determined to provide gender-affirming care.

LGBTQ+

Burgum’s shifts on national stage disappointing, shocking to some

Saturday, July 6th, 2024

via The Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota)

For most of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's two terms in office, he approached the job like a CEO running a business.

Book Bans, LGBTQ+

Judge’s order greatly expands where Biden administration can’t enforce rule protecting LGBTQ+ students

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

via Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)

The order applies in Alaska, Kansas, Utah and Wyoming because they sued, plus a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation.

LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Ohio’s reasonable, rational voters have been abandoned by extremist gerrymandered lawmakers • Ohio Capital Journal

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024

via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)

In Ohio, ultra-right wing lawmakers foist unpopular, unwarranted and often harmful stupidity on an unsuspecting public. It's legislative malpractice but that's how GOP supermajorities roll under the…

LGBTQ+

LGBTQ leaders on the past, present and future of the equality movement

Monday, July 1st, 2024

via OC Register (California)

Here's what some of today's most influential names at the forefront of the fight for equal rights have to say about the past, present and future of the LGBTQ rights movement.

School Board – General, LGBTQ+

Doug Burgum vetoed anti-LGBTQ measures while governor. Then he started running for president

Saturday, June 29th, 2024

via The Washington Post

For most of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's two terms in office, he has approached the job like a CEO running a business

Book Bans, LGBTQ+

Know your rights and how to support your LGBTQ+ child in challenging times

Wednesday, June 26th, 2024

via al.com (Alabama)

It's Pride Month! In the final guide of Reckon's series, here's everything you need to know about raising queer, trans and nonbinary kids in our current moment of rampant anti-LGBTQ sentiment

LGBTQ+

Yes, intersex people exist. A Twin Cities advocate is fighting for their rights.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

via Star Tribune (Minnesota)

Hiding in plain sight, overlooked by law and culture, intersex Minnesotans want visibility — and to ban cosmetic, nonessential surgeries on intersex children.

LGBTQ+, Sex Education

Elisabeth Epps, Tim Hernández — two of the Colorado legislature’s most liberal lawmakers — battle to keep their jobs

Thursday, June 20th, 2024

via The Colorado Sun (Colorado)

Both Denver Democratic representatives are facing primary challenges on June 25. Lots of money is being spent by groups with hidden donors to defeat them.

LGBTQ+

Trans woman wins Miss Maryland USA, making history with a list of pageant firsts

Friday, June 7th, 2024

via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)

When Bailey Anne Kennedy was crowned on Saturday as Miss Maryland USA, she broke almost every barrier that existed in the state's pageant history--including being the first married, Asian-American, and trans woman winner.

LGBTQ+

Controversial Louisiana laws impact LGBTQ+ and others; you need to know

Friday, June 7th, 2024

via WGNO (Louisiana)

Bills impacting Louisiana's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) and marginalized communities were debated during the legislative session and signed by Governor Jeff Landry…

LGBTQ+

The fiercest political clash in sports

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Idaho)

In the fight over transgender participation in U.S. sports, the right to play is simply an opening act.

LGBTQ+

‘I don’t have to be caged for your happiness’: Why I find hope in today’s queer youth

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Our next generation of LGBTQ+ leaders and thinkers is creating a present in which queer identity is fluid and evolving. They demand a future of radical acceptance.

LGBTQ+

Americans deeply divided on issues involving queer children, poll shows

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Americans want kids to learn LGBTQ+ history. But they are split on how they would feel if their own child were transgender, a new poll for the Times finds.

LGBTQ+

The laws and bills impacting trans New Yorkers

Monday, June 3rd, 2024

via City & State NY (New York)

Protections – and restrictions – continue to be considered at the city and state level.

LGBTQ+

How Hogan, Alsobrooks are courting LGBTQ+ support in Maryland’s U.S. Senate race

Saturday, June 1st, 2024

via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)

'Very close races can be won or lost based on LGBTQ voters,' says one expert.

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