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‘I want to exist’: Three days at a Texas summer camp for LGBTQ kids.

Monday, September 23rd, 2024

via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)

At a retreat in North Texas, the campers played games, laughed, joked and reveled in the company of other LGBTQ kids.

LGBTQ+

North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson to headline Sept. 29 North Shore GOP fundraiser. And why?

Friday, September 20th, 2024

via Chicago Sun-Times (Illinois)

Lake County Republican chairman Keith Brin told the Sun-Times, 'I wouldn't have invited Mark Robinson to come here in the first place. That's not our focus in Lake County as Republicans. I do think Mark Robinson has a tremendous amount to answer for, given what's come to light.'

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FAIR Wisconsin and GSAFE file complaint against Kettle Moraine School District over Title IX • Wisconsin Examiner

Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)

The joint complaint by FAIR Wisconsin and GSAFE was filed with the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education.

School Board – General, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Fair Wisconsin and GSAFE: File federal complaint detailing hostile environment fostered by school board

Monday, September 9th, 2024

via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)

Fair Wisconsin and GSAFE today filed a joint complaint to the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education in support of trans and nonbinary students, educators, staff, and…

School Board – General, LGBTQ+

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Miller-Meeks tailgate

Saturday, September 7th, 2024

via The Gazette (Iowa)

Four protesters interrupted the event, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemning Miller-Meeks' support for Israel's war. They were removed from the event, with two being briefly detained. The annual political fundraiser celebrated Republican wins in the state.

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Anti-trans violence is coming for cisgender women of color, advocates say

Saturday, August 31st, 2024

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

The anti-transgender hatred directed at Imane Khelif — and the narrow beliefs about femininity being projected onto her — are part of how anti-trans rhetoric fuels violence towards women of color, including cisgender women, experts told The 19th.

School Board – General, LGBTQ+

State Rep. Shawn Thierry switches to GOP, says Democratic Party has ‘lost its way’

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

The Houston Democrat lost her seat amid backlash from primary voters over her support for a GOP bill barring transition-related care for minors.

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Three days at a safe place for LGBTQ kids in Texas: ‘I want to exist’

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)

For three days in June, LGBTQ children attended one of the few summer camps in Texas where they could, unapologetically, be themselves.

LGBTQ+

Patchwork of new Title IX rules are in effect with no end in sight

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

via NM Political Report (New Mexico)

Thanks to court challenges by conservative groups and Republican-led states, six schools in New Mexico - three colleges and three K-12 - cannot implement Biden's Title IX rules to expand protections…

LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Far right spins NY abortion rights amendment as ploy to get trans kids in girls’ sports

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

via Gothamist (New York)

Supporters of the amendment worry its vague language has opened the door to misinformation.

Book Bans, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Some CT schools say they won’t meet law requiring free tampons in boys, girls, all-gender bathrooms

Sunday, August 25th, 2024

via New Haven Register (Connecticut)

Some schools are concerned about vandalism the likes of which Brookfield High School experienced when a boys tampon dispenser was destroyed.

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Drag queens take the stage to draw attention to LGBTQ+ threats, urge voter turnout

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)

The number of anti-trans bills introduced nationwide has increased every year for the last five years, according to Trans Legislative Tracker.

LGBTQ+

Not just Imane Khelif: 10 times transphobia took the spotlight from women athletes

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

via PennLive (Pennsylvania)

How transphobia and testosterone regulations in sports are hurting all women athletes

LGBTQ+

Free Market Friday: No, you’re not blind

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

via The Journal Record (Oklahoma)

A tactic increasingly used by the political left is to emphatically claim people shouldn't trust either their senses or common sense.

LGBTQ+

Letter: Get to work

Thursday, August 1st, 2024

via Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)

Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire and around our country have put forward waves of legislation that restrict trans teenagers' access to bathrooms, school sports and gender-affirming health care. Our governor recently signed legislation into law...

LGBTQ+

L.A. Times Wins Excellence in Newswriting Award from NLGJA

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

L.A. Times staff writers Kevin Rector, Howard Blume and Mackenzie Mays earned the excellence in newswriting award from the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists for their report on…

LGBTQ+

The Teamsters saga: Power and politics and the day workers commanded the city’s streets

Sunday, July 28th, 2024

via Union Progress (Pennsylvania)

We've been thinking lately about our brothers and sisters in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The IBT is legendary. It represents a diverse collection of 1.4 million workers in both public…

LGBTQ+

UCI plays big role in national initiative to make health research more inclusive

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via OC Register (California)

The All of Us program not only includes vast information — even genetic — about nearly 1 million participants, but it also aims to build a participant pool that reflects the diversity of the countr…

LGBTQ+

Elon Musk’s estranged daughter calls out his ‘entirely fake’ claims about her childhood

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via Wisconsin State Journal (Wisconsin)

Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's estranged daughter, publicly refuted several recent anti-trans statements her Tesla CEO and X owner father has made about her.

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