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Mayoral candidates meet and miss milestones in Umatilla County
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
via Oregon Public Broadcasting (Oregon)Together, the candidates represent the generational changes, demographic shifts and emerging communities happening across Umatilla County. But for those running for mayor, it's still mostly about the…
LGBTQ+
‘Libs of TikTok’ call out Logan School District for seemingly ‘illegal’ survey
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
via ABC7 (Utah)The right-wing Twitter/X account 'Libs of TikTok' called out the Logan School District last week claiming it illegally distributed a survey, but the district says that's not the c…
LGBTQ+
‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ goes to Stitt after heated debate by nonbinary Oklahoma lawmaker
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)Called "explicitly anti-trans," House Bill 1449 would restrict access to single-sex accommodations, such as restrooms or detention facilities, based on the reproductive organs a person was born with.
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In only statewide race without an incumbent, 2 Republicans square off in OPI primary
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via Billings Gazette (Montana)One candidate touts her experience and commitment to community, the other says she will eradicate cancel culture.
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NBA great Dwyane Wade launches Translatable, an online community supporting transgender youth
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
via Fredericksburg.com (Virginia)NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade has launched Translatable, a nonprofit online community dedicated to supporting transgender youth.
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Ohio Statehouse Republicans stand determined to prove how toxic gerrymandering is • Ohio Capital Journal
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)Ohio Statehouse Republicans stand determined to make a lurid example of themselves on just how toxic and destructive gerrymandering is. To paraphrase Cicero, how long, O' gerrymandered Ohio lawmakers,…
Racism, Book Bans, LGBTQ+
This Supreme Court case is reshaping LGBTQ+ rights. You probably haven’t heard about it
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
via Austin American-Statesman (Texas)Behind numerous federal LGBTQ+ policy and legal shifts is a 2020 Supreme Court case most people have likely never heard of: Bostock v. Clayton County.
School Board – General, LGBTQ+
Human Rights Campaign: Launches multi-million dollar battleground effort in crucial swing state of Wisconsin
Monday, May 20th, 2024
via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group, is launching its 2024 voter education and engagement campaign 'We Show Up: Equality Wins' to…
LGBTQ+
State of Texas: Plea for education funding special session rejected by Gov. Abbott
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
via KXAN (Texas)AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Democrats urged Gov. Greg Abbott to call lawmakers back for a special legislative session Monday, citing 'the urgent need to address school finance and improve …
LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement
Bill to bar transgender girls from girls’ school sports now in N.H. governor’s court
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)The proposal passed in a party-line vote shortly after one GOP senator collapsed inside the chamber and was taken to the hospital.
LGBTQ+
The NFL responds after a player urges female college graduates to become homemakers
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
via Georgia Public Broadcasting (Georgia)Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal capacity."
LGBTQ+
‘Hopeless’: Idaho trans teens seeking to transition cope without gender-affirming care
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
via The Spokesman-Review (Idaho)Inside a Boise clinic in April, Dr. Marvin Alviso was meeting with a transgender patient who had been on puberty blockers for a year. The Boise teen was ready and 'giddy' to start taking testosterone,…
LGBTQ+
Louisiana Senate committee unanimously advances two measures targeting LGBTQ students
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
via The Times-Picayune (Louisiana)'I don't know how y'all continue to hear things from us about our pain and our trauma and just still pass bills,' Peyton Rose Michelle said.
LGBTQ+
The 11 Colorado legislative primaries to watch this election year
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
via The Colorado Sun (Colorado)Voters will select Republican or Democratic candidates in 23 legislative contests on June 25, 2024.
School Board – General, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement
KKK is Democratic Party’s ‘militant wing,’ Pa.’s Scott Perry says
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
via PennLive (Pennsylvania)"A lot of young people think somehow it's a right-wing organization when it is the military wing of the Democratic Party," the central Pa. lawmaker said during a briefing.
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5 things to know today: Federal lawsuit, Resignation calls, Ethics probe, MMIP crisis, Celebrity wives
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
via InForum (North Dakota)A select rundown of stories found on InForum
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RSU 21 candidates are focused on DEI, budget
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via Portland Press Herald (Maine)Two want to champion diversity, another says he's against political correctness and 'social engineering' in schools – and a fourth wants the district to be a lifeline for students facing adversity.…
School Board – General, LGBTQ+
Sanders says state won’t comply with Title IX changes, swipes again at trans students
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)Judging from Sanders and Gaines speeches, you'd think the new Title IX rules require universities to let transgender girls to play in womens' sports leagues. They do no such thing.
LGBTQ+
Riley Gaines’ selection as commencement speaker riles some Adrian College alums • Michigan Advance
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
via Michigan Advance (Michigan)The buzz is building for Adrian College's commencement speaker this weekend, but the current is not all positive. Both students and alumni of the private liberal arts school, located about 40 miles…
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