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In Authoritarianism, Dictators Come for LGBTQ People First. Here’s Why • Michigan Advance
Saturday, October 25th, 2025
via Michigan Advance (Michigan)LGBTQ+
Virginia gubernatorial candidates debate trans youth rights as LGBTQ voters weigh a fraught moment
Saturday, October 25th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Virginia)School Board – General, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement
Minnesota Supreme Court rules for transgender athlete but sends case back to lower court
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
via Grand Rapids Herald-Review (Minnesota)LGBTQ+
Minnesota Supreme Court determines USA Powerlifting violated trans athlete’s human rights
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
via BringMeTheNews (Minnesota)LGBTQ+
Ex-ESPN host Sam Ponder complains about trans girls in NYC youth basketball game
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
via New York Daily News (New York)LGBTQ+
Do not suggest Maine’s trans athletes pose a problem to be solved
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
via Sun Journal (Maine)LGBTQ+
‘We Are Home.’ Center Supporting Transgender Immigrants Opens in SF During Diwali
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
via KQED (California)LGBTQ+
Trans Texas college students bearing more hostility as officials push binary gender definitions
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
via KXAN (Texas)LGBTQ+
As energy finds Texas young conservatives, U.S. Senate hopefuls make their pitch
Friday, October 10th, 2025
via KSAT (Texas)LGBTQ+
Supporters of Bay Area college volleyball player turn out in droves at rally by anti-trans groups
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
via The Mercury News (California)Earlier this week, a coalition of groups pushing back against transgender participation in women's sports announced that they'd be holding a rally outside of the Santa Rosa Junior College's g…
LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement
What to know about efforts to ban books in Arizona schools, libraries
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)Banned Books Week highlights efforts to limit access to books, but the debate often results in people talking past, not to, each other.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
via Dallas Morning News (Texas)Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.
LGBTQ+
Trump’s education department is working to erode the public school system • Louisiana Illuminator
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
via Louisiana Illuminator (Louisiana)ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been clear about her desire to shut down the agency she runs. She's laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door. She calls it […]
Book Bans, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement
Inside the ruling on Nassau County’s ban on trans athletes on women’s sports teams
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
via PIX11 (New York)A Nassau County Supreme Court judge upheld a local law blocking transgender women and girls from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities, ruling that the law is valid and legal and that the county will continue to protect girls and women from unsafe and unfair competition.
LGBTQ+
Texas Tech’s limits on gender identity discussion deepen fears of politics breaching academic freedom
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
via High Plains Public Radio (Texas)Professors are afraid to publicly speak out, system leaders left key questions unanswered and advocates worry for LGBTQ+ students' mental health.
LGBTQ+
ASU transgender students on guard as bills move forward, recognition lapses
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
via Daily Independent (Arizona)PHOENIX — Lawmakers across the country — including those in Arizona — are introducing anti-trans bills at increasing rates, with the number spiking more than 28 times higher, from …
LGBTQ+
Texas students say K-12 DEI ban and other anti-LGBTQ+ bills threaten their safety, voice and mental health
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
via KPRC (Texas)Students are concerned the legislation could silence supportive teachers, dismantle safe spaces, lead to overenforcement and prevent honest conversations about identity.
LGBTQ+, Racism, Sex Education
Shaun Hogan for Brunswick School Department board
Monday, April 28th, 2025
via Portland Press Herald (Maine)During my years of service in the U.S. Navy, a supervisor once told me if you're going to complain about a problem, ensure you are willing to offer a solution. After years of watching the Brunswick…
School Board – General, LGBTQ+
AG Ellison’s suit against Trump over anti-trans executive orders draws mixed reactions
Sunday, April 27th, 2025
via Duluth News Tribune (Minnesota)Democrats tout the move from Ellison, while Republicans say the suit is a waste of money
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