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Colorado’s first abortion clinic is turning 50, celebrating with ‘condom couture’ and expansion of sex education
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via The Colorado Sun (Colorado)The Colorado Sun's Q&A with Boulder Valley Health Center delves into 50 years of abortion care and why it's dropping 'women' from its name
LGBTQ+
Georgia school district canceled an author’s talks after he said ‘gay’
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)An elementary school principal apologized to parents last week after a guest author who was discussing his research into a co-creator of Batman told a group of fifth graders that the co-creator's son was gay.
LGBTQ+
Shaheen pushes to restore sex ed funding for cut by Executive Council
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via WCAX-TV (Vermont)New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen is working to restore funding for sex education in the Granite State that was cut by the state's Republican-controlled Executive Council.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
Boy George: Decades later and band is on the road
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)Forty-one years after they hit No. 1 in their native U.K. with "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," Boy George and Culture Club are back on the road in the U.S.
LGBTQ+
Dems respond on LGBTQ rights
Monday, August 28th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
Maryland Muslim and Christian parents vow to appeal pro-LGBT book court ruling
Friday, August 25th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)A coalition of Muslim and Christian parents vowed to appeal a Thursday court ruling that denied their request for the restoration of a parental opt-out option for LGBT storybooks in a Maryland school district.
LGBTQ+, School Board – General
Riley Gaines threatens to sue news outlet for ‘libel and character assassination’
Friday, August 25th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Swimmer and activist Riley Gaines responded to a news article she claimed was an attempt at "character assassination" with a threat to sue.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
On TV, fall will lack its usual grandeur
Friday, August 25th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes are very much altering the shape of schedules to come, with the docket looking sparse.
LGBTQ+
Judge rules against Montgomery County religious parents in opt-out battle over LGBTQ lessons
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)Parents have no right to opt their elementary school-age children out of Montgomery County Public Schools classes featuring storybooks dealing with human sexuality and gender, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The court also said MCPS — the state's largest school district — did not have to notify parents of when such texts will be presented in class.
LGBTQ+, School Board – General
Nantucket sex ed teacher, Marine Mammal Alliance volunteer helps save 2 dolphins stuck in mud
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via MassLive (Massachusetts)LGBTQ+
Bans on diverse picture books? Young kids need to see their families represented, experts say
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)Of the bans targeting picture books, about three-quarters are books that address LGBTQ+ themes and roughly half are stories that mention race.
LGBTQ+
Catholic parishes’ lawsuits challenging ELCRA dismissed by federal judge ⋆ Michigan Advance
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via Michigan Advance (Michigan)Two lawsuits filed by two Catholic parishes asserting that changes made this year to Michigan's civil rights laws to include protections against discrimination for LGBTQ+ residents violate First…
LGBTQ+
GOP debate: Republican candidates accuse ‘crazy woke’ teachers of ‘indoctrinating’ kids about gender identity
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)During Wednesday's GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, the first of the 2024 election cycle, LGBTQ issues and other culture war battles didn't emerge as a focus of discussion until the tail…
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Racism
Here’s what’s coming to Netflix in September
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via 8 News NOW (Nevada)BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details. Netflix unveils an intriguing lineup for the end of summer The kids are back at school, pumpkin latte is back to being the only acceptable drink and the days are getting shorter. That means the nights are getting longer, so you have more time to enjoy […]
LGBTQ+
A former principal of an Australian Jewish school sentenced to 15 …
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via WTOP (District of Columbia)CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former principal of an Australian Jewish school was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison after she was convicted of sexually abusing two students. Malka Leifer, 56…
LGBTQ+
A former principal of an Australian Jewish school sentenced to 15 years for child sex abuse
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)A former principal of an Australian Jewish school has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after she was convicted of sexually abusing two students.
LGBTQ+
Being trans in Kentucky, Oktoberfest season, here are today’s top stories
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via Cincinnati.com (Ohio)As a new school year starts, we share the stories of two trans teens in Kentucky. | Your Aug. 24 Daily Briefing.
LGBTQ+
CAIR says MoCo teachers told to ‘disrupt thinking’ of students with traditional gender views
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)Montgomery County Public Schools 'misled' parents and a federal court about the controversial introduction of LGBTQ-related reading materials for grades as young as pre-kindergarten, according to a Muslim civil rights group.
LGBTQ+
These 5 powerful groups are trying to end sex ed in schools, and they’re winning
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)Big money and big power has gone into the fight behind sex education in schools. Here are five organizations that have tried to stop good sex ed and replace it with 'just don't.'
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Racism