News

What shall we say about homeschooling?

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

via El Dorado News-Times (Arkansas)

LGBTQ+

N.C.’s new anti-trans laws sow confusion around gender-affirming care

Friday, August 18th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

An attempt to grandfather in young people who are already receiving care has left many parents unsure which treatments are still legal.

LGBTQ+

Teacher Is Fired for Reading Book on Gender Identity in Class

Friday, August 18th, 2023

via The New York Times (Georgia)

The teacher in Georgia was fired for reading to fifth graders 'My Shadow Is Purple,' which is about a child who cannot relate to the colors blue and pink.

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General

What’s in a name? Indiana parents now must know

Friday, August 18th, 2023

via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)

As schools try to remedy student learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic, they're also navigating 'culture war' issues that inspired new laws from conservative state lawmakers who dominate the Indiana General Assembly. One of the laws calls for parents to be notified of student name changes, whether it's a pronoun change or just a nickname, if it's different from the name the student was registered under by a guardian.

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+

Courts rule in favor of transgender students, citing Supreme Court’s LGBTQ discrimination ruling

Friday, August 18th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion of a 2020 decision protecting LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination that the landmark ruling does not apply to school policies on transgender youths' use of bathrooms and locker rooms. Nonetheless, lower courts have ruled in favor of transgender students by striking down school restrictions on restrooms and locker rooms and upholding policies that support students' sexual identities.

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General

Our View: Interrogate 9-R school board candidates

Friday, August 18th, 2023

via The Durango Herald (Colorado)

Around Durango, boxes for school-supply donations signal it's time for students to open the notebooks, fire up calculators and see classmates they've missed over the summer. Durango School District 9-...

LGBTQ+, School Board – General

Former West Side church pastor charged with child sexual assault

Friday, August 18th, 2023

via Madison.com (Wisconsin)

The pastor "denies that he did anything wrong," his attorney stated Thursday.

LGBTQ+

More people are coming to Mass. to end their pregnancies

Friday, August 18th, 2023

via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

More people from out of state are coming to Massachusetts to end their pregnancies.

LGBTQ+

Orange Unified becomes third local district to consider gender identification

Friday, August 18th, 2023

via CBS News (Pennsylvania)

Inside a packed meeting, attendees delivered emotional testimonies about a polarizing social issue that's picking up steam across California.

LGBTQ+, School Board – General

World chess organization FIDE issues ban on transgender women competing in women’s events

Thursday, August 17th, 2023

via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)

A world chess organization said: 'The player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE's decision is made.'

LGBTQ+

Convention center set to move forward in Lake County

Thursday, August 17th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

The Lake County Board of Commissioners is preparing to hire a consultant to put together specifications for a potential Lake County convention center.

LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General

Lake County opts in to expanded state funding for local public health services

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

Lake County is opting in to a new state program aimed at improving the health of Hoosiers by significantly increasing state funding for local public health services.

LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General

Even after Planned Parenthood stopped performing abortions, Texas is trying to shut it down

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

via El Paso Times (Texas)

El Paso's Planned Parenthood is located at 1511 E Missouri Ave., Suite 150.

LGBTQ+

Planned Parenthood stopped abortions, Texas is trying to shut it down

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

via El Paso Times (Texas)

El Paso's Planned Parenthood is located at 1511 E Missouri Ave., Suite 150.

LGBTQ+

Retiring as director of Madison Public Library, Greg Mickells reflects on 11 years of changes big and small

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

via Madison.com (Wisconsin)

"Libraries are becoming this center in the communities ... to address a lot of the social issues that communities experience," Mickells said.

LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General, Racism

Rising teen drug overdoses have advocates pushing for ‘reality …

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)

Read current independent Nevada news: Rising teen drug overdoses have advocates pushing for ‘reality-based' approaches.

LGBTQ+

State of Texas continues trying to shut down Planned Parenthood

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

via Texas Tribune (Texas)

For more than a decade, the state has been trying and failing to chase Planned Parenthood out of Texas.

LGBTQ+

Back to school in NKY: Restrooms, sex ed policies change with state anti-trans law

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

via Cincinnati.com (Ohio)

LGBTQ+

Republican governor candidates blast legal system following Trump indictment

Tuesday, August 15th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

All four candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana governor are condemning the judicial system following the latest criminal indictment of Donald Trump.

LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General