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State senator calls for studies into critical race theory in K-12 Nebraska schools
Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
via Journal Star (Nebraska)The chair of the Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee is planning to study the use of critical race theory and other controversial subjects in the classroom.
Social Emotional Learning, LGBTQ+, Racism
After the fall of Roe, emboldened activists with LDS ties lobby to restrict abortion in Africa
Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)One Christian conservative group helped to develop a 'family values' conference with lawmakers from several African countries this year. African experts worry recent gains in abortion access could be…
LGBTQ+
Two newcomers challenge incumbent Wiser for a seat on Spokane Public Schools board
Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
via The Spokesman Review (Washington)Voters have their pick among three candidates in this year's primary election for the Spokane Public Schools seat occupied by Mike Wiser: the incumbent or one of two newcomers, Ericka Lalka and David…
LGBTQ+, School Board – General, Racism
DeSantis ad attacking Trump over Caitlyn Jenner ‘divisive and desperate,’ LGBTQ+ Republicans say
Monday, July 3rd, 2023
via al.com (Alabama)The Log Cabin Republicans said the 'rhetoric will lose hard-fought gains in critical races across the nation. This old playbook has ... failed -- repeatedly.'
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Critics slam DeSantis campaign for sharing an anti-Trump ad targeting LGBTQ rights
Monday, July 3rd, 2023
via GPB Media (Georgia)DeSantis' campaign shared a video that attacked Trump for his support of LGBTQ rights, prompting widespread backlash. Both candidates have rolled back protections for trans and gay people in office.
LGBTQ+, Racism
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An unlikely provocateur, Miss Texas, takes on the state’s GOP leaders
Monday, July 3rd, 2023
via Texas Tribune (Texas)Averie Bishop, whose reign ended Saturday, was the first Asian American to win the contest in its 85 years. She spent her year with the crown as an outspoken avatar for a rapidly diversifying Texas.
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How parents outraged by library books, diversity initiatives and sex ed transformed one New Jersey school board
Monday, July 3rd, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)Blowups at school board meetings reflect the pervasive challenges that school districts and police departments face in figuring out how to handle masses of aggrieved citizens.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
At 60, trans cabaret legend Justin Vivian Bond is celebrating survival
Monday, July 3rd, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)"There are not a lot of trans women my age," says the singer, for whom aging glamorously is itself a form of activism.
LGBTQ+
The fascist roots of book bans
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via The Day (Connecticut)Anyone following the Republican Party's sudden obsession with banning books across the nation knows very well that the entire thing is a farce. Consider that when the Washington Post analyzed 1,000…
LGBTQ+, Book Bans
AP Trending SummaryBrief at 5:11 p.m. EDT
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via Clinton Herald (Iowa)Elon Musk imposes daily limits on reading posts on Twitter
LGBTQ+
AP Trending SummaryBrief at 3:25 p.m. EDT
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via Clinton Herald (Iowa)Elon Musk imposes daily limits on reading posts on Twitter
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State opens summerlong comment period on sex ed
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via Lowell Sun (Massachusetts)BOSTON — Now that schools have largely emptied out for another year, families, educators and students will have the chance to give their opinions on a new sex education framework over the course of…
LGBTQ+
AP Trending SummaryBrief at 10:26 a.m. EDT
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via Clinton Herald (Iowa)Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny
LGBTQ+
Anti-trans legislators are wasting taxpayer time to pander to a tiny but vocal minority
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via Cleveland.com (Ohio)The American voting public needs to know that legislators promoting these anti-trans laws are only pandering to a very small but vocal minority and wasting time and energy on a nonissue. Vote them out of office and support candidates who want to improve the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness for all Americans, writes Robert Regovich of Avon Lake in a letter to the editor.
LGBTQ+
AP News Summary at 10:14 a.m. EDT
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via The Berkshire Eagle (Massachusetts)France has a 5th night of rioting over teen's killing by police amid signs of subsiding violence
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General
Trump and DeSantis court Moms for Liberty in a sign of the group’s rising influence over the GOP
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via The Gazette (Iowa)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination courted conservative women at the
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General, Racism
Trump and DeSantis court Moms for Liberty in a sign of the group’s rising influence over the Republican Party
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via Times Free Press (Tennessee)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination courted conservative women at the Moms for Liberty conference in Philadelphia on Friday, elevating a group…
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General, Racism
After fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict …
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion a year ago, it shook efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa
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After fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion a year ago, it shook efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa.
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