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Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Register Herald (West Virginia)Australia is the first country to let patients with depression or PTSD be prescribed psychedelics
LGBTQ+
An anti-Trump video shared by the DeSantis campaign is ‘homophobic,’ says a conservative LGBT group
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)NEW YORK — A prominent group that represents LGBT conservatives says a video shared by Ron DeSantis ' presidential campaign that slams rival Donald Trump for his past support of
LGBTQ+
Anti-Trump video shared by DeSantis campaign is ‘homophobic,’ conservative LGBT group says
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The Log Cabin Republicans called the video 'divisive and desperate.'
LGBTQ+
‘Majority doesn’t always dictate:’ School board ignores 84% of parents on how to teach sex-ed and the inclusion of ‘gender identity’
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)A school board in Virginia is ignoring a majority of parents who do not want to allow boys and girls to take sex education together. We spoke with one man who is running for Fairfax County Public School Board to give power back to the parents.
LGBTQ+, School Board – General
Anti-Trump video shared by the DeSantis campaign ‘homophobic,’ says conservative LGBT group
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)The 'DeSantis War Room' account shared footage of Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2016 saying he would 'do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens.'
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For some states with laws on transgender bathrooms, officials may not know how they will be enforced
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)U.S. states with laws restricting what bathrooms transgender kids can use in public schools are wrestling with how those laws will be enforced. Enforcement questions came to a head in one recently…
LGBTQ+, School Board – General
An anti-Trump video shared by the DeSantis campaign is …
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)A prominent group that represents LGBT conservatives says a video shared by Ron DeSantis′ presidential campaign that slams rival Donald Trump for his past support of gay and transgender people 'ventured into homophobic territory.'
LGBTQ+
An anti-Trump video shared by the DeSantis campaign is ‘homophobic,’ says a conservative LGBT group
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)A prominent group that represents LGBT conservatives says a video shared by Ron DeSantis′ presidential campaign that slams rival Donald Trump for his past support of gay and transgender people 'ventured into homophobic territory.'.
LGBTQ+
Trump and DeSantis court Moms for Liberty in sign of group’s influence over GOP
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Both presidential candidates appeared eager to out-flank the other as they spoke at the group's conference in Philadelphia on Friday.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General, Racism
Supreme Court First Amendment ruling on LGBTQ rights: What’s it mean for Florida?
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)The decision will certainly rock the shores of Florida, where laws directly and indirectly targeting the LGBTQ community have swelled under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
State senator calls for studies into critical race theory in K-12 schools
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Omaha World-Herald (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
Trump praises Moms for Liberty
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)PHILADELPHIA -- Former President Donald Trump praised Moms for Liberty, a group that fiercely opposes instruction related to race and gender identity in the nation's classrooms and has been labeled…
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
Another winning Powerball ticket, worth $150,000, goes unclaimed in Region
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)A winning Powerball lottery ticket purchased on or before New Year's Eve in Northwest Indiana expired Thursday with no one claiming the $150,000 prize.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
Failed Nevada school bills include sex ed, districting changes
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)Education-related bills introduced in the Nevada Legislature this spring that failed to become law ranged from sex education reform to attempts to continue programs that have been funded with federal…
LGBTQ+
Indiana abortion tally grew 13% last year, spurred by restrictions elsewhere
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)A new report shows 9,529 women had an abortion in Indiana last year, up from 8,414 in 2021, a total of 1,115 more abortions, or an 13.25% increase.
LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
Polish Election Upends Right-Wing Ruling Party
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
via The Wall Street JournalThe ruling Law and Justice Party veered right to tap Ukraine fatigue, but failed to win enough votes to form a government.
LGBTQ+
First New York City chapter of Moms for Liberty launches in Queens
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
via amNY (New York)Moms for Liberty, the conservative parent group flipping school boards and challenging books nationwide, has quietly opened its first chapter in New York
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Da Winnas & Da Loozas 2023 Edition: GOP ideologues purge moderates, Democrats fail to eat their own
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
via NOLA.com (Louisiana)The results of the October 14 primary call to mind the old saying, "all over but the shoutin'." Republicans are poised to make a clean sweep of Louisiana's seven statewide
LGBTQ+
To Beat Trump, Nikki Haley Is Trying to Speak to All Sides of a …
Sunday, November 26th, 2023
via The New York TimesLGBTQ+