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Oklahoma Educational Superintendent Ryan Walters Photo: BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Ryan Walters, the right-wing superintendent of the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), only spoke for about 12 minutes before ending his talk at Oklahoma State University (OSU) yesterday. During his on-campus appearance, pro-LGBTQ+ protestors angrily shouted him down, calling
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Michigan State University police have identified seven suspects involved in an attack on two university students in the school library on Monday after the group allegedly made offensive remarks based on the victims’ sexual identity. “The suspects assaulted two victims, potentially selecting the victims because of the suspects’ sexual orientation bias,” MSU Police and Public
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The Greeting Card Association (GCA) awarded their prestigious Annual Louie Awards this week, and the three finalists in the LGBTQ+ category are worlds beyond your typical Hallmark drugstore purchase. GCA also introduced the new Maker of Note awards. These awards honor and elevate the rich diversity of the makers and publishers within the greeting card
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New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). Photo: ag.ny.gov A federal judge has opened the door for New York State Attorney General Letitia James to challenge a Nassau County executive order barring trans girls from participating in girls’ sports in Nassau facilities. District Court Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury summarily dismissed a lawsuit against James from Nassau
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A federal appeals court has overturned West Virginia’s transgender sports ban, the so-called Save Women’s Sports Act. The state’s attorney general will likely appeal the ruling, but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a similar case from the same appeals court in early 2023. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with an earlier
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Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their
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A new study published in the Social Science Research Network [SSRN] found that job applicants using they/them pronouns are less likely to be hired. The study’s author, University of Toronto Ph.D. candidate Taryn Eames, states it is “the first large-scale correspondence study focused on evaluating hiring discrimination based on pronoun disclosure.” Eames sent out 7,970
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Photo: Joseph Scheller/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Five angry Fox News hosts think the popular board game Scrabble is too “woke” because — in addition to banning racist and anti-LGBTQ+ slurs — a new version focuses more on having fun with friends than on competitive scoring. The popular word-spelling game recently released
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) and former President Donald Trump (R) Photo: C-SPAN screenshot President Donald Trump (R) helped defend Christian Nationalist Speaker Mike Johnson (R) from far-right House members threatening to kick him out by appearing in a joint press conference in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Together, they proposed a bill
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A controversial new report on gender-affirming healthcare has compelled the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) to demand data from all seven of its adult gender clinics. The NHS has also ordered the clinics to deny services to any clients younger than 18. The actions have concerned transgender healthcare advocates. The NHS’ orders follow the recent
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida education officials must allow a transgender teacher to use she/her pronouns in school. The teacher, Katie Wood, along with a nonbinary teacher, AV Schwandes, filed a lawsuit late last year challenging Florida’s HB 1069. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, states that “an employee
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s reelection campaign has launched “Out for Biden-Harris,” a new national initiative focused on rallying LGBTQ+ voters. The initiative acknowledges the crucial role LGBTQ+ have played in previous electoral wins. “LGBTQ+ voters are a force to be reckoned with,” campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement.
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The distance that U.S. families must travel to access gender-affirming care for their transgender children has increased dramatically in recent years, along with associated travel costs, thanks to state laws banning such care for minors, according to a new report from the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) and the Southern Equality Research & Policy Center.
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