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People want to censor education for the same reasons that slaves weren’t allowed to read
Thomas Jefferson wrote that he envisioned America’s white-only education system being for “raking a few geniuses from the rubbish.” How ironic is it that today, several state legislatures want to continue that line of thinking?
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A bi teacher came out to her students. One student’s email afterwards made the backlash worth it.
Some parents complained, but one student said they “already feel comfortable with who I am.”
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Iowa Republicans want to protect anti-LGBTQ slurs & ban anti-bias training to promote “diversity”
The proposal seeks to carbon copy a Trump-era executive order that similarly sought to ban any form of anti-bias training or implementation of “critical race theory” before a court blocked it.
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Trans New York City Council candidate Elisa Crespo could make history in the Bronx
“It’s time for us to elect people with political courage, and who will center our most vulnerable and our low-income communities of color and reverse the policies that have hurt people who have the least access to capital.”
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Betsy DeVos launches last minute attack on trans children on her way out the door
One of her finals acts was telling the Department of Education that it shouldn’t protect LGBTQ students.
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Here’s how queer teachers can help students feel safe right now
“Who is going to stand in front of these students if we don’t? History has its eyes on us.”
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Is America so broken now that we can’t turn back? Do we want to turn back?
The daunting question as we approach 2021 is, invoking the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “where do we go from here?”
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Betsy DeVos is about to lose her job. A gay whistleblower tells us why people should celebrate.
Dwayne Bensing, an out lawyer & former staffer at the Department of Education under DeVos, reflects on her anti-LGBTQ crusade and looks forward to her eventual exit.
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Gay cybersecurity expert Tracy Mitrano is determined to kick Republican Tom Reed out of Congress
“We’re at an inflection point. We can’t take democracy for granted. Everyone has to pitch in.”
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Fabian Nelson could be the LGBTQ lawmaker Mississippi needs
“A lot of us are verbally attacked,” he told LGBTQ Nation. “So being a role model to LGBTQ youth would mean so much to me, to say, hey it can be done.”