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Students in Iowa are organizing to circumvent state’s anti-LGBTQ laws
Adults may be making the laws, but since when have teenagers blindly followed the rules?
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Ron DeSantis is polling terribly in the first 3 states hosting GOP primary elections
DeSantis will soon wake up to the reality that he’s going to lose.
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LGBTQ+ group banned from marching in town’s Labor Day parade for the “safety of the public”
The group thinks the ban was a response to their plan to have a local drag performer join them in the parade.
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A school district used ChatGPT to decide which “sexual” books to ban. It didn’t go well.
The district said it didn’t have time to review every book in its collection like the new GOP state law requires. But is AI the answer?
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Free speech wins as Des Moines pauses LGBTQ+ school book removal
Parents and teachers fighting a draconian book ban cheer a small victory.
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School district may ban biography of Pete Buttigieg to comply with anti-LGBTQ+ book ban law
The list of 374 books that may be banned includes literary classics like “1984” and “The Catcher in the Rye.”
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Wisconsin Republicans now want to let children serve alcohol in restaurants
“This literally creates the perfect scenario for somebody to be groomed.”
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Iowa mailer thanks Donald Trump for “standing up for LGBTQ+ rights”
It’s the latest ad to portray Donald Trump as too LGBTQ+-friendly in what might become Ron DeSantis‘s main attack on the primary frontrunner.
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Ron DeSantis slammed for busing supporters into Iowa in humiliating letter from state GOP
“He is the first presidential candidate that is going out and buying and paying for representation.”
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Student yells “Trans rights are human rights” in front of Iowa’s anti-trans governor
“We’re not going to be protesting in a way that is comfortable for her that she can act like it doesn’t exist,” the transgender student said.
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New Iowa laws ban health care for trans youth & force them to use incorrect bathrooms
One Democratic lawmaker called out so-called parents’ rights activists for taking away parents’ rights to make health care choices for their children.
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Advocates rally nationwide for LGBTQ+ rights: We “have had enough.”
From Montana to Iowa to Tennessee, rallies and walk outs have been taking place to protest the continued onslaught of anti-LGBTQ+ bills.
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Iowa students stage “We Say Gay” walkouts across the state
A wave of anti-LGBTQ+ proposals is sweeping through the Iowa legislature.
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Mike Pence group to launch ads attacking trans children in Iowa ahead of primaries
The move is likely an opening salvo in the former VP’s expected 2024 presidential campaign.
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Anti-trans sports bills leave schools torn about whether to follow state or federal law
The Biden administration says anti-trans discrimination is illegal. Some states say the opposite. What are schools doing?
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Conservative “mama bear” struts in “drag” at school board meeting to protest drag show
Kimberley Reicks even had a reveal before she accused a drag queen of being a “Satanic worshiper.”
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Conservatives sue school for refusing to out transgender students
One family is worried the school will turn their daughter transgender because her classes meet in a room with LGBTQ posters.
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Gay teacher who ran for school board seat was targeted by Moms for Liberty. He overcame & won.
“If a poster boy for everything [right-wing groups] hate about teaching and teachers and marginalized communities can win by 12 points… then I got to think that other folks can tap into that same energy.”
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Iowa library closed after endless complaints about LGBTQ staff & theft of books
Two previous directors quit due to theft of LGBTQ books and the lack of support from the community.
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Gay music teacher was blackmailed. Instead of helping him, his school forced him to resign.
His school already knew that he was gay. They just didn’t want students to find out.
