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News (USA)
Nonbinary lawmaker censured by GOP for helping trans rights protester. They’re not sorry.
“I think an apology for loving the people in Oklahoma is something that I cannot do,” Rep. Mauree Turner said.
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Politics
Drag bans could result in arrests at Pride parades
If a drag queen (or trans person) lip syncs to a song while riding a float, they would be in violation of the proposed laws.
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News (USA)
Activists took over the Oklahoma Capitol to protest anti-trans legislation
Right-wing trolls tried to compare the peaceful protest to the January 6 Insurrection.
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News (USA)
Arkansas moves forward on criminalizing drag shows
The measure endangers trans people, too.
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News (USA)
GOP lawmaker wants to force young trans adults to de-transition
The bill’s author said he did not speak to a single transgender person before writing it.
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News (USA)
Small town is trying to ban “adult entertainment” to quash drag performances
“It’s obvious they have no clue what they are doing.”
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News (USA)
Fifth grade teacher told students to call classmate an anti-gay slur
“And I said, ‘Yeah when he does that you need to say f*g alert,’” the teacher admitted.
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Election 2022
Oklahoma bans gender-affirming care for minors at state-funded hospital
Trans kids who depend on the hospitals for hormone therapy may be forced to de-transition.
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News (USA)
Oklahoma teacher resigns in protest of book censorship law
Teachers were asked to box up the books they felt could violate the state’s new censorship law.
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GOP candidate who said it’s “totally just” to stone gays to death loses election
He said Christians “should” believe it’s moral to execute gay people. Voters may have disagreed.
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Election 2022
GOP candidate said it’s “totally just” to stone gay people to death
“Well, does that make me a homophobe?… It simply makes me a Christian. Christians believe in biblical morality, kind of by definition, or they should.”
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News (USA)
School forces parents to sign & notarize “biological sex affidavit” so kids can play school sports
Oklahoma’s new law banning trans girls from participating in school sports as their gender also requires “biological sex affidavits.”
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News (USA)
Oklahoma theater promises to “fast-forward” through same-sex kiss in Disney’s “Lightyear”
Management is back-peddling after they posted a sign “warning” parents that two cartoon moms kiss on the cheek in the animated film.
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Election 2022
GOP candidate calls gay people “the most disgusting, despicable, stupid thing ever”
“Straight dudes find it disgusting whenever they see other dudes kissing. It is gross. Being gay is gay.”
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News (USA)
Oklahoma bans trans kids from using the right bathroom at school
Transgender students will have to choose between being bullied in a bathroom or holding it for the entire day.
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News (USA)
Oklahoma passes anti-transgender bathroom bill
Gov. Kevin Stitt – who has a history of anti-LGBTQ bigotry – is likely to sign it.
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News (USA)
Mom founds church to protect her trans son’s rights
When Tiffany Holloway’s trans teenager said he’d kill himself if his state outlawed gender-affirming care, she decided to fight back with love and community support.
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News (USA)
Oklahoma bill that could require school counselors to out students advances
The bill requires any materials on sexuality given by a counselor to a student be disclosed to parents, potentially forcing counselors to out students, endangering their lives.
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News (USA)
Oklahoma gov signed bill banning trans girls from school sports while surrounded by cis girls
Outside his office, a trans protestor held a sign that said: “How does it feel bullying kids needing support?”
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News (USA)
14 other states are considering laws similar to Florida’s “Don’t say gay” bill this year
The bills would make it harder – or even ban – presenting books in class that talk about LGBTQ people.