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Politics
Wisconsin Republicans use a sneaky legislative move to keep conversion therapy legal
Instead of just passing a bill to allow conversion therapy, they used a weird legislative trick to get their way.
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News (USA)
Republican lawmakers block LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” ban for second time
“It’s disappointing that the very first move the GOP is going to make this legislative session is to green-light abusive practices against children.”
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News (USA)
Wisconsin school board member sues over new sex-ed curriculum
Moms for Liberty and Gays Against Groomers have made the tiny school district a focus of their national efforts protesting against the “sexualization and indoctrination of children.”
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Election 2022
Democratic early voting numbers crush GOP’s in 3 states: Will there be a big “red wave”?
People who are fearing a Republican takeover of the U.S. government might want to look at what’s happening in Ohio, Georgia, and Wisconsin.
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Politics
GOP Senator Ron Johnson says he’s “well aware” of kids using litter boxes in schools
The false claim has become a common anti-trans dog whistle among Republicans.
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LGBTQ History
Before Stonewall LGBTQ people rose up at the Black Nite bar. It will soon be a historical landmark.
“We didn’t start anything, but we sure as hell finished it,” said “queen” Josie Walker of Milwaukee’s historic Black Nite Brawl.
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Election 2022
GOP Wisconsin governor candidate donated $250K to anti-LGBTQ & anti-abortion groups
The donations to anti-LGBTQ churches provide a preview of how Michels may handle LGBTQ issues as governor.
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Election 2022
Republican campaign rocked by gay extortion attempt
The GOP candidate said that the video came from “a brief moment I struggled with my sexuality.”
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Politics
Sen. Ron Johnson signals opposition to marriage equality bill. Could this spell doom?
He went from saying that he wouldn’t oppose the marriage equality bill to accusing it of “opening up a wound.”
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Politics
NOM runs ad to pressure Sen. Ron Johnson to vote against marriage equality bill
NOM, a relic of the past, cites a vote from 2006 as the reason the Senate should reject the LGBTQ rights bill today.
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News (USA)
School district bans pronouns in teacher email signatures because they make people “uncomfortable”
They banned Pride flags too.
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News (USA)
Walgreens employee refuses to sell condoms to married woman citing “my faith”
Walgreens says the employee followed company policy. But what about people who need access to condoms?
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News (USA)
Ex prison guard allegedly pushed lesbian into fire & strangled her while calling her a slur
The district attorney offered a plea deal that could have let him off without prison. The judge said no.
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News (USA)
Conservatives say school lets furries “sit at the feet of their teacher & lick their paws, barking”
The school district was forced to release a statement saying it “has no protocols for furries and no issues with disruptions.”
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News (USA)
3 anti-LGBTQ candidates lose school board election that started with death threats
The candidates ran because the school refused to out LGBTQ students. Voters rejected them.
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News (USA)
Parents pull their trans son out of school & sue because the staff used he/him pronouns
The parents say that they have a constitutional right to force the school to use incorrect pronouns for their child.
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News (USA)
Bullies forced trans teen to expose himself in bathroom. Police refused to do anything.
The victim’s classmates are rallying for justice as the bullies are “walking around and happy about what they did” and they attacked again.
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News (USA)
Librarian says GOP candidate checked out nearly all the Pride books just so kids couldn’t
Derrick Van Orden’s tirade over a single Pride display made at least one out teen at the library feel unsafe. He claims he was only upset over an “inaccurate” fiction book that mocked Mike Pence.
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Commentary
Conservatives are turning school boards into a battleground for culture wars
Struggling to push their agenda in other arenas, conservatives are bringing their buffet of grievances to schools – turning board meetings into an endless parade of ignorance, misinformation and just plain hatred.
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News (USA)
Man calls trans teens “f****ts” & accuses them of having sex in public before beating them
Prosecutors didn’t even want to call it a hate crime at first.