by Beth Holmes | Feb 22, 2023 | Civil Rights, Gender, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Science, Transgender
Gender-affirming care for anyone under 18 is now banned in South Dakota, forcing trans kids to detransition without medical help. Last week, South Dakota’s very red state senate passed House Bill 1080, which bans any gender-affirming care, including puberty...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 24, 2022 | Education, Homophobia, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality, Transgender
A youth poll has found that LGBT schoolchildren report less support and more hostility from teachers as well as classmates. GLSEN is a national organization working on methods to support safe schools. They conduct a survey each year called the National School Climate...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 15, 2022 | Arts, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Homophobia, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Resources & Info, Sexuality, Transgender
A Michigan library has been defunded by popular vote, because they wouldn’t censor LGBT books for teenagers. The Patmos Library in Jamestown Township, west Michigan, isn’t large. Their annual operating budget is under a quarter million dollars, and they...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 20, 2022 | Civil Rights, Education, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT
“You are loved. You are heard. You do belong,” said President Biden to LGBT youth, signing an executive order to push back against anti-LGBT state laws. Signed on Wednesday, Biden’s new executive order directs the federal Department of Health and Human Services...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 6, 2022 | Civil Rights, Education, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Rainbows in the White House this month, as President Joe Biden’s administration makes a point of celebrating Pride Month with action, not just lights. 2022 has been a rough year for the LGBTQ community, as bigotry of all forms surges in the U.S. According to the...
by Beth Holmes | May 23, 2022 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Power LGBT, Sexuality, Transgender
Greece is the latest country to ban conversion therapy for minors, bringing the total number of nations doing so to 13. The ban is a progression of Greece’s landmark ‘Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,” which was...
