by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2023 | Civil Rights, Education, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Racism
Llano County, Texas, would rather have no libraries at all than allow books about gay people and racism to be on their shelves, after an order by a federal judge. The Llano County Library System, which has three libraries, replaced the elected members of their library...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 3, 2023 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality, Transgender
Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has vetoed a broad bill proposed by Republican lawmakers to regulate trans youth out of existence. The bill would have banned all gender-affirming health care for minors, including therapy, and would have forced trans students to use...
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...
