by Beth Holmes | Mar 29, 2023 | Civil Rights, Education, Homophobia, Politics, Power LGBT, Resources & Info, Sexuality, Transgender
Book bans are not about protecting children, but about silencing LGBT voices and controlling what is allowed to be taught to children. Authorities in Iowa are pushing for a broad crackdown on what books are allowed to be kept in school libraries. Republican Governor...
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 | Jul 1, 2022 | Business, Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Health, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, News, Power LGBT, Resources & Info, Transgender
David Ige, the governor of Hawaii, signed three new bills to support the state’s LGBTQ community last Thursday. House Bill 2405 requires health insurers to include medically necessary gender affirming care in their regular coverage. It will specifically prevent...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 28, 2022 | Bisexuality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Power LGBT, Resources & Info, Science, Sexuality, Transgender
A Gallup poll published on Thursday shows that over 7% of adults in the United States identify as being under the LGBT+ umbrella, a new high. Gallup surveys of 12,416 adults in 2021 asked Americans to say if they identified as heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 20, 2021 | Education, LGBTQIA+, Queer Community, Resources & Info, Sexuality
Acephobia reared its head again this past National Coming Out Day, as it does every year. So let’s talk. Asexual people are people who don’t experience sexual attraction, or libido, or both. Under that umbrella are gray-asexual people, who experience...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 25, 2021 | Human Rights, Politics, Resources & Info
Seattle homeless camps continue to be cleared, but few of their residents wind up in shelters. In January 2020, a one-night count tallied the Seattle homeless population at 11,751, with just over half of those staying in shelters and other housing options, and 47...
