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PALM COAST, FL — (03-07-22) — A Florida high school student has been suspended indefinitely for handing out Gay Pride flags during a walkout to protest the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Flagler Palm Coast High School junior Jack Petocz was one of the organizers of the statewide walkout last Thursday to protest House Bill [...]
TALLAHASSEE, FL — (02-21-22) — A new amendment introduced by Florida State Rep. Joe Harding (R) to Florida’s “Don't Say Gay” bill, would require teachers to inform parents of their child's sexual orientation within six weeks of learning the student isn't heterosexual. The CS/CS/HB 1557 Amendment filed Friday by the bill’s co-sponsor, state Rep. Joe [...]
WILTON MANORS, FL — (02-04-22) — LGBTQ activists, Florida LGBTQ and Heterosexual students and local leaders staged a massive protest against the GOP run state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill last Tuesday night. According to local media outs, at least 100 people gathered outside the Pride Center in Wilton Manors to rally against yet another anti-LGBTQ [...]
TALLAHASSEE, FL — (01-23-22) — A Florida GOP House committee passed their latest anti-LGBT bill entitled, "Don't Say Gay" last Thursday. The anti-LGBT legislation passed last Thursday bans discussions of sexuality and gender identity in school classrooms. The passage drew immediate backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates who say the bill will effectively “erase” LGBTQ+ culture, history, [...]
MARSHALL, MINN — (12-01-21) — Conservatives continue to war against supporters of LGBT students as a southwest Minnesota middle school principal who was fired over displaying a rainbow LGBT Pride flag in her school's cafeteria, has filed a lawsuit against the school district. Former Marshall Public Schools' middle school principal Mary Kay Thomas, filed her [...]
KANSAS CITY — (11-22-21) — A Missouri school district on Monday announced they are returning two books exploring LGBTQ+ themes to its high school libraries after public uproar. The two books that are being returned to high School library shelves are “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Fun Home”. A school district spokesperson confirmed to JRL [...]
NASHVILLE, TN — (11-16-21) — Leading Civil rights groups Lambda Legal and the ACLU have filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the state of Tennessee challenging its ban on Transgender athletes from participating in school sports, arguing that their actions are unconstitutional and discriminatory. "Today, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU [...]
WAUKEE, IOWA — (10-29-21) — Attacks on the LGBTQ Community in the USA continues as the Waukee School District have become the latest to pull LGBT themed books off its library shelves following parents complaining that the books had "exposed their students to inappropriate content". In a Waukee School Board meeting held last Monday, parent [...]
HILLSBORO, OH – (10-28-21) – Hillsboro High School canceled a student play after several local residents objected to a gay character in the play, according to students and local news outlets. The High School canceled the scheduled production of "She Kills Monsters" last Thursday after weeks of rehearsals by the students, causing disgust and outrage [...]
LAS VEGAS – (10-27-21) – Campus Pride, a nonprofit organization, has released its annual “Worst List” of colleges and universities deemed 'unsafe' for LGBTQ+ students in the United States. Campus Pride works to make college and university campuses safe for the LGBTQ+ community and created their 'Worst List' back in 2015. As of 2021, 50 [...]