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• 'It's a Trojan horse for CRT': Now furious parents push back against Social Emotional Learning (SEL) being taught in schools, claiming its promotion of 'diversity' is more evidence of government indoctrination

SEL classes are designed to help the youngest children give voice to their feelings and emotions; older children will discuss mental health, sexuality and race.
(Harriet Alexander, Daily Mail, US, November 15, 2021 )

• Virginia prof under fire after saying sexual attraction to children isn’t always immoral

An assistant professor at a Virginia university is taking heat for saying it isn’t necessarily immoral for adults to be sexually attracted to children — prompting college officials to put out a statement clarifying the claim.
(Joshua Rhett Miller, NY Post, US, November 15, 2021 )

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School places professor on leave after controversial interview defending 'minor-attracted persons'

Old Dominion University announced it had put a professor on leave following comments attempting to normalize the phrase "minor-attracted persons."
( Emma Colton , Tyler O'Neil, Fox News, US, November 16, 2021 )

Old Dominion University places trans professor, 34, on leave after interview defending pedophiles as 'Minor Attracted Persons' and saying they shouldn't be ostracized because 'they can't help their urges'

A transgender university professor in Virginia has been placed on leave after defending pedophiles as 'Minor Attracted People' and saying they shouldn't be ostracized because they can't help their natural urges.
(Andrea Blanco and Christina Coulter and Jack Newman , Daily Mail, UK, November 16, 2021 )

• Virginia school board members call for public book burning of gay books

The Spotsylvania County, Virginia School Board has called for the removal of books with “sexually explicit” content from school libraries with two board members even suggesting the banned books be burned, after a mother found LGBTQ content in the district’s library app.
( Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation, US, November 11, 2021 )

Follow Up

Teachers & parents rip school board to shreds for suggesting a public book burning

Parents, students, teachers, and librarians were not happy after members of their school board called for book burnings of “bad, evil-related material” in school libraries, and they let them know in no uncertain terms.
( Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, November 16, 2021 )

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• Dean Stockwell, ‘Quantum Leap’ Star, Dies at 85

Dean Stockwell, who began his acting career as a child in Hollywood’s golden age and later performed memorably in David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet”; in the comedy “Married to the Mob,” for which he was Oscar nominated; and on TV’s “Quantum Leap,” for which he was Emmy nominated, died Sunday. He was 85.
( Carmel Dagan, Patrick Frater, Variety, US, November 8, 2021 )

• Ohio to Pay $17.5M to Convicted Child Sex Offender After Prison Guards Boasted About Paralyzing Him

Fletcher's legal team cited text messages and Facebook posts sent by one of the guards, Garrett Osbon... "the dude I broke his nose is now paralyzed with a broken neck, and they say his face looks like he had been dropped and dragged through concrete, LMAO" he wrote. "It feels good to know that I played a small part in paralyzing a cho, LMAO."
( TooFab Staff, TooFab, US, November 3, 2021 )

• A gay teen in Scotland was punched and kicked to the ground and subjected to homophobic abuse in what is being treated as a hate crime.

The unnamed 15-year-old was attacked as he was getting off a bus on City Road in St Andrews on 27 October...the attackers reportedly followed the gay teen off the bus and launched into a violent attack while the victim’s back was turned.
(Maggie Baska, Pink News, UK, November 2, 2021 )

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• Halloween special sponsored by Twix has outraged conservatives howling like a banshee

Twix’s sponsorship of a Halloween-themed episode of Hulu’s “Bite Size Halloween” series is spawning outrage online from conservatives who are scared of the spot’s inclusive message. The video has mistakenly been confused as a commercial but is only a short clip from the episode.
(Bil Browning, LGBTQ Nation, US, October 29, 2021)

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Twix - Bite Size Halloween: The New Nanny (2021)

• Sex Offenders: Fear vs. Fact on Halloween

Media fearmongering over “Registered Sex Offenders” in the community has become an annual Halloween tradition in the same way as razor blades and poison in candy.
( Derek W. Logue, The Crime Report, US, October 26, 2021)