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*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/01/gop-mayor-holds-110k-funding-hostage-library-purges-homosexual-materials-shelves/ GOP mayor holds library funds hostage until “homosexual” books are taken off shelves]
::The mayor says homosexuality is against his religion. But the town's librarian is standing up to him. <br> (Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation, US, January 26, 2022 ) <!-- Added 1-2-22-->
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*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/01/students-agree-de-gay-gsa-enraged-parents-attacked-clubs-sponsor-predator/ Students agree to de-gay GSA after enraged parents attacked the club’s sponsor as a “predator]
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/01/students-agree-de-gay-gsa-enraged-parents-attacked-clubs-sponsor-predator/ Students agree to de-gay GSA after enraged parents attacked the club’s sponsor as a “predator]

Revision as of 20:34, 26 January 2022

From the Gay Community

The mayor says homosexuality is against his religion. But the town's librarian is standing up to him.
(Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation, US, January 26, 2022 )
Students at Lakeland Preparatory School in Tennessee have reportedly withdrawn their request to form a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club at their school after conservative parents rabidly attacked them and a supportive faculty member. The parents claimed that even the presence of a GSA – which is also sometimes called a Gender & Sexualities Alliance – at the school will “indoctrinate” their kids into being gay.
(Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, January 4, 2022 )
One parent ranted about how the "inappropriate" Gay-Straight Alliance will be "trying to bait 10, 11 and 12 year old kids into their club meetings" with snacks.
(Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, December 17, 2021 )
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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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)
YouTube Video
Twix - Bite Size Halloween: The New Nanny (2021)
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“Let Life Happen” shows a boy dressed up in his mother’s clothes, jewellery and make-up as he gleefully dances round the house to the iconic Stevie Nicks hit “Edge of Seventeen”.
( Emma Powys Maurice , Pink News, Uk, October 13, 2021)
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LGBTQ rights organization Born Perfect has released a short film called “Bobby’s Big Problem” to educate the public about the dangers of conversion therapy.
(Selome Hailu, Variety, US, October 5, 2021)
“Being gay is wrong!” the unnamed landscape gardener, 28, allegedly yelled as he assaulted his son.“If they were adults, I would have killed them!” he reportedly screamed before hurling him to the floor.
(Donald Padgett, OUT Magazine, US, August 24, 2021)
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picture by Gage Skidmore
Jack Dylan Grazer just confirmed they are a part of the LGBTQ+ community!
(Raffy Ermac, OUT Magazine, US, July 2, 2021)
David Thorstad, who co-founded or ran some early LGBTQ groups following the Stonewall riots in 1969 that are seen as marking the start of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, died on August 1 from complications during heart surgery in a North Dakota hospital.
(Duncan Osborne, Gay City News, August 6, 2021)