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The battle over LGBTQ+ inclusion in school curricula is heating up at the U.S. Supreme Court with several rights groups filing amicus briefs in support of a Maryland school district.
Arguments are scheduled next week for Mahmoud v. Taylor, which could further roll back students' rights to information.
In hearing the Mahmoud v. Taylor case, conservatives leaned toward siding with these parents, while liberals wondered what other content parents could opt their kids out of.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could allow guardians to prohibit students from hearing lessons or using books involving LGBTQ+ identities.
Parents in Mahmoud v. Taylor won the right to opt-out of classes where LGBTQ-themed books were taught.
"Exposing students to the 'message' that LGBTQ people exist, the majority says, is enough to trigger the most demanding form of judicial scrutiny," Sotomayor wrote.
Rulings will come any day in Mahmoud v. Taylor and Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.
Gender-affirming care, PrEP, and LGBTQ+ books are all on the docket.
The group of parents are upset that their kids would be exposed to diverse authors and viewpoints in their English classes.
The parents who sued in Maryland haven't shown that their children are being harmed by the policy, a judge wrote.
Maryland's Baltimore County is currently weighing discrimination protections for transgender residents, but opponents are spreading rumors about cross-dressing men raping women in a nearby county that enacted similar protections.
"There is a movement underway today and it is driving toward inclusion."
Police say they discovered child pornography on Charles Sutherland's computer. Sutherland allegedly wrote the anti-LGBTQ+ slur 'groomer' on library doors in Maryland.
Abstinence-only sex education erases the existence of GLBT youth and fills kids' heads with untruths. Some parents have had enough
A newly introduced piece of legislation aims to make Maryland the 18th state to outlaw discrimination against transgender people.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore's anti-equality stance has caused more than a bit of chaos in the Heart of Dixie.
