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Homophobe Kirk Cameron Promoting Alternative to 'Harmful' Scholastic Book Fairs

The right-wing Christian actor is endorsing SkyTree Book Fairs and will appear at one such event Saturday in Virginia.

Scholastic Separates LGBTQ+ Titles at Book Fairs in Response to Book Bans

The publisher's action is drawing criticism from teachers, librarians, and advocacy groups.

NOM President to Receive Honorary Degree

Brian Brown to receive honorary degree from an organization with unclear scholastic ties.

Oregon Schools Ban Kids from Competition Because of Trans Book

Officials decided that rather than allow kids to read George, about a 10-year-old trans girl, it would bar its elementary students from a statewide reading competition. 

School Bans Captain Underpants Over Gay Character

A Michigan elementary school is banning the latest installment of the popular children's series because one of the main characters is gay.

Tempting gay employees

The Advocate's top ten companies for 2000 adds to a growing list of sweet workplaces for gays and lesbians

Alaska School Board Votes to Ban Trans Girls From School Sports

Only the board’s lone student advisor voted against the ban.

Gay boy in a dress barred from school prom

Indiana high school student Kevin Logan was prevented from entering his high school prom when he showed up in a dress.

Land O'Lakes' Beth Ford Becomes First Out Woman to Run a Fortune 500

Ford is also only the third gay person and the 25th woman to run a Fortune 500 company. 

Jeffery Self's A Very, Very Bad Thing Explores Head-Reeling First Love

Read an excerpt from the Search Party actor's YA novel about exciting, first, and forbidden love. 

 

Op-ed: The Weird Relationship Between Mormons and Marriage

Ironic that leaders of the Mormon Church are still fighting to keep marriage equality off the books.

Gay Jesuit: Catholic Church Must Discover 'Tender Compassion' for All

A candidate for the priesthood openly discusses being gay in a column published today, but points out that he is more than his sexual orientation.

Florida's First Out Latino State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith Loses

Smith has been a vocal critic of Gov. Ron DeSantis and his anti-LGBTQ+ politics.

ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Idaho's Ban on Transgender Athletes

The complaint, filed on behalf of two student athletes, also calls out the law's intrusive "sex verification" requirements in disputed cases.

Florida mom is removed from school district job after letting trans daughter play volleyball

“There is no way around it, I’m being punished because I am the parent of a transgender student,” Jessica Norton said in a statement to the media.

Mom of Florida trans girl athlete speaks out against possible firing for the first time

Jessica Norton, the mother of a trans student who briefly played on the Monarch High School volleyball team, spoke during a public comment period at a Broward County School Board meeting on Tuesday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Anti-Trans Bill in Time for Pride

The Republican governor has taken hateful action against trans people.