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Blue and red states were putting period products in schools — then came the transphobia

For years, bills that put tampons and pads in school bathrooms were gaining traction across states. But the rise of anti-trans legislation has made a health issue political.

Candace Owens Uses Alleged Manifesto From Nashville Shooter to Be Transphobic

""We have to look evil in the face if we want to defeat it," the right-wing commentator says of the case, in which the shooter is said to have been transgender.

'We'll Cut Your Throats': Man Charged With Threatening Human Rights Campaign

Adam Michael Nettina appears to have been inspired by the recent Nashville school shooting.

Danica Roem Is Letting Her Record Speak for Itself as She Runs for Virginia Senate

Roem, the first out trans person to serve in a state legislature, is vying to be the second out trans state senator.

Utah student athlete threatened after school board member implies she's trans

The student's parents are calling on Natalie Cline to resign from the Utah State Board of Education.

7 of Ryan Walters's most heinous anti-LGBTQ+ quotes

The homophobic, transphobic Oklahoma schools superintendent is leaving to take a position fighting teachers' unions. Here are some of his "greatest hits."

The fall of Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the questions around his resignation

Opinion: Walters deserves what he’s getting: obscurity, irrelevance, and hopefully a long, silent fade into nothingness, writes John Casey.

Conservatives are outraged by this California school's LGBTQ+ policies

In expressing their disdain for policies pushing so-called "LGBT ideology," conservatives are actually taking a stance against anti-bullying rules.

Mass. teacher sued after being fired over transphobic posts online. The Supreme Court just rejected her case

A lower court held that a Massachusetts school district was within its rights to fire Kari MacRae, and the Supreme Court won't revisit that.

Democrats introduce resolution in support of LGBTQ+ youth

The resolution demands "equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure."

285 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in state legislatures already this year and it's still January

This follows a year in which more than 550 were introduced and more than 80 passed into law.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Vows to Veto Anti-Trans Legislation

Lawmakers are considering bills to ban gender-affirming care for youth and bar trans girls and women from female school sports teams.

San Francisco-area school board members get recalled after banning Pride flags

Parents voted to oust Ryan Jergensen and Linda Hurley by less than 40 votes each.

Conservative school board candidates handed humiliating loss in St. Louis area

Out of 13 candidates endorsed by local right-wing radio talk show host Marc Cox, zero won their races this week.

Meet Bobbie Simpson: California’s first out trans school board member

Simpson won her election on November 5 with more than 56 percent of the vote, beating out incumbent Elias Haynes, who had served on the board with his wife, Lindsi, who were both subject to recall votes.

What it means for LGBTQ+ Americans to leave — or choose — Christianity

Almost two-thirds of LGBTQ+ people who were raised Christian have left, new data finds. But queer Black Americans have more to leave behind.

South Africa Asked Teachers for a List of LGBTQ Students

The Eastern Cape Provincial Education Department's request for a list of students who identify as LGBTQ has been viewed as discriminatory. 

Left unprotected, the fight for inclusive Title IX isn't over

The Biden-Harris administration's new Title IX rule promised to protect LGBTQ+ students from sexual violence, but conservative states are blocking its implementation and leaving many queer assault survivors unprotected.

Alums of Karen Pence's Anti-LGBTQ School Speak Out on the Harm It Does

Immanuel Christian School makes it clear that being LGBTQ is an "abomination," they say.

Why putting free period products in men's bathrooms is good for everyone

One in three low-wage women will miss work, school, and other events due to period poverty — and trans men experience it, too.