Kal Gajraj Virginia Students Stage Walkouts To Protest New Law Requiring The Outing Of Trans Classmates On Friday, Students at five Virginia Beach high schools staged walkouts in support of transgender rights. The walkout is in response to the Virginia Beach School Board potentially approving policy 5-3... Queer Up Education Oct 2, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Gregg Shapiro Vermont's Lt. Gov. Hosts Readings From Banned Books In support of free speech at libraries, bookstores, and for readers across his state, Vermont Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman is hosting a series of readings from banned books at local bookstores ... Queer Up Education Sep 28, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Gregg Shapiro Reports Show That Florida School Districts Removed About 300 Books Last Year According to a list of 'Removed or Discontinued Materials' that was quietly released by the state’s education department last month, Florida school districts removed approximately 300 books from libra... Queer Up Education Sep 28, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Rajee Narine-Singh After A Year Of Missouri's Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws, High Schoolers Speak Out Electing Trans Homecoming Queen Oak Park High School in Kansas City has just crowned 17-year-old Tristan Young as the school’s homecoming queen. Young is the second transgender girl to be crowned homecoming queen by the school, foll... Queer Up Education Sep 26, 2023 Queer News Tonight
BH Conflict Resolution Services, Dr. Bobby Huen Batman Historian Said "Gay" In Lesson To Students, Was Asked To Censor Himself Marc Tyler Nobleman was supposed to talk to kids about the secret co-creator of Batman, to inspire young students in suburban Atlanta’s Forsyth County to research and write. Then the school district t... Queer Up Education Sep 21, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Stonewall National Museum & Archives, Hunter O'Hanian Virginia Library Due To Lose Funding Over LGBTQ+ Children's Books A Virginia library that traces its roots to the 18th century could soon be shuttered over a dispute about children's books that expose readers to gay, lesbian, and transgender characters. Like many li... Queer Up Education Sep 19, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Al Ferguson Broward College President Abruptly Resigns As Conservative Pressure Continues In Florida Broward College President Gregory Adam Haile abruptly resigned from his position Wednesday evening, but the Board of Trustees held off accepting his resignation at an emergency board meeting Thursday ... Queer Up Education Sep 18, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Stonewall National Museum & Archives, Robert Kesten Two California School Districts Ban Pride Flags Two school districts in California banned the display of LGBTQ+ pride flags amid ongoing efforts by conservatives to crack down on the LGBTQ+ community’s visibility and civil rights. In Southern Calif... Queer Up Education Sep 18, 2023 Queer News Tonight
LDP Visions, Lorenzo Davis Palm Beach County To Recognize LGBTQ+ Pride Month Despite 'Don't Say Gay' Law Teachers in Florida have legal restrictions to follow when it comes to certain topics due to the Parental Rights in Education law, known by critics as Don’t Say Gay, which forbids instruction about se... Queer Up Education Sep 18, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Dr. Julio Capo, Jr Florida Bans Children's Book About Lion Cub Due To Possibly Gay Characters The Florida Department of Education banned a children’s book by the authors of And Tango Makes Three last year, despite the fact that it contains no mention of sexuality. As the Tallahassee Democrat r... Queer Up Education Sep 14, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Al Ferguson New College Of Florida Under Federal Civil Rights Investigation After DeSantis Takeover The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into New College of Florida’s trustees and administration following a civil rights complaint filed on Aug. 22. The DOE’s Office of Civil ... Queer Up Education Sep 11, 2023 Queer News Tonight
Al Ferguson Safe Schools Fights For LGBTQ+ History Month In Miami-Dade, But Loses The organization Safe Schools works to create safer schools where all students can learn and thrive, regardless of real or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, their own... Queer Up Education Sep 11, 2023 Queer News Tonight
