For Florida’s LGBTQ teens and teachers, the law is a moving target
Aiden Cordero, 18, was suspended from her Florida high school in February for using the girls’ bathroom.
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Biden announces pardons for veterans convicted under military law prohibiting gay sex
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will use clemency authority to pardon former servicemembers who were convicted of crimes because of their sexual orientations or gender identities.
Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is “righting an historic wrong” to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits.
Louisiana lawmaker behind Ten Commandments bill is eyeing more culture war wins
The Louisiana lawmaker behind the radical new law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms across her state is no stranger to the culture wars.
Biden Administration’s New Title IX Rules Are Blocked in Six More States
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations in six more states as Republicans and conservative groups try to overturn a policy that expanded protections for L.G.B.T.Q. students.
Federal appeals court weighs challenge to Iowa ban on books with sexual content from schools
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for LGBTQ+ youth, teachers and major publishers asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to affirm a lower court order that blocked key parts of an Iowa law banning books depicting sex acts from school libraries and classrooms.
New Hampshire’s limits on teaching on race and gender are unconstitutional, judge says
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down New Hampshire’s nearly 3-year-old law limiting what teachers can say about race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and other topics in public schools as unconstitutionally vague. The ruling could revive the topic as an election year campaign issue.
Ex-Boston police officer who assaulted a Capitol Police officer with a chair on Jan. 6 is sentenced
WASHINGTON — A former Boston police K-9 officer who helped in the response to the Boston Marathon bombing was sentenced Friday to 20 months in prison for attacking a Capitol Police officer with a chair during the Jan. 6 riot.