Tasiyah “Siyah” Woodland, an 18-year-old Black transgender woman, was found shot to death near a bar in Mechanicsville, Md., last week. Read on »
Last year, guns surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for children in the U.S. Just let that sink in for a moment. Children dying at a young age is rare and gut-wrenching in the first place, and how they are able to be so close to guns is gruesome. Among other countries, in Germany, guns rank 13th as a cause of children's deaths, Australia 11th, and Japan 15th. Read on »
U.S. Reps. Adam Schiff and Mark Takano, both Democrats from California, Tuesday called on Twitter CEO Elon Musk to address the rise in hate speech, including anti-LGBTQ+ speech, on the platform since he took it over last fall. Read on »
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Even before police officials in Tennessee identified the person responsible for murdering three children and three adults in the latest mass school shooting in the U.S., far-right extremists and transphobic people began spreading misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation focused on transgender people and not guns. Read on »
Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls is resharing a video of a speech he made in 2011 about being the son of a lesbian couple, and it’s as relevant as ever. Read on »
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A Wisconsin elementary school administration told a first-grade teacher that her class could not sing a song by Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus that celebrates acceptance because it might be controversial. The song’s title, “Rainbowland,” seems to be the source of the problem. Read on »
Minnesota is advancing a bill to make the state a refuge for transgender youth seeking gender-affirming care and for their supportive parents. Read on »
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