KOSA hearing shows broad support for censoring children’s access to the internet
This hearing shows that parental groups and tech lobbyists agree on the broad strokes of what children’s access to the internet should look like.
Minnesota Court of Appeals expands legal precedent for faith-based discrimination
Broadly, this new precedent could mean that any faith-based organization now has free license to discriminate based on internal policies. It remains to be seen if this will remain state-wide precedent or be elevated to a SCOTUS case.
Oklahoma: Trans Instructor Suspended After Student Called Her Peers ‘Demonic’ in a Poor Quality Essay Which Cited No Sources
The suspension appears to be a response to calculated right-wing attacks. By Jane Migliara Brigham Yesterday, a trans instructor at the University of Oklahoma was put on administrative leave following poorly-evidenced complaints of discrimination by a student with deep ties to christian nationalist politics. Last month, Samantha Fulnecky,
Ireland: Bill Decriminalizing Sex Work to be Introduced
With sex work currently under the “Nordic Model” in Ireland, why decriminalize? And why now?.
State Department Confirms Denial/Delay of Passports for Trans People
A State Department spokesperson confirmed that they will deny or delay passport issuance unless and until an applicant provides "sufficient” evidence of their “binary, biological sex at birth.”
Trans People Being Denied Passports Until They Can Prove Their 'Biological Sex' at Birth
The State Department has denied a passport application to a trans woman because she did not provide evidence that she is applying as her assigned sex at birth.
United States- Queer Kids to be Placed in Anti-Queer Foster Homes Under New Executive Order
The change reverses longstanding policy which separated queer kids from potential abuse.
Queer Rights Group in Brazil Receives Death Threats in Local Escalation
The far-right isn’t inevitable but these threats are part of their standard playbook. What we need is to organize so the right-wing bad actors don’t win.