LGBTQ
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2023
Sharpton to DeSantis: Stop censoring Black history
Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2023
National group threatens lawsuit against Maine school district over gender policy
The Goldwater Institute says the Damariscotta-area district is guilty of violating parental rights because it did not tell a student's mother that her child wanted to be identified as a boy instead of a girl.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2023
In gender clash, Maine schools caught between parents, kids
The handling of gender identity at public schools has emerged as a new front in the culture war, pitting children's privacy against some parents who fear educators are cutting them out of key conversations.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
Turner-based school board keeping ‘Gender Queer’ in high school library
A controversial book about gender and sexual identity will remain available to students at Leavitt Area High School after a 5-3 vote by Maine School Administrative District 52 directors.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Pope criticizes anti-gay laws, says being gay is a sin but ‘not a crime’
At least 67 countries, the majority in Africa or the Middle East, have national laws against same-sex relations, while at least nine others criminalize gender expression against transgender or other people.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2023
Two artists with Maine ties win $50,000 fellowships from national organization
Conceptual fiber artist Bukola Koiki and writer Alex Marzano-Lesnevich are among 45 recipients of the awards from United States Artists.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2023
The Maine Millennial: Conservatism isn’t coming for my generation
Is it any wonder millennials have embraced more left-wing policies of wealth redistribution?
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2023
States seek to restrict transgender health care in first bills of 2023
More than two dozen such measures are introduced across 11 states.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2022
Maine Voices: Rejoicing at the signing of the Respect for Marriage Act
Decades of work for LGBTQ+ inclusion and justice culminated in an unexpected invitation to the White House.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates have tracked an increase in hate speech and threats of violence directed at LGBTQ people, groups and events, with much of it directed at transgender people.
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