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Ninth Circuit temporarily blocks Idaho restroom ban as court challenge proceeds
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--From a press release
- (Boise, ID, October 26, 2023) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today temporarily blocked enforcement of an Idaho school facilities law that singles out transgender students for discriminatory treatment. The law was ...
Harlem unveils supportive housing for LGBTQ+ youths, young adults
- On Oct. 24, NYC government officials and nonprofit organization leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a housing development in Harlem with services for homeless LGBTQ+ youth and young adults between the ages ...
UPDATE: Illinois school district approves LGBTQ+ musical 'The Prom'
- After reconsidering a decision to postpone the event, Community Unit School District 300 will allow Hampshire High School to run its spring musical—The Prom, which is about ...
Loyola School of Law to present LGBTQ+ Youth Symposium Nov. 4
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--From a press release
- Chicago law firm Matt Cohen and Associates has announced a first-of-its-kind symposium and resource fair for LGBTQ+ youth, families, and allies at Loyola University School of Law. located at 25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611 ...
OPINION Renewing state's Invest in Kids program is investing in anti-LGBTQ+ hate
- In February 2020, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield warned transgender students in the Diocese's educational system that they "may be expelled from the school" if they live their lives authentically. Lansing Christian School ...
Police investigating shooting of gender nonconforming Chicagoan
- Gender nonconforming Chicagoan Dominic Dupree (also known as Dominic Palace) was shot to death October 13 in his vehicle in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. They were 25. In an email statement to this publication, the Chicago ...
NATIONAL White House, school news, LGBTQ+ deaths, Navy petty officer honored
- The White House condemned conservative social-media activist Chaya Raichik for ridiculing openly gay Interior Department official Tyler Cherry on the site X (formerly Twitter), describing her posts as "cruel and unacceptable" ...
Illinois colleges make list of most unsafe places for LGBTQ+ youth
- Campus Pride has released its list of the worst places for LGBTQ+ youthand several Illinois colleges and universities are on it. According to a press release, "the Worst List identifies the 'absolute worst, most unsafe campuses ...
Kentucky, Tennessee allowed to enforce anti-trans youth healthcare bans
- The Cincinnati, Ohio-based Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce laws banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgery, Reuters reported. The ruling is the ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes some LGBTQ+ measures and approves others
- For California's LGBTQ+ community, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has made things interesting over the last few days. Late last week, Newsom vetoed three progressive measures—including an unexpected rejection of a ...
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OPINION Social media use, mental health literacy and related problems among LGBTQ+ youth
- Special to Windy City Times Depression levels in the United States have risen steadily over the past five decades, and steep increases have been observed in recent years among children, adolescents, and adults under 25 years ...
Arrests, fights punctuate battles across Canada over gender diversity in schools
- Arrests were reported in the Canadian cities of Ottawa, Halifax, Vancouver and Victoria, among others, on Sept. 20 as opposing groups clashed on how schools address issues of gender identity and how teachers refer to transgender ...
WORLD Quebec lesbians, violence study, Rugby World Cup, Ugandan bill
- The hidden history of Quebec lesbians is being explored, the CBC reported. Between 1985 and 1996, a group of lesbians leased the Plateau-Mont-Royal school and ran it as a community center. The school was also home ...
NATIONAL Historic political win, Columbus situation, trans coach, Gold + Williams
- Fabian Nelson won a Democratic primary runoff in Mississippi's 66th state House districtand he's now the state's first openly gay legislator, The Guardian noted. (Republicans are not running a candidate for the general election sched ...
NATIONAL James Baldwin Awards, archdioceses, school items, 'RuPublicans'
- On Aug. 21, the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) hosted the 3rd Annual James Baldwin Legacy Awards to honor the contributions of Black men and masculine elders within the Black LGBTQ+/same gender loving (SGL) movement and ...
UIC among nation's top 30 campuses for LGBTQ+ students
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--From a press release
- The University of Illinois Chicago has been named one of the top 30 colleges and universities for LGBTQ+ students, according to Campus Pride, a national organization serving LGBTQ+ and ally student leaders and campus organizations in ...
N.C. legislators override governor's veto of three anti-trans youth bills
- On the evening of Aug. 16, the North Carolina legislature's Republican supermajority overrode vetoes from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper regarding several billsincluding three that target transgender youth, CNN reported. The ...
Planned Parenthood of Illinois receives $525K grant for youth STI pilot program
- —From a press release. CHICAGO - Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) received a $525,000 grant to pilot a new Chicago Healthy Adolescents & Teens (CHAT) STI testing initiative for adolescents 13 to 24-years-old in Chicago. The ...
Center on Halsted leaders discuss transition and organization's future
- In March—after a 15-year tenure that was productive but also controversial in spots—Modesto Tico Valle officially stepped down from his position as CEO of Center on Halsted, the largest LGBTQ+ ...
New HRC data: LGBTQ+ youth still lack critical support and acceptance
- From a press release: WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, released a report in partnership with the ...
40% of Florida parents surveyed want to leave the state because of the Don't Say Gay law
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--From a press release
- New research from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law and Clark University finds 40% of Florida parents surveyed said they would like to move out of Florida—20% very much so and 19% somewhat—because of ...
Florida to now allow AP psychology to be taught after anti-LGBTQ+ flap
- UPDATE: The Florida Department of Education said over the weekend of Aug. 5 that it will now allow the full curriculum for an advanced placement (AP) psychology class to be taught to high school students, The Advocate reported. ...
EXCLUSIVE Legendary coach Dorothy Gaters on her career, being part of the LGBTQ+ community
- One thing became apparent during a recent talk with iconic John Marshall Metropolitan High School girls' basketball coach Dorothy Gaters. She IS Marshall High School. Even though the talk took place in an office (alongside her ...
Center on Halsted's Jenny Urban trains a new generation of chefs
- Recently, Windy City Times chatted with Chicago chef Jenny Urban, the Director of Culinary Arts at Center on Halsted. Urban has been in the Chicago restaurant scene for more than a decade, and they've recently brought ...
Northwestern University volleyball player sues over alleged hazing
- A former Northwestern University volleyball player has filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging university officials failed to properly address a hazing incident that took place two years ago, NPR reported. The anonymous plaintiff (identified as ...
Darius Caffey offers a seat at The Table On Air
- Darius Caffey is making moves at Chicago Access Network Television with a new program titled The Table On Air. He's the host of the show focusing on the work and accomplishments of Black LGBTQ+ members of ...
NATIONAL Rufus Gifford, school items, N.C. situation, Texas judge
- Rufus Gifford, the highest-ranking openly LGBTQ+ official at the State Department, is leaving his post as chief of protocol to become finance chair for President Joe Biden's re-election campaign, The Advocate reported. Gifford, who is married ...
UPDATE: NU fires football coach in wake of hazing scandal
- Northwestern University fired longtime coach Pat Fitzgerald on July 10 amid allegations of widespread hazing within the football program, according to media reports. ...
Students sue to block discriminatory Idaho restroom ban
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--From a Lambda Legal press release
- (Boise, ID, July 7, 2023) Lambda Legal, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, and Alturas Law Group, PLLC, last night filed a federal lawsuit against the Idaho State Superintendent of Education Debbie Critchfield and other Idaho ...
One in five LGBT high school students experiences hunger because of food insecurity
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--From a press release
- A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds 20% of LGBT high school studentsan estimated 371,000 youthexperienced hunger last month because there was not enough food at home. Among older youth ...
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