News from Around PA
1.) Philadelphia Gay News awards Governor Josh Shapiro the Ally Award for his support of all things LGBTQ+
2.) PA Human Relations Commission issues new regulation that adds ‘sexual orientation and gender identity’ to the PA Human Relations Act, even though no law has been passed doing so!
3.) Pittsburgh LGBTQ activists working to distribute “Protect Trans Kids” signs as far away as State College.
News From National Scene
1.) According to a recent Tarrance Group poll, 77% of Americans support some restrictions on abortion.
2.) Warren County (VA) Board of Supervisors withhold partial funding from local library because of parent protests over pornographic children’s books.
3.) Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Tennessee law prohibiting those who identify as transgender from changing their birth certificates.
4.) Biden administration announces $2 million grants to help families “affirm and support their LGBTQI+ child.
5.) NAEP mathematic scores decline for 13-year-olds is the single largest decline we observed in the past half a century.
6.) American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten has been named to the Department of Homeland Security’s Academic Partnership Council.
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