by Sara Higdon “Rights.” What are they really? Enshrined in the Constitution are basic inalienable rights that the government can’t take away. Depending on who you ask, you will get a wide range of answers. It is a word we hear people from all over the spectrum use wrong. We always hear, “Healthcare is a…
Mary Margaret Olohan Opponents criticized an Iowa bill that would require schools to notify parents before teaching LGBTQ content to children. Lawmakers introduced the Republican sponsored House File 2201 in January, a bill that would require schools to annually notify parents about any kind of material that discusses gender or sexual orientation. This would then give parents the opportunity…
Mary Margaret Olohan – Drag Queen Story Hours started out as a single niche event in San Francisco libraries. – These events — wherein biological men dressed in drag read books about gender theory to children — have spread to libraries and schools across the United States. – “Parents need to be aware of this…
The Queens will march on the Missouri Capitol and the librarians will not be silent as the evangelical right rallies behind southwest Missouri Representative Ben Baker. Since Representative Baker introduced his HB2044 Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act, outrage has continued to grow, making national headlines. The bill would establish elected parental review boards to…
Just weeks ago, few could have predicted the fiery backlash that J.K. Rowling, author of the bestselling “Harry Potter” series, would receive from her own fans. Yet just before Christmas, that’s exactly what she received. Why? Because she dared defend a woman who was fired simply for expressing a defense of biological reality. Dress however you…
Chick-fil-A customers and protesters alike are outraged by the Georgia based fast- food chain’s decision to stop supporting the Salvation Army and other organizations that do not support gay marriage, according to a report from Bisnow. Chick -fil-A told Bisnow that the company would be restructuring its charitable efforts to include both faith and non-faith…
Shelby Talcott Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s wife announced Tuesday morning that she is supporting a program that aims to help LGBT youth because she understands the struggles as a former lesbian. Chirlane McCray, de Blasio’s wife, said that she “identified as a lesbian” when she came to New York in 1977. “When I…
Everything was peaches and cream for the famous drag queen and reality television star RuPaul Sunday night as his show picked up its sixth Emmy. That is, until a reporter questioned him about his team’s lack of diversity in a backstage interview. Danielle Young, a reporter for Essence Magazine, asked RuPaul if he felt that…
California is becoming an unhappy mix of serious problems and unserious policy ideas. The Golden State is grappling with skyrocketing homelessness rates, net negative migration, nation-leading poverty rates, and an outbreak of disease that hearkens back to the Dark Ages. It’s the perfect storm of ugly circumstances that cry out for bold leadership. But rather than tackle these problems,…
Developers Voidpoint and 3D Realms recently came under severe criticism for a joke gag described as “hateful and homophobic” in their new title Ion Fury. After initially walking it back, the developers later responded to actual criticisms by fans and consumers that they were being artistically censored for wrong-think by instead keeping the content within the game….