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Massachusetts Parent Can Opt Kindergartner Out of LGBTQ+ Studies
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (87+ words) Massachusetts Parent Can Opt Kindergartner Out of LGBTQ+ Studies'Bloomberg Law News A Massachusetts parent can choose not to have his kindergartner participate in a curriculum containing LGBTQ+ materials, a federal judge ruled. Lexington Public Schools must provide notice and opt-out…...
First Democrat to Back Trump Judge Pick Angers Progressives (1)
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (531+ words) Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) came under pressure from a progressive advocacy group after becoming the first and only Democrat so far to support a Donald Trump judicial nominee in the president's second term. Demand Justice struck out at Welch on…...
Trump’s HHS Agrees to Restore LGBTQ+, Reproductive Health Data
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (243+ words) Federal LGBTQ and reproductive health web pages taken down by the Trump administration will be restored online following a litigation settlement between the US Department of Health and Human Services and several public health organizations. Public health data access "saves…...
Democrats Let Down Left at First Trump Judge Nominations Hearing
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (931+ words) Progressive advocacy groups are dismayed by what they say was a lackluster effort by Senate Democrats to scrutinize President Donald Trump's first slate of judicial nominees. Progressives said they expected Democrats to closely question the young conservatives Trump had tapped…...
Progressives Face Long Odds Against Trump Judicial Nominations
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (135+ words) Progressive advocacy groups have few good options in fighting President Donald Trump's judicial nominees. Progressive groups are conducting opposition research on Trump's initial nominees and future ... Progressive advocacy groups have few good options in fighting President Donald Trump's judicial nominees....
HHS Illegally Scrubbed ‘LGBTQ’ From Studies, Judge Suggests
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (141+ words) The Trump administration violated two Harvard Medical School Professors" First Amendment rights by censoring their papers because they contained words related to gender ideology, a federal judge said Wednesday. The Trump administration violated two Harvard Medical School Professors" First Amendment…...
Justices Focus on Meaning of LGBTQ Books in Religious Rights Row
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (247+ words) Cases and Controversies" podcast hosts Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler take listeners through the proceedings of Mahmoud v. Taylor and why they signal the parents are likely to win this case against books Montgomery County Public Schools say are meant to…...
Trump Fights Harvard Doctors Over Pulled LGBTQ-Related Studies
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (156+ words) The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to reject a challenge from two Harvard University Medical School physicians seeking to block the government's removal of research papers because they included terms related to the LGBTQ communities. The Trump administration…...