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• ‘Percy Jackson’ Series at Disney+ Casts Walker Scobell in Title Role

The 'Adam Project' star will play the young demigod in the adaptation of Rick Riordan's book series.
(Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, April 11, 2022 )

• Conservatives say school lets furries “sit at the feet of their teacher & lick their paws, barking”

The school district was forced to release a statement saying it "has no protocols for furries and no issues with disruptions."
(Daniel Villarreal, LGBTQ Nation, April 7, 2022 )

• Stranger Dangers: The Right’s History of Turning Child Abuse Into a Political Weapon

At some point between the ’80s and now, leaving children unattended in public became unthinkable. To let children as old as, say, 10 walk by themselves became grounds to investigate parents for neglect.
(Ali Breland, MotherJones, March 28, 2022 )

• Choirboy’s hidden note found in church pew 125 years on

A hidden message from an orphanage choirboy pleading not to be forgotten has been found after it lay undisturbed in a church pew for 125 years. The letter by 13-year-old William Elliott was written on August 11 1897 on the back of a chorister’s order of service at Sunderland Parish Church.
(Tom Wilkinson, UK News, March 28, 2022 )

• Experts say sex offender registries don't work. Can they be fixed?

The vast majority of Americans believe sex offender registries make their communities safer, according to polls. A growing body of research, however, suggests otherwise. A long list of studies using decades of data have found no significant evidence that registries prevent sex crimes. Some even indicate that the laws imposed on sex offenders may make them more likely to commit crimes in the future.
(Mike Bebernes, Yahoo News, March 24, 2022 )

• A third of trans kids risk losing gender-affirming care under swathe of cruel bills, study finds

An estimated 58,200 trans youth are at risk of losing access to gender-affirming healthcare as a direct result of Republican-led attempts to ban treatments.
(Maggie Baska, Pink News, March 22, 2022 )

• Native American boy, 7, cries after bully classmates hacked-off his long hair at school while teacher was looking away, as his outraged parents call for investigation

A Native American boy aged just seven was left in tears after two bullies cut his hair while their teacher was busy on her laptop. Andreas Garcia came home from Del City Elementary last week without his usual and traditional long locks.
(Alastair Talbot, The Daily Mail, March 22, 2022 )

• Teleiophile Nevada father kills 5-year-old son over TV show'

A dad is facing murder charges after he allegedly told cops he whipped his son to death because he didn’t approve of the TV show the boy was watching.
(Caitlin Hornik, The Sun, March 19, 2022 )