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*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/conservatives-claim-victory-violent-threats-cancel-lgbtq-student-event/ Conservatives claim victory as violent threats cancel LGBTQ student event] | |||
::An LGBTQ back-to-school festival scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville, Arkansas was cancelled by officials and the organizer after threats of violence.<br> (Greg Owen, LGBTQ Nation, August 8, 2022 ) <!-- Added August 8, 2022 --> | |||
*[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/parental-rights-education-laws-form-child-abuse/ “Parental Rights in Education” laws are a form of child abuse] | *[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/parental-rights-education-laws-form-child-abuse/ “Parental Rights in Education” laws are a form of child abuse] | ||
::At least 12 other state legislatures are now appropriating the Florida model and are considering similar “Don’t Say Gay” laws. <br> (Warren J. Blumenfeld, LGBTQ Nation, July 16, 2022 ) <!-- Added July 16, 2022 --> | ::At least 12 other state legislatures are now appropriating the Florida model and are considering similar “Don’t Say Gay” laws. <br> (Warren J. Blumenfeld, LGBTQ Nation, July 16, 2022 ) <!-- Added July 16, 2022 --> |
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- An LGBTQ back-to-school festival scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville, Arkansas was cancelled by officials and the organizer after threats of violence.
(Greg Owen, LGBTQ Nation, August 8, 2022 )
- An LGBTQ back-to-school festival scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville, Arkansas was cancelled by officials and the organizer after threats of violence.
- At least 12 other state legislatures are now appropriating the Florida model and are considering similar “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
(Warren J. Blumenfeld, LGBTQ Nation, July 16, 2022 )
- At least 12 other state legislatures are now appropriating the Florida model and are considering similar “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
- Students in a Florida school district can no longer access a training video aimed at helping prevent anti-LGBTQ bullying thanks to the state’s recently enacted “Don’t Say Gay” law.
(John Russell, LGBTQ Nation, July 12, 2022 )
- Students in a Florida school district can no longer access a training video aimed at helping prevent anti-LGBTQ bullying thanks to the state’s recently enacted “Don’t Say Gay” law.
- Officials at a high school in Pennsylvania were forced to apologize and place a veteran French teacher on leave after the school's LGBT club staged a drag show event on school grounds last week.
(Paul Farrell, DailyMail, May 1, 2022 )
- Officials at a high school in Pennsylvania were forced to apologize and place a veteran French teacher on leave after the school's LGBT club staged a drag show event on school grounds last week.
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- "I may have been suspended, but I will not be silenced. I am proud of who I am," said junior Jack Petocz after a protest against the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
(Mary Papenfuss, The HuffPost, US, March 4, 2022 )
- "I may have been suspended, but I will not be silenced. I am proud of who I am," said junior Jack Petocz after a protest against the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
- LGBTQ students wanted to form a club in his district. "That’s what we have churches in the community for."
(Alex Bollinger, LGBTQ Nation, US, February 17, 2022 )
- LGBTQ students wanted to form a club in his district. "That’s what we have churches in the community for."
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- The artwork featured a rainbow Pride flag, an umbrella, and the words “Gay is OK”, and was drawn by a student at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School, in Athens, Georgia, which teaches children aged five to 11.
(Lily Wakefield, Pink News, UK, January 28, 2022 )- Follow up
- Principal caught on video popping rainbow balloons sent in support of LGBT+ pupil
- Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School, in Athens, Georgia, has already faced immense backlash this year, after a school administrator took down a young child’s Pride artwork and compared it to Nazi symbolism.
(Lily Wakefield, Pink News, US, February 18, 2022 )
- Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School, in Athens, Georgia, has already faced immense backlash this year, after a school administrator took down a young child’s Pride artwork and compared it to Nazi symbolism.
- Principal caught on video popping rainbow balloons sent in support of LGBT+ pupil
- Follow up
- The artwork featured a rainbow Pride flag, an umbrella, and the words “Gay is OK”, and was drawn by a student at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School, in Athens, Georgia, which teaches children aged five to 11.
- A six-year-old child was left in fear after a neighbor shouted anti-gay abuse at him, telling him that they’ll die of AIDS and calling him a faggot because his father is queer.
(Alex Bollinger , LGBTQ Nation, US, December 15, 2021 )
- A six-year-old child was left in fear after a neighbor shouted anti-gay abuse at him, telling him that they’ll die of AIDS and calling him a faggot because his father is queer.
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- A 12-year-old in Tennessee took his own life over the Thanksgiving weekend after a long period of being bullied at school for being gay. Eli Fritchley was a seventh grader at Cascades Middle School in Bedford County. His parents told local news station WHNT he was a peaceful soul who played trombone in the marching band and wasn’t afraid to be himself.
(Randy Slovacek, Instinct, US, December 6, 2021 )
- A 12-year-old in Tennessee took his own life over the Thanksgiving weekend after a long period of being bullied at school for being gay. Eli Fritchley was a seventh grader at Cascades Middle School in Bedford County. His parents told local news station WHNT he was a peaceful soul who played trombone in the marching band and wasn’t afraid to be himself.