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• Oklahoma bill would fire teachers for offending Christian morals by teaching biology

The bill would allow parents to sue teachers for $10,000 "per incident, per individual." The fine would need to be paid by the teacher "from personal resources" and the educator cannot "receive any assistance from individuals or groups" or they'll be fired.
(Bil Browning, LGBTQ Nation, US, February 2, 2022 )

• Furry Panic is sweeping through Trump supporters, anti-vaxxers & the religious right

Not content with making wild accusations about transgender students, now they're making ridiculous claims that kids are becoming "furries" and schools are making federally-mandated accommodations.
(Bil Browning, LGBTQ Nation, US, February 1, 2022 )

• 9-Year-Olds Are Being Forced to Register as Sex Offenders. That Might Finally Change.

In the United States, up to 70 percent of sexual offenses against children are perpetrated by other children, typically a slightly older relative or playmate who offends in the context of ignorance, impulsivity, and convenience, not predation. Many states subject these kids to the same criminal consequences as adults who have been convicted of sex crimes; the most impactful of which can be registration and public notification, which typically lasts for decades or life, depending upon the conviction or adjudication offense.
( Elizabeth Letourneau and Luke Malone, Slate, US, February 1, 2022 )

• Conservatives Are Banning Books From Schools While Whining About 'Cancel Culture

When a publisher stops printing an old Dr. Seuss book nobody read because it contained harmful racial stereotypes, Fox News and the entire Republican party lose their minds over “cancel culture.”
(Ryan Grenoble, Huffpost, US, January 28, 2022 )

• Parents in Georgia have reported that an elementary school administrator took down a young child’s Pride artwork and compared it to a Nazi flag.

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 )

• Is Profit Driving Florida’s Sex Offense Registry?

In 2019, I was falsely accused of a petty theft in Broward County, Florida, despite living over 1,100 miles from the alleged offense and having no transportation.
(Derek W. Logue, The Crime Report, US, January 27, 2022 )

• Teleiophile Mom arrested for murder after 4-year-old son reported missing

A Georgia mom was slapped with a murder charge when cops searching for her missing 4-year-old son uncovered human remains, authorities said.
(Mark Lungariello, NY Post, US, January 26, 2022 )

• GOP mayor holds library funds hostage until “homosexual” books are taken off shelves

The mayor says homosexuality is against his religion. But the town's librarian is standing up to him.
(Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation, US, January 26, 2022 )

• Revealed: Protester who attacked paedophile sculptor's BBC statue with a hammer is father's rights campaigner who dressed as Spider-Man for six-day Tower Bridge stunt

A protester who used a hammer to attack a statue by known paedophile Eric Gill on the outside of the BBC's Broadcasting House is a notorious Fathers 4 Justice campaigner. David Chick, 52, had most recently been seen last year above a crane in East London in April last year dressed in his familiar Spiderman mask.
( Dan Sales, The Daily Mail, UK, January 13, 2022 )