Again, a school shooting. The horror is unfathomable, and as a parent, I feel it in my core. Here are some resources to take action and, if needed, to help us speak with our children about such tragedies.
This week marks Banned Books Week, which seems a good time to recap some things we all can do to fight book banning and censorship as they continue to run rampant. Here are my tips and resources.
Renee Good, a queer mother of three children, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last January. Now, her partner Becca Good has filed two lawsuits seeking to hold the agent, senior Trump administration officials, and the U.S. government accountable so that “no other family has to go through what we have.”
Melinda Beatty’s delightful new picture book, What Is a Pirate? isn’t even out until next week, but the elementary school she herself attended has already rescinded an invitation for an author visit because of concerns that some people might take offense to the story’s gender-nonconforming protagonist.
An LGBTQ student and a child of LGBTQ parents, with their parents and the ACLU of Minnesota, have filed a lawsuit against a Minnesota school district that banned rainbow “safe space” stickers as well as rainbow posters, flags, and buttons.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case November 3 on whether religious preschools can take public money but still discriminate against LGBTQ children and those with LGBTQ parents. LGBTQ advocates have recently filed amicus briefs explaining the harm this would do. Let’s take a look.
Several recent attempts to shame and deny LGBTQ families and young people reveal a web of hypocrisy and long-standing lies. Where can we find hope?
A federal bill that would ban books, activities, and programs that mention transgender people—and potentially all LGBTQ people—from K-12 public schools nationwide has moved ahead in the House and been introduced in the Senate, while two other school censorship bills have also advanced in the House in recent weeks.
Delaware has become the latest state to show its commitment to protecting all children, no matter how their families formed. Its updated laws give children in all families, including those with LGBTQ parents and those born through assisted reproduction, clear paths to secure legal parentage.
The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled that an unmarried woman who is not a biological parent can still be declared a legal parent to the child she “held out” as her own after starting a family with her former partner. This overturns a lower court ruling that had said only unmarried men could establish parentage that way.
