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Ron DeSantis appoints anti-LGBTQ+ activist to college board to “reconquer” schools

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has appointed far-right anti-LGBTQ+ activist Christopher Rufo to the board of trustees of the New College of Florida – a school with a reputation for being progressive and queer-friendly. In addition to virulently targeting the LGBTQ+ community, Rufo has spent years helping to build a movement against the teaching of so-called critical race theory – an academic term conservatives have manipulated to essentially mean teaching children anything about the history of racism in the U.S. Rufo – who does not live in Florida – admitted in a 2021 speech that right-wing activists “appropriated” the term critical race […]

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AZ GOP lawmakers now want to ban drag brunches on Sundays

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Arizona state GOP lawmakers have introduced a series of bills that would regulate and limit drag shows in the state. Family-friendly drag performances like drag brunches and drag queen story hours have become a lightning rod for Republicans over the past year, with local far-right and anti-LGBTQ+ groups disrupting events all over the country. But one of the Arizona bills targets even performances aimed at adults. Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern (R) has introduced S.B. 1030, which calls for regulation and business licenses for drag shows. Under the law, drag performances would not be allowed between 1 a.m. and 8 […]

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‘Don’t Say Gay’ feud advances with new proposed legislation

Florida lawmakers will move to increase state control of Walt Disney World’s private government, according to a notice published Friday, the latest development in a feud over a law critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The notice posted on the Osceola County website says the Republican-controlled statehouse will take up legislation changing the structure and powers of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, as the 55-year-old Disney government is known. A bill has not yet been filed detailing exactly what changes would be under consideration. The notice serves as a procedural step in what has become a closely watched process between Disney and Florida. Republican […]

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Anti-LGBTQ+ parents now want ‘deprogrammers’ to turn their estranged kids conservative

A new trend seems to be all the rage for anti-LGBTQ+ parents, who have been increasingly touting the need to “deprogram” their progressive children and turn them conservative. A recent report from the New York Post features a group of mothers who say their children refuse to talk to them after being “indoctrinated” with “gender and race ideology” by progressive high schools and colleges. The article likens progressive values to being in a cult and details the mothers’ desire to find a “deprogrammer” to jolt their children back to reality. The mothers were inspired by another story from the New York Post, that of Annabella Rockwell, a pharmaceutical fortune […]

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Republicans are quietly looking for a replacement for George Santos

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Even though out Rep. George Santos (R-NY) just got sworn in as a member of Congress this past Saturday despite lying about his entire past to get into office, party leaders are already searching for someone to replace him, either in a special election or in 2024. “The wheels are already spinning,” one unnamed GOP official told the Washington Times. “People are getting ready to start primaries.” GOP leaders in New York are also getting ready for a possible special election if Santos ends his term in Congress early. Names being considered include New York Assemblyman Mike Durso (R), Nassau County Comptroller […]

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CPAC chair Matt Schlapp ‘grabbed my junk’: former Herschel Walker male staffer

A former staffer for failed Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign has accused CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp of making “sustained and unwanted and unsolicited” sexual contact with him. The unnamed staffer tells The Daily Beast that Schlapp repeatedly “groped” and “fondled” his crotch while he was driving Schlapp back from an Atlanta bar. The staffer informed the campaign of the incident and also recorded videos in its aftermath in which he described Schlapp’s actions. “Matt Schlapp of the CPAC grabbed my junk and pummeled it at length, and I’m sitting there thinking what the hell is going on, that this person is […]

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Will Pete Buttigieg run for Senate now that Debbie Stabenow is retiring?

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With Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announcing that she will not seek reelection in 2024, the internet is abuzz with speculation that out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg could run and become the first out gay male U.S. senator. “Inspired by a new generation of leaders, I have decided to pass the torch in the U.S. Senate. I am announcing today that I will not seek re-election and will leave the U.S. Senate at the end of my term on January 3, 2025,” Stabenow said in a statement. Stabenow has served in the Senate since she won her first Senate election […]

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Texas Lawmaker Introduces Worse Version of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law

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On Tuesday, while the U.S. House of Representatives was in disarray due to Republicaninfighting, a lawmaker in Texas introduced his version of a “don’t say gay” law. State Rep. Jared Patterson’s bill, HB 1155, requires schools to disclose all information related to students’ mental health information to parents, which exposes children to being forced out of the closet by school officials and adds language to the state’s education code that would restrict the instruction of topics on sexual orientation and gender identity. “A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or district or charter school employee may not provide or allow a third party to provide […]

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FL Man Charged With Anti-Gay Mass Shooting Threat

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: A Winter Park man who admitted posting an image of a semi-automatic rifle with threats to kill gay people in a mass shooting at Florida State University was arrested by the FBI. Sean Michael Albert, 19, was arrested Tuesday on a federal charge of making an interstate communication to threaten to injure another person, according to court records. During a hearing Wednesday in federal court in Orlando, U.S. Magistrate Judge Embry Kidd ordered him to be detained until trial. The criminal complaint says that on Dec. 16, the FBI in Orlando got a tip about a threat made […]

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Gay Democrat Robert Garcia explains why he’ll be sworn into Congress on a Superman comic

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Robert Garcia, soon to be the first gay, immigrant US congressman, will take his oath of office on three unique items. The California Democrat will be sworn in to Congress as soon as a new House speaker is elected, and when doing so, will hold “underneath the Constitution… three items that mean a lot to me personally”. “A photo of my parents, who I lost to COVID, my citizenship certificate, and an original Superman #1 from the [Library of Congress],” he tweeted on Tuesday (3 January). The comic book holds a special place in Garcia’s heart. “Congressman Garcia learned to read and […]

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