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The Freedom Caucus is just a rebranded Tea Party. It’s still made with 100% pure hate

After 15 contentious and grueling ballots to determine the next Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Keven McCarthy (R-CA) stood victorious but frazzled as he looked out to the House body from the Speaker’s podium to give his acceptance speech. He stated in part, “I hope one thing is clear after this week: I will never give up.” And thus began his first lie, with undoubtedly many more to come, as McCarthy takes over the gavel. The lie was that he gave up plenty to achieve this long-coveted position. In addition to sacrificing the minuscule amount of his personal […]

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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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Happening This Month at Marin’s Spahr Center

The Spahr Center team is looking forward to an amazing year! We have a ton of great programs happening, and even more in the works, so we are committed to sending weekly updates in your inbox, as well as sharing details on our social media accounts.Keep reading for this week’s highlights and upcoming programs, and share this email with a family member or friend who could benefit from our services!Don’t miss a beat! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on a moment’s notice.             This Week in ourLGBTQ+ Youth Groups Learn Safety StrategiesThis week’s Sparks […]

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Prominent Kenyan LGBTQ activist ‘brutally killed,’ local rights group says

Kenyan police have discovered the body of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the country, local media reported on Friday. Motorbike taxi riders alerted police after they saw the box dumped by the roadside from a vehicle with a concealed number plate, The Standard and The Daily Nation newspapers reported, quoting police sources. Activist Edwin Chiloba’s remains were found on Tuesday near Eldoret town in Uasin Gishu county, where he ran his fashion business, independent rights group the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) said. “He was brutally killed & dumped in the […]

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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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Deceased Pope Benedict’s legacy will harm LGBTQ+ people for decades to come

Pope Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022. He was 95. Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in Germany, he came of age under the Nazi regime. He served as Pope from 2005 until February 2013, when he became the first pope in six centuries to retire. At the time, he said, “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.” Some claimed that he left his position because of the rising tide of priestly sex abuse charges […]

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