Jae Moore | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:16:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://media.glaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20110814/cropped-glaad-cyan-icon-32x32.png Jae Moore | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Education À La Carte: Legal and Anti-Censorship Experts, Authors, and Students on the Stakes of the Supreme Court Book Ban Case Mahmoud v. Taylor https://glaad.org/education-a-la-carte-legal-and-anti-censorship-experts-authors-and-students-on-the-stakes-of-the-supreme-court-book-ban-case-mahmoud-v-taylor/ https://glaad.org/education-a-la-carte-legal-and-anti-censorship-experts-authors-and-students-on-the-stakes-of-the-supreme-court-book-ban-case-mahmoud-v-taylor/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:45:43 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=935128 Today, April 22, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case brought by six parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, seeking to opt out their children from the presence of LGBTQ-inclusive books in public education. “This case is about whether public school education can be a la carte, allowing parents to pick and choose [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/education-a-la-carte-legal-and-anti-censorship-experts-authors-and-students-on-the-stakes-of-the-supreme-court-book-ban-case-mahmoud-v-taylor/feed/ 0 Research Explores How Trans Technologies are Removing Barriers to Access and Visibility https://glaad.org/research-explores-how-trans-technologies-are-removing-barriers-to-access-and-visibility/ https://glaad.org/research-explores-how-trans-technologies-are-removing-barriers-to-access-and-visibility/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:23:38 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=933492 Trans Technologies, a new book from MIT Press and written by University of Michigan researcher and faculty member Oliver L. Haimson, Ph.D. explores the creative and novel ways technologies are being utilized to address the inequalities the transgender community faces, highlight and correct misinformation, and grow safety, acceptance, equitability, and visibility. “Trans technologies,” as Haimson [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/research-explores-how-trans-technologies-are-removing-barriers-to-access-and-visibility/feed/ 0 Annual Celebration of Libraries and Library Workers Arrives Amid Funding Threats to Learning and Enrichment https://glaad.org/annual-celebration-of-libraries-and-library-workers-arrives-amid-funding-threats-to-learning-and-enrichment/ https://glaad.org/annual-celebration-of-libraries-and-library-workers-arrives-amid-funding-threats-to-learning-and-enrichment/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:29:17 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=933267 April 6-12 marks National Library Week, the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual celebration of libraries, library workers, and the role they play “in transforming lives and strengthening our communities.” With a theme of “Drawn to the Library,” this year’s event encourages readers to “chart [their] next literary adventure” at the library, recognize the contributions of [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/annual-celebration-of-libraries-and-library-workers-arrives-amid-funding-threats-to-learning-and-enrichment/feed/ 0 Election 2025: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Candidates on the Record https://glaad.org/election-2025-wisconsins-supreme-court-candidates-on-the-record/ https://glaad.org/election-2025-wisconsins-supreme-court-candidates-on-the-record/#respond Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:40:34 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=932079 Early voting has begun for the April 1 election for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel are running for a 10-year term. These are their records on LGBTQ issues:  In response to the question from PBS Wisconsin, “Do trans people have any specific protections under the law? Are they a protected class? Do they [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/election-2025-wisconsins-supreme-court-candidates-on-the-record/feed/ 0 Federal Agency, Former Champion for Intellectual Freedom, Parrots Book Ban Misinformation https://glaad.org/federal-agency-former-champion-for-intellectual-freedom-parrots-book-ban-misinformation/ https://glaad.org/federal-agency-former-champion-for-intellectual-freedom-parrots-book-ban-misinformation/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:18:02 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=927656 Living up to President Trump’s campaign promise to upend education, the endangered U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced last week the dismissal of 11 complaints and six pending cases filed against school book bans as “meritless claim[s] premised upon a dubious legal theory.” Additionally, OCR fired book ban coordinator Matt Nosanchuk [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/federal-agency-former-champion-for-intellectual-freedom-parrots-book-ban-misinformation/feed/ 0 Book Ban Documentary Elevates Student Voices https://glaad.org/book-ban-documentary-elevates-student-voices/ https://glaad.org/book-ban-documentary-elevates-student-voices/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:21:21 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=924311 When you think about book bans, which group do you hear the most in the media? Elected officials, from members of Congress all the way down ballot to state superintendents and school board members, probably rank among the top. Those who speak the loudest, provide the greatest shock value, and seek to divide are certainly [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/book-ban-documentary-elevates-student-voices/feed/ 0 Voters Send Powerful Message to Anti-Trans, Moms for Liberty-aligned Candidates https://glaad.org/voters-send-powerful-message-to-anti-trans-moms-for-liberty-aligned-candidates/ https://glaad.org/voters-send-powerful-message-to-anti-trans-moms-for-liberty-aligned-candidates/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:03:51 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=924077 In multiple states this election year, voters signaled an overall shift away from “parents’ rights” issues, fear mongering, and partisan politics, including the rejection of anti-trans candidate for North Carolina governor Mark Robinson as well as other state and local educational posts. North Carolina voters also rejected Moms for Liberty-endorsed Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/voters-send-powerful-message-to-anti-trans-moms-for-liberty-aligned-candidates/feed/ 0 Moms for Liberty-Related Candidates on the Ballot, Despite Waning Support of Disgraced Group https://glaad.org/moms-for-liberty-related-candidates-on-the-ballot-despite-waning-support-of-disgraced-group/ https://glaad.org/moms-for-liberty-related-candidates-on-the-ballot-despite-waning-support-of-disgraced-group/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:02:47 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=921291 The disgraced, discredited, and voter-rejected book-banning extremist group Moms for Liberty (M4L) is still looking to remain relevant in this year’s election, including a high-profile U.S. Senate race, and in school board elections. The group has also fought Title IX protections for transgender students, urging leaders to “withhold funds from schools that teach about nonbinary [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/moms-for-liberty-related-candidates-on-the-ballot-despite-waning-support-of-disgraced-group/feed/ 0 Abortion Conversation Turns to Inaccurate and Transphobic Attack at Michigan’s Second U.S. Senate Debate https://glaad.org/abortion-conversation-turns-to-inaccurate-and-transphobic-attack-at-michigans-second-us-senate-debate/ https://glaad.org/abortion-conversation-turns-to-inaccurate-and-transphobic-attack-at-michigans-second-us-senate-debate/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:25:41 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=920447 Airing on Detroit’s ABC affiliate, WXYZ, the second debate between Michigan U.S. Senate candidates Elissa Slotkin and Mike Rogers played out much like the first. Many of the same questions were given a spotlight, running the gamut from the economy and electric vehicle production to immigration and health care. There were no specific LGBTQ-related questions [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/abortion-conversation-turns-to-inaccurate-and-transphobic-attack-at-michigans-second-us-senate-debate/feed/ 0 Voting for Equality: LGBTQ-Related Proposals on the Ballot This Year https://glaad.org/voting-for-equality-lgbtq-related-proposals-on-the-ballot-this-year/ https://glaad.org/voting-for-equality-lgbtq-related-proposals-on-the-ballot-this-year/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:31:55 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=919836 The 2024 election is consequential for LGBTQ people and our equality. LGBTQ voters are poised again to be the decisive edge in close-contest states in the presidential race as well as the elections that will determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. But it’s not just about choosing candidates. Here [...]

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