If signed into law the bill would take effect July 1 of 2022 making Florida the 16th state to ban the use of “gay/trans panic defense”
Poland has seen a resurgence in the past three years of rightwing religious ultra-conservative groups in this heavily Catholic country
If elected she would be the first Black woman & second Black mayor after legendary Tom Bradley who served as 38th Mayor from 1973 to 1993
"The treatment aimed at PHGSA by administrators is unwarranted- these students must be treated in the same manner all others are treated"
LGBTQ+ isn't a "label" it is a state of being that a human is born with and must be acknowledged, especially by an LGBTQ+ publication
"Under the guise of protecting children- Texas legislators are directly harming thousands of transgender & nonbinary youth"
“We have to have a politically neutral classroom, and we’re going to educate the students in the best possible way that we can"
Lorie Smith said the law violated her freedom of speech and religious expression, forcing her to design wedding websites for same-sex couples
"It was disturbing how many kids came forward to say that they too had been the victims of sexual harassment or assault"
Bass has been working to dismantle systemic racism, as well as other forms of social, racial and economic injustice, for decades