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Organizers for a lecture series involving LGBTQ+ topics in library collections will try a second time to present a lecture over Zoom, despite disruptions that caused the lecture to be halted last week. Kiwana McClung, interim chief diversity officer at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, confirmed Thursday that Bridgett Johnson-Pride, a librarian at Harvard University, will again present her lecture, “Exploring Black LGBTQ Studies in the Schomburg Center Archive,” over Zoom on Sept. 28. Johnson-Pride’s first attempt to deliver that lecture to a UL Lafayette audience on Aug. 3 was disrupted by “Zoom bombs” – efforts by unwelcome videoconference or Zoom guests to disrupt the program. “Zoombombing” is considered a cyber crime. UL Lafayette officials reported the incident to the Dean of Students office, the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities and to UL Lafayette police. READ MORE: Librarian survives attempt to fire her for including LGBTQ books in teen romance … [Read more...] about Virtual LGBTQ+ lecture rescheduled at UL after cyber attack of racial, homophobic slurs

Paso Robles school board in the central valley of California has delayed discussions over amending its bullying policies and removing certain specific protective features for LGBTQ students. An original anti-bullying policy was created in 2020 and reportedly describes the ways in which the district deals with discrimination, bullying, and harassment in order to follow federal and state laws. It also provides clarity on what students and staff are not allowed to do. According to The Tribune, the policy generally bans “unlawful discrimination targeting a student, including discriminatory harassment, intimidation, or bullying, based on the student’s actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic … [Read more...] about California School Board Delays Discussion On Changing LGBTQ-Specific Bullying Policy | The Daily Wire

Eddie Izzard has opened up on the moment her pronouns ‘changed’ to ‘she/her’ , explaining that while it wasn’t deliberate on her part, she regards it as ‘a ‘great honour’. In December 2020, the actor and comedian appeared on the Sky Arts programme Portrait Artist of the Year to have her portrait painted by a group of artists. During the episode, she requested that she be referred to by the pronouns ‘she/her’ after being asked for her preference, sparking high praise from viewers , as she said at the time: ‘This is the first programme I’ve asked if I can be she and her, a little transition period.’ In a new interview on the My Seven Wonders with Clive Anderson podcast, Eddie explained that she identifies as ‘gender fluid’, and is ‘now based as a trans woman’. Speaking about the aftermath of her Portrait Artist of the Year episode airing, the Ocean’s Twelve star said: ‘My pronouns… I didn’t change my pronouns. I was thinking of changing them.’ The 60-year-old … [Read more...] about Eddie Izzard didn’t intentionally plan to change pronouns but is ‘honoured’ to be called she/her

A left-wing organization is behind over 4,000 LGBTQ clubs and student groups in K-12 schools, combining the language of radical gender theory, anti-police, and anti-capitalist rhetoric, according to a new report. The report from writer and activist Christopher Rufo cites documents from the left-wing nonprofit activist group GSA Network, an umbrella organization that encompasses more than 4,000 “gender and sexuality” alliances in schools in 40 states nationwide. The organization, which has an annual budget of more than $2 million, nonprofit tracker Guidestar notes, espouses the tenets of radical gender theory, but it also promotes defunding law enforcement, “decolonization and reparations” for minorities, and anti-capitalism. “The individual chapters, which operate in elementary, middle, and high schools, often use the language of ‘LGBTQ inclusion’ and ‘anti-bullying’ in their public relations, but behind the scenes, the central organization is driven by pure left-wing … [Read more...] about Left-Wing Org Combines K-12 Radical Gender Theory With Anti-Cop, Anti-Capitalist Rhetoric | The Daily Wire