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Beyond the Numbers: What LGBTQ+ Students Are Really Experiencing in Schools
In classrooms across the United States, LGBTQ+ students are navigating something far more complex than assignments and attendance. They are navigating safety, identity, belonging and, increasingly, a political climate that shapes all three. The latest National School Climate Survey from GLSEN offers a sobering picture. Only one in three LGBTQ+ students report that they frequently or often look forward to school. Nearly two-thirds say they feel unsafe because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. For many students, that sense of unease is not occasional. It is built into their daily routines – influencing where they walk, who they talk to and how visible they allow themselves to be. And yet, to reduce these students to statistics alone would miss something essential. “Research is about storytelling,” said Shweta Moorthy, GLSEN’s Director of Research and Best Practices, during a recent interview. “The way to tell meaningful stories is to ensure that both the quantitative and qualitative data are moving hand in hand.” That idea – that data should reflect lived experience, not flatten it – is …
LGBTQ faith leaders say Supreme Court’s conversion therapy ruling will harm youth
(RNS) — As LGBTQ-affirming faith communities across the United States prepared to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility on Tuesday (March 31), their plans were interrupted by news the Supreme Court had ruled that morning against Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy. A form of talk therapy that attempts to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of LGBTQ people, conversion therapy has been widely discredited by major medical organizations due to evidence it is ineffective and can lead to suicide. In a striking 8-1 ruling, the court sided with evangelical Christian therapist Kaley Chiles, who argued Colorado’s law violated her right to free speech by preventing her from working with young people “who have same-sex attractions or gender identity confusion” and are seeking to “live a life consistent with their faith.” As conservative groups celebrated the news as a win for free speech, LGBTQ and LGBTQ-affirming faith groups condemned the decision, saying it could threaten conversion-therapy bans in over 20 other states. “‘Conversion therapy’ is not only medically spurious, its history is inseparable from a …
US Supreme Court rejects Colorado ban on LGBTQ child ‘conversion therapy’ | Courts News
In an eight-to-one decision, the high court ruled against a law banning the discredited practice on free speech grounds. Published On 31 Mar 202631 Mar 2026 The United States Supreme Court has ruled against a law in the state of Colorado that bans the controversial practice of “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ children, a discredited practice that has been linked to serious harm for participants. Tuesday’s ruling was an eight-to-one decision, with two of the court’s three liberal justices joining its six conservatives in opposing the ban. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The court majority argued that restricting talk therapy could violate the free speech protections enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution. “Once again, because the State has suppressed one side of a debate, while aiding the other, the constitutional issue is straightforward,” Elena Kagan, a left-leaning justice, wrote in a supporting opinion. About two dozen US states have laws banning conversion therapy, which aims to “convert” the gender identity or sexual orientation of individuals to reflect heterosexual, cisgender norms. Studies …
When My Husband’s Dementia Changed Our Marriage, One Way Of Thinking Helped Me Get Through It
If one can gracefully accept the changes that dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease bring, rather than fighting them, it can be easier for the person living with the disease, for their caregiver, and for those who love them. Easier said than done, but possible. This is a huge assumption because dementia is a life-altering illness that affects the person, his family, and those around him. It is a disease that cannot be majorly improved with medications, is not curable, and ends in death, sometimes after years of suffering. In many ways, my husband, Gregory, was able to accept the changes that his dementia brought, and I, as his partner, did an amazing job of supporting him during his twelve-year journey with the disease. When my husband’s dementia changed our marriage, one way of thinking helped me through it Photo from Author / My husband Gregory (RIP) lived with dementia/Alzheimer’s from 2 to 03–2015 Leaning into Buddhist teachings helped me deal with my husband’s dementia I am not beating myself up, but if I could have been more aware of …
School sued after parents say staff kept son’s transgender identity se | World | News
Palisades Charter High School (Image: Getty Images North America) The parents of a transgender student who died by suicide are suing a California school, alleging staff kept their child’s gender identity secret from the family and contributed to a breakdown in their relationship. Dylan Parke died in March 2024 at the age of 19. Their parents, Kathleen Mulligan and Andrew Parke, have filed a lawsuit against Palisades Charter High School claiming school staff withheld information about their child’s gender identity. According to the legal complaint, Parke told teachers during the 2019–2020 school year that they were transgender and wished to go by the name Aria while at school. The filing states they were allowed to socially transition within the school environment and were listed under that name in the school yearbook. READ MORE: NHS poised to stop giving hormones to transgender kids READ MORE: Tourist brutally robbed by women he booted from bedroom for being transgender The lawsuit alleges the parents were not informed about the change (Image: Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The …
Gay Muslim influencer hosts inclusive Ramadan meal and calls for acceptance across faiths
BERLIN (AP) — Ali Darwich, a gay Muslim influencer in Berlin, picks up a date from his plate, takes a sip of water, and addresses the 15 friends sitting around the table and breaking the Ramadan fast with him. The 33-year-old German with Palestinian and Lebanese roots — who goes by @alifragt or “Ali asks” on Instagram — has a quickly growing following on Instagram, where he draws attention to the difficulties of living as a young, queer Muslim and calls for more tolerance and inclusiveness. “Tonight we want to send a message that no matter where a person comes from, no matter who that person loves, no matter how queer that person is, they cannot be too queer … because they are exactly as they should be,” Darwich says, smiling at the diverse group of Muslims and Christians, Germans and immigrants, gay and straight people sharing this meal with him as the sun sets over Berlin. “I am a believer, I believe in God, and I find Islam beautiful, just like Christianity or Judaism and many …
The populist right’s ‘worst enemy’: Itself – POLITICO
“You can win an election, but if you’re not prepared for its consequences, then you become your worst enemy,” he said during a two-hour conversation in his paper-strewn office. “You basically risk being doomed forever.” Across Europe, the movements Furedi is talking about are already testing the political mainstream. Nigel Farage’s Reform Party is surging in Britain, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally has a real shot at the French presidency, and the Alternative for Germany is consistently at or near the top of polls. In Italy and Hungary, Giorgia Meloni and Orbán have already shown what populists in power can look like. Inside his house in Faversham, the conversation turned from Europe’s populist surge to the ideas that might shape what comes next. As Furedi led the way up the stairs, a yapping cockerpoo was hauled away into some back room. At the top of the staircase was a framed poster of Hannah Arendt, the philosopher who understood the attraction of radical political movements for the disenfranchised and alienated — and the potential for those …
Sidney Flanigan ‘The Sweetest Kill’ Lands at Stonecutter Media
Stonecutter Media has picked up the North American rights to The Sweetest Kill, an indie gangster crime thriller starring Sidney Flanigan and Sofia Yepes. An April 2026 release is set for the movie billed as a film noir set in LatinX and LGBTQ+ Los Angeles and based on Yepes’ story, which she co-wrote with director Francisco Ordoñez. Stonecutter Media’s Steven Karel said of the acquisition: “We love to put out edgy action crime thrillers on the streets of cities. Done right they can be both cool and commercial at the same time. In this case, you get to see powerful females in the drug game which is a distinct difference from normal drug king pin portrayals in that environment.” The Sweetest Kill, earlier titled The Low End Theory, has Yepes playing Raquel, an aspiring beats producer navigating the low-budget hip-hop world while moonlighting as a drug money launderer. When mounting debts tied to an obsessive romantic relationship push her to the edge, Raquel desperately steals from her crime-lord boss. Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) plays Veronica, Raquel’s …
Pixar CCO Pete Docter on LGBTQ Themes Being Cut From ‘Elio’
Pixar‘s chief creative officer Pete Docter is explaining why the Disney-owned company settled on cutting LGBTQ themes from their 2025 film Elio. In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Docter explained that Pixar did not want their film to force parents to have conversations they weren’t ready to discuss with their children. “We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy,” he said. The Hollywood Reporter previously reported on the lengthy reworking of Elio, which spotlights the story of a lonely boy who is beamed into outer spake after being mistaken as the leader of Earth. The film was originally slated to be directed by Adrian Molina, with the main character of Elio initially being portrayed a queer-coded. After an early screening in the summer of 2023 in Arizona, where viewers reportedly said they liked the movie but no one raised their hand when asked if they’d see it in a movie theater, shifts followed. Molina later exited the project, as co-directors Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi stepped in to helm …