One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.

Trevor Project released its annual LGBTQ youth mental health report. The results are shocking. 40% of trans youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. Trans youth who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.

horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...

1. The Trump administration has announced that it is launching an anti-trans investigation into 36 Illinois School Districts over bathrooms and books. It is the latest attempt to threaten public schools funding over trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.

There have been at least 24 school shootings in the United States so far this year. The incidents left at least 14 people dead and more injured. (source CNN)

Another win for now at the Supreme Court. When they do this, it gives me anxiety because it feels like they’re preparing for a hideous ruling. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Supreme Court Turns Down a Third Case Over Schools’ Gender Identity Policies www.the74million.org/article/supr...

This anti-intellectualism is bonkers. www.advocate.com/news/texas-t...

Billionaire funded TPUSA's goal is to police public discourse such that anyone to their left who speaks truthfully about what Charlie Kirk said or did, using his own words as evidence, will not be allowed to speak those truths to college students in red states. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

The Supreme Court found that a school acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people was such a violation of freedom of religion that they had to allow opt outs but now the 5th circuit says kids being exposed to the ten commandments isn't. The law is such a joke.

No, baby boys aren’t “less social.” That’s just a stereotype. But boys are nudged toward toughness over tenderness, given fewer chances to practice empathy and subtly discouraged against connection. theconversation.com/its-a-myth-t...

The Supreme Court is going to hear a case that could decide whether preschools using public tax dollars can reject LGBTQIA+ families the way private preschools are allowed to.

For decades, we have worked to reduce teen pregnancy. NEVER NEVER NEVER could we have imagined the federal government bemoaning a decline in teen pregnancy. What can you do?? Work on your State-level sex education policy!!

College students who participate in walkouts could be suspended or expelled under a new measure passed by the Tennessee General Assembly on Monday. "The Charlie Kirk Act, named for the late conservative activist, addresses free speech on college campuses." Speech doesn't seem exactly free...

Doe argues that in forcing him to remove the “Hate Has No Home Here” flag, the Little Miami School District violated his First Amendment right “to speak as a citizen addressing matters of public concern” www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/teac...

She was responding to an antigay remark by the student, who didn’t think they knew any gay people. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

American far right reach is well beyond just U.S. classrooms.

Join us to share, learn, and for a collective scream into the universe. Group will meet several times a year. @genderanded.bsky.social

Hive Mind Books, the LGBTQ+ bookstore in Brooklyn, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $50,000 to acquire the Bureau of General Services–Queer Division, housed in the LGBTQ Community Center in Manhattan’s West Village.

NEWS: Trying to send LGBTQ+ young people in Iowa back into or deeper into the closet. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

Are you engaged w research-to-policy work? In 2026, @genderanded.bsky.social will be starting an online member group to share strategies, resources, experiences for those of us currently doing research-to-policy on gender & education issues. The group will meet via zoom. Join GEA now!

Artemis II is making its moon flyby today—so I’m rounding up some LGBTQ-inclusive picture, chapter, & middle grade books involving astronomy and/or space. Share them with the young people in your life who dream of the stars! #BookSky Reviews: mombian.com/2026/04/06/2...

1. Yesterday, dozens of major political outlets reported that Trump is suing Minnesota to enact a trans sports ban. What few of them reported was that Trump is also demanding bathroom bans in schools there as well. Our latest reporting from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Keep the momentum going!! If you have questions on getting involved in LGBTQ affirming education policy, ask us @queeringedu.bsky.social

By a vote of 8-1, the justices agreed with Kaley Chiles, the licensed counselor challenging the law, that the ban discriminates against her based on the views that she expresses in her talk therapy.

As we reflect on the numbers who protested yesterday, it’s important we ask not only are we against, but what are we for. And what piece of that will we each fight for. I, and @queeringedu.bsky.social, are fighting for queer kids. If you’d like suggestions on how you too can engage in that, ask us.

Trans Girls Given Until September to Leave Girlguiding, U.K.’s Largest Youth Org for Girls

Standing up for Students!

For this year’s Trans Rights Readathon, here are 6 recent trans-inclusive chapter book & MG titles, incl the 2nd vol in a magic-school series starring a trans boy, & another about a trans girl witch—perfect as alternatives to She Who Must Not Be Named. #BookSky Reviews: mombian.com/2026/03/27/6...

The IOC has announced a trans and intersex athlete ban requiring an invasive SRY genetic test for female athletes. In the 20+ years trans women were eligible, only one ever competed and none ever medaled. This is solving for a problem that doesn't exist. www.nbcnews.com/sports/olymp...

💗💙 Gender pressure starts early. Kids as young as 5 already feel the need to prove they’re “boy enough” or “girl enough.” theconversation.com/gender-confo...

Coordinators of U.S. political action against queer youth have created moral panic over a fabricated crisis to fuel legislative action against a marginalized student population, and all students will for years suffer for it. Research shows educators rarely teach anything at all about LGBTQ issues.

I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

On our show today: @giuliaheyward.bsky.social talked about the tug of war between the state and the federal government over gender affirming care, and @turban.bsky.social discussed best practices in gender affirming care for those 19 and younger. www.wnyc.org/story/federa...

“The House Education Committee’s decision to pass HR 7661 out of committee is an affront to local control of schools and another attempt to censor education by DC politicians,” said Ian Schwab, director, Government Affairs and Strategy at PEN America. pen.org/press-releas...

House Republicans advance anti-trans bill they claim will stop schools from hiring strippers

There is no longer separation of church and state in many areas of the country.

1. Despite elite institutions like Harvard, Brown, and Penn rolling over on trans people, and hospitals capitulating to Trump, one bastion of resistance has emerged: our public schools. Now, Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado became the latest to reject Trump's anti-trans demands. Our latest.

Experts say federal policy shifts have broken a student loan system that was already in shambles, leaving nearly 45 million borrowers, disproportionately women, in financial and emotional distress.

Recorded crimes against LGBTQ people hit a record high in 2025. Hate crimes in NY have risen 69%, anti-gay incidents by 141%. In public schools, LGBTQ hate crime has doubled & in red states quadrupled. Calls to youth crisis hotlines are up over 100%. The correlation is significant. Schools must act.

Just in time for America’s 250th birthday, its history is being erased from our National Parks. Learn more at: pen.org/purging-hist...

Graduate degrees in education are required in many states to advance to leadership positions and/or better pay. These proposed limits on student loans for the field of Ed will limit it as a career path for many.

Teachers matter in ways that don't show up in metrics.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court blocked a California law that prohibited schools from notifying parents about a student's social transition or gender identity change. The law was intended to protect students with unaccepting parents from abuse and homelessness.

Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.

The federal government wants to control what is read in every school. Not only is this unprecedented federal overreach, but it is nationalizing discrimination and bigotry. Calls your reps.

Right-leaning civic centers are burgeoning at universities across America, often championed by Republican lawmakers. “It’s basically setting up political loyalty for tenure,” asserts Assoc. Professor Ashley Hope Pérez: https://hechingerreport.org/conservative-leaning-civic-centers-public-colleges/