The exchange went viral after a contentious debate on the Equality Act, which would extend civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community.
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Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion
The organization also kicks out two other churches for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses.
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Posted inPortland Forecaster
Portland school board wants teachers to address LGBTQ injustices
Board members, spurred by a string of hate mail in the area, are working on a resolution to encourage age-appropriate conversations about the incidents and the display of pride images in schools.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military
President Joe Biden is signing an executive order revoking a Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from joining the military.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Feeling the wounds of Jan. 6 – embodiment as an anti-racist practice
Paying attention to physical responses to the Capitol attack can help white people see how Black, brown and queer bodies have been barred and assaulted.
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Maine Voices: Wounds of Trump years run deeper than politics. Are we ready to heal?
The United States of America still has to reckon with the darkest eras of its past and to inclusively and equitably reconstruct what America can and ought to be.
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The Wrap: Openings, closings, and a plea for help
More & Co. and Ernie’s Pool & Darts close for good. Blackstones bar launches GoFundMe campaign.
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Another View: Goodbye to Betsy DeVos, who survived by accomplishing almost nothing
Her agenda as education secretary was mostly to push private schools and create fertile ground for sketchy for-profit colleges.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Greely High School Drama Program shines a virtual light on LGBTQ issues
Proceeds from ‘The Laramie Project,’ a documentary-style play, will benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court rejects appeal to keep transgender students from bathrooms
The appeal was filed by parents in Oregon who want to prevent transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms of the gender with which they identify.