The Kremlin appears to be banking on global homophobia as a unifying ideology that will align intolerant countries – particularly in the Middle East and Africa – against the liberal West.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News, Religion and Values
Pope will open a big Vatican meeting as battle lines are drawn on his reform project
On the agenda are calls to take concrete steps to elevate women to decision-making roles in the church and ways to better welcome of LGBTQ+ Catholics.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Colorado high court to hear case against Christian baker who refused to make LGBTQ-themed cake
The key issue in the case is whether the cakes Jack Phillips creates are a form of speech and whether forcing him to make a cake with a message he does not support is a violation of his First Amendment right.
Posted inMaine, News
Backlash to gender transition prompted her to leave, Oakland town manager says
Ella Bowman resigned this week after 9 years as the town manager in Oakland and she says pushback she received for being a transgender woman led to her departure.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Sexually explicit book inappropriate, some SAD 51 residents say
Several residents told the Cumberland-North Yarmouth School Board last week that the book “Gender Queer” should be removed from the Greely High School library because it is inappropriately sexually explicit. The book, a memoir in graphic novel form by Maia Kobabe, is currently the most banned book in the nation. It is not part of […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect
Legal advocates who sued on behalf of the families and doctors, including the American Civil Liberties Union, called the law and the high court’s decision Thursday ‘cruel.’
Posted inNation & World, News
Canada updates travel advisory to warn LGBTQ people about U.S. states
Ottawa’s advice for travelers to check local laws in the U.S. comes amid a surge in state legislation targeting LGBTQ rights this year.
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Carlos Santana apologizes for anti-trans rant at concert
As people in the audience cheered, Santana invoked comedian Dave Chappelle, who has compared being transgender to wearing blackface. He called Chappelle ‘my brother.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Social conservatism must chart a new course in Maine
If hot-button causes are to succeed, support for them cannot come from the Republican Party alone.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Following clash over flags, Gardiner high schoolers must receive approval before displaying them
Officials decided not to extend a temporary rule imposed in June only allowing the display of the American flag.