Detroit-Area City Can Ban LGBTQ+ Pride Flags on Public Property, Judge Says
Critics of the new policy said Hamtramck was violating free speech. But the judge said the city’s policy was OK because it bans all private flags not just some.
Florida Cities Race To Save Rainbow Crosswalks as the State’s Deadlines for Removal Loom
Critics say it’s the latest attack on the LGBTQ+ community by the DeSantis administration and Republican-controlled Legislature.
Judge Scraps Biden’s Title IX Rules, Reversing Expansion of Protections for LGBTQ+ Students
The judge also found that it violated free speech rights by requiring teachers to use pronouns aligning with a student’s gender identity.
Trump Wants to End ‘Wokeness’ in Education. He Has Vowed To Use Federal Money as Leverage
During his first term, Trump occasionally threatened to cut money from schools that defied him, including colleges he accused of curbing free speech.
Florida School District Must Restore Books With LGBTQ+ Content Under Settlement
The lawsuit argued that some provisions of the law, signed last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis, violated the First Amendment rights of publishers, authors and students.
Days Before a Biden Rule Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias Takes Effect, Judges Are Narrowing Its Reach
U.S. District Judge Rodney Sipple from Missouri blocked enforcement of the rule in six additional states, bringing the total to 21.
An Order Blocking a Rule To Help LGBTQ+ Kids Applies to Hundreds of Schools
Attorneys for Moms for Liberty, a group challenging the rule in Kansas, asked U.S. District Judge John Broomes to block the rule in any county where a group member lives.
Judge’s Order Expands Where Biden Can’t Enforce New Rule Protecting LGBTQ+ Students
The judge concluded the rule violated the free speech rights of parents and students who reject transgender students’ gender identities.