YEAR 15, NUMBER 1, 29 DECEMBER 2022

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>>> 25 February 2023 - This GALE Update is the first one since a year. This is because GALE was struggling to survive. The year 2022 was a challenging year and GALE did not have the opportunity to give space to its PR and news provision. Still, we look forward to see how we can survive and add to the movement.
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OTHER NEWS

• 21 December 2022 – US administration investigates school district after it was busted banning LGBTQ+ books
• 17 December 2022 – Polish president Duda vetoes arch-conservative law limiting sex education
• 15 December 2022 – Florida schools roll back LGBTQ+ policies to comply with Don’t Say Gay law
• 6 December 2022 – Russian libraries remove LGBTQ+ books from their shelves after Putin signs harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law
• 1 December 2022 – Bullying of LGBTQ students in US on the rise this year according to high school principals
• 30 November 2022 – Russia’s upper house of parliament passes tougher ban on ‘LGBT propaganda’
• 25 November 2022 – Russia expanded gay propaganda ban to all ages
• 4 November 2022 – US republicans get crazier all the time: now they force schools to check if students use furry litter boxes
• 2 November 2022 – Oregon school district pulls students from camp over nonbinary counselors
• 27 October 2022 – Russia to ban sharing LGBT 'propaganda' with adults as well as children
• 22 October 2022 – Dutch research on trans people who started to use puberty inhibitors at a young age shows that they do not come back on their youth decision to be another gender than the one assigned at birth
• 19 October 2022 – US Florida Board of Education forbids transgender students to use the restroom that fits their gender
• 27 September 2022 – US trans teacher In Maryland successfully sued and won a case against her school district for continued abuse
• 15 September 2022 – The US Miami Beach City Commission condemns their school district for refusing to recognize LGBTQ History Month
• 15 September 2022 – US Supreme Court says Jewish university must recognize LGBTQ group
• 14 September 2022 – More ridiculous news from the US culture war: televangelist Andrew Wommack goes on making up myths that students and teachers are transitioning to being cats
• 14 September 2022 – Fascist Proud Boys intimidate US Missouri school board meeting over a 4-inch rainbow Pride flag
• 7 September 2022 – US Students sue Oklahoma Education Department over enforcement of transgender ‘bathroom bill’
• 7 September 2022 – YS “Angels” protect LGBTQ students & allies from group of over 100 anti-queer protesters
• 5 September 2022 – US State Louisiana tells schools to keep discriminating against trans students
• 4 September 2022 – US battle over books rages in North Texas school district amid outcry over new policy
• 3 September 2022 – Armed Idaho locals show up to library board meetings to push ban of over 400 books
• 1 September 2022 – A US Kansas teacher was rewarded for religious discrimination and allowed to misgender on purpose
• 1 September 2022 – US Boston children’s hospital forced to evacuate after bomb threat over trans kids
• 31 August 2022 – US 4chan trolls target Trevor Project suicide hotline in hopes LGBTQ kids would die
• 30 August 2022 – US California high school Christian club that rejects LGBTQ students reinstated by court order
• 23 August 2022 – US District of Maryland judge throws out parents’ lawsuit over school policy to not out trans kids to their parents
• 19 August 2022 – US Florida school says LGBTQ students will be asked to leave “immediately” if discovered
• 19 August 2022 – US Fox host outraged that school district pulled the Bible from shelves in book challenge
• 18 August 2022 – US “Moms for Liberty” activist wants LGBTQ students separated into special classes
• 17 August 2022 – US Florida school district now requires teachers to out LGBTQ students because of “Don’t Say Gay”
• 16 August 2022 – US Tennessee yeacher’s viral TikTok shows just how much work it takes to comply with state’s new book law
• 16 August 2022 – US Louisiana school librarian sues rightwingers for defamation because she defended LGBT books
• 13 August 2022 – US New Yersey high school librarian who opposed removal of LGBTQ books receives national honor
• 11 August 2022 – US Louisiana Christian school kicks out 5-year-old because she got adopted by her lesbian aunts
• 10 August 2022 – US Virginia Governor wants to force teachers to out students to parents
• 8 August 2022 – US Florida school district slaps warning labels on books with LGBTQ characters
• 8 August 2022 – Extremist US right-wing group ‘Parents Defending Education’ sues Iowa school for refusing to out transgender students
• 5 August 2022 – US Tennessee 8-year-old sues state for not letting her use school restrooms
• 2 August 2022 – US Utah School district removes 52 mostly LGBTQ books from libraries
• 1 August 2022 – Republican States Sue to Let Schools Block LGBTQ Children From Getting Meals
• 1 August 2022 – US Wisconsin school district bans pronouns in teacher email signatures because they make people “uncomfortable”
• 1 August 2022 – US Oklahoma school forces parents to sign & notarize a biological sex affidavit if their children want to play school sports
• 25 July 2022 – Lauren Boebert & Marjorie Taylor Greene join forces to attack gay teacher
• 12 July 2022 – Mob of conservative mothers in USA Connecticut demand library burn Pride display books
• 12 July 2022 – US Florida school axes anti-LGBTQ bullying prevention measure
• 8 July 2022 – US Colorado former school official sues district for using homophobic quotes of extremist Christians in play about Matthew Shepard play
• 7 July 2022 – 13-year-old wearing bisexual Pride flag arrested at US Florida pro-choice protest
• 6 July 2022 – US Florida school district approves guidelines to out trans students to classmates’ parents
• 23 June 2022 – “Liberty” University (USA, Virginia) limits liberty even more: any show of same-sex affection now explixitly forbidden
• 23 June 2022 – US Cape Fear police allows far-right protesters to intimidate small children and their parents during pride event in library
• 16 June 2022 – South African gay teen dies by suicide after “relentless” homophobic bullying
• 15 June 2022 – Joe Biden issues executive order to fight conversion therapy & LGBTQ fostering discrimination
• 14 June 2022 – US Washington high school students get threatened with machine gun while rallying for bullied trans classmate
• 13 June 2022 – Romania is considering a dangerous bill to prohibit educational materials that discuss homosexuality and gender transition
• 10 May 2022 – Polish Court Rejects Case Against ‘LGBT-Free Zones’ Activist
• 27 April 2022 – US teacher in South Dakota compares trans kids to rattlesnakes
• 27 April 2022 – US Florida teacher forced to take down rainbow “COEXIST” flag just as Don’t Say Gay law passes
• 26 April 2022 – US Missouri school forces teachers to remove LGBTQ safe space stickers because it could signal students could talk about LGBT issues
• 26 April 2022 – The trans organization ECOM launches an educational campaign #mupohozhu (“we are alike”) about transgenderism in Kyrgyzstan. The campaign is in Russian: see TikTok account @mupohozhu
• 25 April 2022 – US Activist files complaint in Florida to ban the Bible from schools because it contains sensitive issues like incest
• 23 April 2022 – US Connecticut school district stands by decision to support LGBT students despite conservative threats
• 18 April 2022 – Florida bans 54 math textbooks because they “indoctrinate” children
• 17 April 2022 – US Massachusetts parents sue school for allowing their kids to be transgender & not outing them
• 14 April 2022 – US Republican candidate-governor attacks students in campaign ad, leading to drive-by slurs at their school
• 6 April 2022 – US Wisconsin school stands up against transphobic parents who made death threats
• 3 April 2022 – Majority of US Americans support talking about LGBTQ people in schools
• 4 April 2022 – Some US-Florida teachers refuse to discuss straight cisgender issues as response to Dont’t Say Gay legislation
• 25 March 2022 – USA State of Florida signs law that will allow any parent to remove any progressive book or curriculum from schools
• 22 March 2022 – USA Indiana’s GOP governor vetoes proposed transgender sports ban
• 21 March 2022 – Australian Christian school forces teachers to sign contract swearing they’ll always be straight
• 21 March 2022 – Australian Citipointe Christian College teachers threatened with dismissal for expressing homosexuality
• 18 March 2022 – US education secretary assures LGBTQ kids in Florida the federal government will support them
• 16 March 2022 – Hundreds of students hold 'We Say Gay' rally in NYC to denounce Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill
• 14 March 2022 – US Indiana Lawmakers are Making Life Worse for LGBTQ Youth
• 8 March 2022 – US state Idaho passes Russian-style gay propaganda law that would jail librarians for “objectionable” books
• 3 March 2022 – A news series on Discovery+ will highlight the stories of queer historical figures
• 2 March 2022 – You can also call yourself xenogender
• 2 March 2022 – New study shows the surprising reason gay men excel at school more than straight men
• 25 February 2022 – Texas Officials Starts to Criminalize Medical Care of Transgender Children
• 22 February 2022 – UK Guidance Supporting Trans Kids Scrapped After Government Interference
• 22 February 2022 – Florida could give teachers 6 weeks to out gay students to their parents, even if they’ll get abused
• 7 February 2022 – A Push to Remove LGBTQ Books in One County Could Signal Rising Partisanship on School Boards
• 4 February 2022 – Parents Union of Kazakhstan is against “university reforms” because of potential “gay propaganda”
• 3 February 2022 – Comedians get USA conservatives to say that a book should be banned from schools when it describes incest, then say it’s the Bible
• 2 February 2022 – Oklahoma bill would fire teachers for offending Christian morals by teaching biology
• 1 February 2022 – Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from US Texas schools
• 31 January 2022 – Australian teacher resigns after being told to sign a contract comparing homosexuality to pedophilia
• 27 January 2022 – US Republican lawmakers want to force teachers to out their students
• 24 January 2022 – U.S. conservatives linked to rich donors wage campaign to ban books from schools
• 24 January 2022 – USA Texas Gov campaigns on “Parental Bill of Rights” that could ban LGBTQ content from schools
• 24 January 2022 – USA California mother sues school claiming teachers made her kid change gender identity
• 23 January 2022 – Research confirms same-sex attraction has a biological basis and your siblings matter
• 21 January 2022 – USA Florida Republicans are trying to ban teachers from talking about LGBTQ people
• 20 January 2022 – US National Collegiate Athletic Association adopts new policy for transgender athletes
• 20 January 2022 – Biden administration to investigate Christian college that wouldn’t let gay student graduate
• 17 January 2022 – The Brigham Young (USA Mormon) University threatens to arrest students who protest the Mormon school’s anti-LGBTQ policies
• 4 January 2022 – US Tennessee students agree to de-gay GSA after enraged parents attacked the club’s sponsor as a “predator”
• 29 December 2021 – Teachers put on leave after hater taped and shared their workshop on GSA’s