LGBTQIA US News Roundup

By Tricia Boucher

Parents were outraged over a non-binary teacher, so the school removed them

A Florida math teacher sent a note home with students requesting to be addressed with gender-neutral language.  After an outcry from parents, Mx. Bressack was reassigned to an adult class.

Man convicted of a hate crime in the murder of his gay son

After stabbing his wife, a Los Angeles resident killed his son, who was gay.  His other son testified that the father hated his son for being gay, which means that hate crime enhancements can be added to the charges.

Psychiatrist, gay rights trailblazer honored in Philadelphia

Dr. John E. Fryer came out to his colleagues in the American Psychiatric association in 1972…in a mask.  By putting a “face” to what for many was an abstract issue, he is credited with changing the debate about mental illness and homosexuality.

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