Some news items you might have missed: • LGBTQ Nation: The school board in Lynchburg, Virginia has rejected a $10,000 grant from the It Gets Better Foundation (intended to create a “quiet room” at the school) calling the award a Trojan horse to lure school children into a “wicked lifestyle.” Students begged the board to approve the safe space. • JoeMyGod: An organizer for the anti-LGBTQ group Moms for Liberty turns out to be a registered sex offender. #CantMakeThisUp https://twitter.com/JoeMyGod/status/1726617055083028917 • The Advocate: A judge in Russia has sentenced a lesbian artist who criticized the country’s military actions in Ukraine in a supermarket protest last year to seven years in a penal colony. • Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of his conviction for the murder of George Floyd during a 2020 arrest, which sparked widespread protests against police brutality and racism. https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1726640922413199444 • ABC News: Carlton Pearson, the influential megachurch founder who rejected the idea of hell and supported gay rights, has died at the age of 70. In 2007, Pearson helped lead hundreds of clergy members in urging Congress to pass landmark hate crime and job discrimination measures for gay people. • Metroweekly: The NFL and The Trevor Project have renewed their partnership through 2024, with the NFL donating $100,000 to The Trevor Project, whose services include a crisis hotline for LGBTQ youth. In return, The Trevor Project will provide LGBTQ-inclusive programming and training for NFL staff and players. https://twitter.com/metroweekly/status/1725952238437179700
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