Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: President Joe Biden’s administration has moved to protect LGBTQ+ and intersex children in foster care, ordering that they be placed in supportive homes. House Republicans opposed the new rule. • LGBTQ Nation: Kenyan anti-LGBTQ activists are now prohibited from calling for the murder of the country’s LGBTQ+ community, the country’s High Court ruled in an order. This is what we call “progress” in Africa… https://twitter.com/lgbtqnation/status/1785428941664088370 • Axios: The Biden administration is moving to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin, LSD, and ecstasy, to a Schedule III drug, which has “a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence” (in line with Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, anabolic steroids). • JoeMyGod: A video clip showing a group of people dumping two garbage cans filled with trash into the ocean off the South Florida coast and then celebrating the move has sparked outrage. What is wrong with people? https://twitter.com/WPLGLocal10/status/1785320017891823719 • New Music: Queer indie pop artist beccs drops her chill new track, “f 0 0 d,” exploring the grief, hope, and uncertainty of letting go of a codependent relationship; in this case, one with food. The single takes a stigmatized topic and talks about it under the guise of a cool, textural alternative pop track. The fluid track echoes trance-like sound baths flowing with harmonic and rhythmic twists and turns. This is really quite beautiful. https://youtu.be/FD-le3TH7Do?si=QAKlIxpo5OsvCqk0
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