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A woman speaks during a candlelight vigil for 16-year-old nonbinary student Nex Benedict on Feb. 24, 2024, in Oklahoma City. J Pat Carter/Getty Images

April 3, 2024

Nex Benedict’s suicide coincides with a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ laws – and some people’s misunderstanding about transgender and nonbinary individuals

Marie-Amelie George, Wake Forest University

As states and local school boards in some places continue to pass anti-LGBTQ+ rights legislation and policies, hate crimes against young LGBTQ+ people have also increased.

Protesters in Utah demonstrate against a school district’s ban on the Bible for having ‘vulgarity and violence’ unfit for young children. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

August 10, 2023

‘Uncivil obedience’ becomes an increasingly common form of protest in the US

Kristina M. Lee, University of South Dakota

Distinct from civil disobedience, this legal strategy demands complete compliance with the law – even when there are loopholes that the laws’ creators didn’t intend.

Is Disney really a ‘woke’ corporation? AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack

July 27, 2023

Progressives’ embrace of Disney in battle with DeSantis over LGBTQ rights comes with risks

Steven Gerencser, Indiana University

Progressives have cheered Disney in its battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over LGBTQ rights. But joining forces with corporations poses risks when principles no longer align with profits.

New Brunswick’s contentious updated Policy 713 on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools will take effect July 1. (Shutterstock)

June 20, 2023

New Brunswick’s LGBTQ+ safe schools debate makes false opponents of parents and teachers

Andrea Garner, University of New Brunswick and Melissa Dockrill Garrett, University of New Brunswick

Guided by policy, practice and relationships with students, families and communities, teachers are charged with helping all students thrive. To suggest otherwise is disturbing.

Initially, inclusion in schools meant bringing students with disabilities, who had previously been educated in segregated institutions, into mainstream school. A classroom seen in Vancouver, B.C., April 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

May 30, 2023

Achieving full inclusion in schools: Lessons from New Brunswick

Melissa Dockrill Garrett, University of New Brunswick and Andrea Garner, University of New Brunswick

Research about how New Brunswick education has envisioned inclusion since the 1980s offers lessons in rethinking how to realize schools that celebrate all students’ strengths.

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