Karmin performs “Hello” at the Capital Pride Festival
By Metro Weekly Contributor
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June 11, 2014
Karmin Performs “Hello” at the 2014 Capital Pride Festival in Washington, D.C.
A Tennessee librarian is facing discipline after refusing to move more than 100 books flagged for LGBTQ content and other themes deemed "objectionable" from the juvenile section of the Rutherford County library.
The 132 books were part of a larger list of 190 titles compiled by Rutherford County Library Board Chair Cody York and board member Beth Duffield, allegedly to protect children from "gender confusion."
Those books were part of a much larger list of 2,712 titles flagged by the Rutherford County board following an "age-appropriateness review" ordered by Republican Secretary of State Tre Hargett last October. Local libraries were directed to comb through their juvenile collections and remove books that do not align with Donald Trump's executive order declaring that transgender identity is not valid and that only two biological sexes will be recognized by the government.
A Florida woman has been arrested on a felony child abuse charge after allegedly cutting a young family member with a knife upon discovering messages indicating he is gay.
According to South Florida TV station WPLG, police began investigating Grether Leidy Guadarramas Pena, 41, after the boy told a teacher what had happened at his home on March 14. The teacher then reported the incident to authorities.
An arrest report from the Florida City Police Department states that the boy -- whose age was not specified -- told detectives his brother discovered Discord messages about his sexual orientation and took the computer away. The brother then gave it to another family member, who "made him stand facing the wall" until Guadarramas arrived home.
A Minnesota teacher withdrew from consideration for the 2026 Teacher of the Year award after a right-wing news site circulated photos of him in leather bondage gear.
The right-wing publication Alpha News Minnesota published a story on April 13 revealing online images of Thomas Rosengren, a sixth-grade teacher and theater educator for the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School District.
The images, taken during the 2019 "Mr. Minneapolis Eagle" contest and described by Alpha News as publicly available, show Rosengren in a cowboy hat, buttoned shirt, and jeans holding a sign reading: "It's feeding time on the farm. Cowboy Tommy is feeding the six piglets & bull."
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