YEAR 14, NUMBER 2, 30 JUNE 2021

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>> 30 June 2021 - An international alliance of LGBTIQ organizations has drafted a “feminist affirmation letter” in which they affirm their belief that the fight against homophobia and transphobia is rooted in combating patriarchy and hetero sexism. GALE signed the declaration and adopted it as a lead for its gender policy. GALE heartily supports the call for other organizations to sign the affirmation letter.

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>> 22 June 2021 - In May, male teachers from Spain in Euskadi wore skirts in school as a protest. In October 2020, a 15-year old student published a video in which he said he was kicked out of school and sent to a psychologist for wearing a skirt. The teachers wore the skirts to support the student.

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>> 18 June 2021 - The Hungarian parliament has taken a new step towards marginalizing LGBTIQ people and to destroy the quality of education. They did this by adoption a new law that depends sharing content about homosexual orientation and sex reassignment with young people. The new law impacts educational programs, advertising and even popular television shows. As other countries have done more than a century ago, the Hungarian government links homosexuality with pedosexual seduction and rape.

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>> 27 March 2021 - On 24 March, the European Commission published the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child. Protecting and promoting the rights of the child is a core objective of the EU and therefore, the strategy aims to “build the best possible life for children in the EU and across the globe.” It strongly complements the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020–2025, committing to clear actions to end intersex genital mutilation, tackle online bullying of LGBTI youth, and improve free movement for rainbow families.

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> 19 April 2021 - Recently, the European Erasmus+ project “gender education of teen boys: a digital toolkit” published her first newsletter. The project announces that the digital toolkit will be accessible after the summer vacation. The project team is creating an online educational toolkit which will provide users with learning material and tools for the facilitation of a complete online course―including curriculum, lesson plans and study material―on gender education with focus on the educational needs of boys in the adolescent ages of 15 to 17 years old.

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OTHER NEWS

• 26 March 2021 USA Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signs athlete bill into law over concerns from transgender community
• 29 March 2021 New York Times blog: Why transgender girls are suddenly the U.S. Republicans' culture-war focus
• 30 March – USA federal judge rules professor has constitutional right to degrade trans students during class
• 30 March – A USA middle school teacher reportedly told students that LGBTQ people are “sinful”
• 1 April 2021 – USA LGBTQ students at Christian colleges file class-action lawsuit to stop religious exemption
• 11 April 2021 – A mob in an USA school tried to harass a school board member over LGBTQ rights. Neighbors responded.
• 12 April 2021 – Gay teen’s family sues the school where he was relentlessly bullied before he died
• 13 April 2021 – Texas bill would brand parents of trans children as “child abusers” if they support their kids
• 16 April 2021- Florida passes bill requiring some girls to undergo genital inspections for school sports
• 16 April 2021 – Four more USA states pass anti-LGBTQ school laws as onslaught of hate accelerates
• 21 April 2021 – USA Republicans across the country are quietly giving up on anti-trans bills
• 21 April 2021 – After suspending male student for wearing nail polish, Texas school changes policy
• 21 April 2021 – USA North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum Vetoes Anti-Trans Sports Bill
• 20 April 2021 – US Alabama schools no longer have to teach that being gay is unhealthy & illegal
• 30 April 2021 – Mexico City produces a series of videoclips on sexual diversity: episode 1: ¡Qué Bonita es la diversidad sexual!
• 1 May 2021 – US high school class elects lesbian couple as prom king & queen
• 12 May 2021 12-year-old boy died by suicide after relentless homophobic bullying at school
• 16 June 2021 U.S. Department of Education Confirms Title IX Protects Students from Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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