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Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has engaged in a widespread crackdown on LGBTQ rights, portraying them as a Western invention that threatens traditional Russian values.

Maulik Pancholy’s appearance at Mountain View Middle School in Mechanicsburg was unanimously overturned by the district’s school board in an 8-0 vote.

Monday’s ruling was the first time the U.S. Supreme Court waded into the issue, but the court’s 6-3 decision steered clear of whether the ban itself is constitutional.

Campus police said the suspects targeted the two victims potentially for bias against the victims’ sexual orientation.

The new law backtracks from the state's 2022 law, which that led to an increase in objections to books in school libraries.

The Senate Finance Committee staff singled out Vanderbilt University Medical Center in a report for caving in to the demands of Tennessee’s attorney general.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican who argued on behalf of the state, vowed to fight to keep the law in place.

“Amor Eterno” by Gabriel and “El Cantante” by salsa icon Lavoe are among the 25 recordings and albums selected Tuesday for preservation at the nation’s audio history library.

The Idaho measure, which seeks to block treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, is one of more than 20 enacted by conservative states targeting care for transgender youths.

The 2023 law subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other transition-related care to minors.

The reaction to Lúz La Luminosa, a Latina, Asian and queer superhero who fights evil and endometriosis, has been “beautifully positive," creator Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez says.