GLAAD’s report makes policy recommendations for protecting LGBTQ users, though it’s unclear if the platforms will take these up, given that many have rolled back such protections. For instance, GLAAD says platforms should protect LGBTQ people from hate, harassment and violence, prohibit targeted misgendering and “deadnaming” of transgender users and explain steps it takes to stop wrongfully removing or demonetizing legitimate accounts and content related to LGBTQ topics.
The story tells of Trinity’s desire for long hair as a transgender girl and her mother’s solution, knitting a rainbow wig.Neal has grown used to having the book taken out of circulation at libraries, including in Florida, Ohio and Texas.
“School is a place to learn about why the world is different and how it’s different,” Neal said. “What I had hoped would come out of this book was, listen to your children. They know their own bodies.”GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of a U.S.-led process that could end fighting in resource-rich eastern Congo, a U.S. official said Monday.U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa and the Middle East, Massad Boulos, said on social media that he welcomed the draft text “received from both (Congo) and Rwanda,” calling it “an important step.”
Details of the draft were not immediately clear, including whether it offers to ease U.S. access to the region’s critical minerals — something Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has mentioned in return for U.S. help in calming the hostilities., when the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized the strategic city of Goma, followed by the city of
in February. The fighting has killed some 3,000 people and raised the fears of a wider regional war.
has been in and out of crisis for decades. Dozens of armed groups are vying for territory in the mining region near the border with Rwanda. The conflict has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises with more than 7 million people displaced, includingFirst published in 1844 by West Georgia editors and compilers Benjamin F. White and Elisha J. King, revisions of the shape-note hymnal make space for songs by living composers, said Jesse P. Karlsberg, a committee member and expert on the tradition.
“This is a book that was published before my great-grandparents were born and I think people will be singing from it long after I’m dead,” said Karlsberg, who met his wife through the a cappella group practice, which is central to his academic career. It’s also his spiritual community.“It’s changed my life to become a Sacred Harp singer.”
Trees encircle Holly Springs church, which has been a historical meeting site for Sacred Harp singers for generations. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)Trees encircle Holly Springs church, which has been a historical meeting site for Sacred Harp singers for generations. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)