Новости за 21.02.2024

On February 7, a nonbinary teen in Oklahoma and another trans student at Owasso High School were allegedly involved in an altercation with three older girls in a school bathroom, the Independent reports. As a result of the altercation, 16-year-old Nex Benedict, the nonbinary teen, suffered severe head injuries and died the following day, authorities have confirmed. Following the incident, the school declined to call an ambulance or the police, Nex's grandmother and adoptive parent, Sue Benedict, told the Independent. Читать дальше...

On Wednesday, an IVF clinic in Alabama became the first fertility clinic to halt services after the state's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that frozen embryos are "extrauterine children." A spokesperson for the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility told AL.com that UAB is "saddened" for their patients who struggle with infertility and can no longer look to their IVF services at this time. “We must evaluate the potential that our patients and our... Читать дальше...

Republican lawmakers are continuing to ramp up their war on books in schools. Last week, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would make school librarians and teachers criminally liable if underage students have access to books with "obscene material" in libraries and classrooms. The bill, HB 4654, now advances to the state Senate. Teachers and librarians in violation could be charged with a felony, fined up to $25,000, and even face up to five years in prison. What do West Virginia Republicans consider "obscene material"? Читать дальше...

When you think of lightning rod cultural moments in history that shifted public discourse, perhaps you’d think of the O.J. Simpson trial or the murder of George Floyd. Though perhaps if your brain is rotted by reality TV just enough, you’d lump Vanderpump Rules cheating fiasco #Scandoval to the list. That's exactly what the man at the center of Scandoval —Tom Sandoval—did in a fascinating New York Times Magazine profile. “I’m not a pop-culture historian really,” he said, “but I witnessed the O.J. Читать дальше...