Medical Exiles: Families flee states amid crackdown on transgender care
A new migration of Americans is uprooting their lives in response to legislation restricting health care for transgender people.
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Louisiana Legislature overturns veto of ban on transgender youth health care
The legislation, which was vetoed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, is likely to be the subject of a lawsuit.
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‘Queer people are here, and they’re Cajun’
While Downtown Lafayette embraces Pride, many queer people elsewhere in Acadiana struggle to find connection and representation.
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When Lafayette was ‘out and proud’
Old newsletters, photos and other ephemera document the history of LGBTQ+ culture in Lafayette and beyond.
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Gay in the South. Queer in Lafayette.
Through an exhibition at Basin Arts, artists examine what it means to live queer and find space to be themselves in Lafayette.
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In Louisiana, legislators are allowed just five non-fiscal for the 2023 regular session because a provision in state law requires them to focus on financial matters in odd-numbered years. Still, a handful of legislators have used their limited number of bills to prioritize legislation that affects the LGBTQ community.
Source: LA Illuminator
The definitions of sexually explicit materials and sexual conduct contained in the library board’s proposed policy changes are exactly the same as those used in sample legislation included in the “Protecting Innocence Report” released recently by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a candidate for governor.
Source: The Advocate
Attorney general, legislators call for restricting minors’ access to library materials
His “Protecting Innocence” report includes excerpts from several books Landry singled out after a months-long investigation into public libraries.
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Queer alumni speak up in search of good faith at STM
Alumni group We Demand More is using storytelling to seek a dialogue with the Catholic school about its treatment of queer students.
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Following a call from a state legislator in June, the head of the Louisiana Department of Health allegedly asked staff to scrub the agency’s online accounts of all content related to LGBTQ+ Pride month, according to internal emails the Illuminator has obtained.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
The library board instead voted Monday to table action until its Aug. 15 meeting.
Source: The Advocate
A Lafayette Parish library branch manager who has spoken against censorship at board meetings may be in jeopardy of losing her job.
Cara Chance has been one of few library employees to speak out against efforts to ban books and restrict book displays in the public library system.
Source: The Advocate