.@Seahawks @Patriots these first 2TD's were not part of the game plan....they were installed late Friday night between Brady and McDaniels...Is the "Hay ever in the barn?" #SB49 #BaldysBreakdowns
Asheville LGBTQ+ organizations file Title IX complaint over ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’

Three LGBTQ+ advocacy groups — Youth OUTright, PFLAG Asheville and Campaign for Southern Equality — have started the process of filing a Title IX complaint against the Buncombe County Board of Education in response to policies passed to adhere to the state’s new “Parents’ Bill of Rights.” The complaint, filed by the Buncombe County Title […]

QnotesCarolinas.com

Schlechte Nachrichten aus #NorthCarolina: Hier wurden nun drei transfeindliche Gesetze erlassen, nachdem das Veto des Gouverneurs überstimmt wurde:

#HB808: Verbot von trans Healthcare für Minderjährige, #SB49: Ein "Don't Say-Gay", was Zwangsoutings gegenüber den Eltern vorsieht
#HB574: Ein Sports-Ban, der trans Personen vom Sport in Bildungseinrichtungen ausschließt.

https://southernequality.org/nc-overrides/

North Carolina General Assembly Overrides Gov. Cooper’s Veto of Cruel Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation

Today the North Carolina House and Senate voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of three anti-LGBTQ+ bills: HB808, which prohibits the initiation of all gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under the age of […]

Campaign for Southern Equality
Missouri Families Sue to Block Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

The ban on care for trans minors and certain adults is set to go into effect August 28.

Advocate.com

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-05-16/la-ed-solar-highways-parking-lots

#SB49 (Becker ‘23): put more #solarenergy in already built-out places, including #rooftops and #parkinglots, canals and agricultural fields, so we can slow the #climatecrisis without harming sensitive land, like the habitat of threatened Joshua trees or Mojave Desert tortoises.

Editorial: California should put solar panels along highways and over parking lots

A bill in the state Legislature offers a plan to begin using these already built areas to increase renewable energy.

Los Angeles Times
Help Protect California’s Imperiled Wildlife

The California State Legislature is considering a landmark bill that will help protect California’s wildlife from the Trump administration’s anti-environment agenda. Urge Governor Brown to support SB 49!