June 9, 2019

Coming Out | Because you have a voice, I’m slowly finding mine.

I need you to know what you have done to me recently… (I know what an opening line… right?)

I have just come out to a few friends, and I have started to get support from my new Facebook world: … Read the rest here

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So hear me out. You’re a bored teen in Draper, Utah, and somehow the best use of your afternoon is to strap on your noggin bucket, hop on the e-bike, and roll up to your neighbor’s porch to steal their Pride flag.

Not a package. Not a bike. Not even something with resale value.

A flag.

Then you wobble back to the bike like you just pulled off the cleanest heist in the ward boundaries, mount up, and ride away toward what appears to be a church youth activity, because of course that’s where this story goes.

And yes, the whole thing is on video. The bike. The porch. The flag. The getaway. Just a tiny little Draper crime documentary with handlebars and a helmet.

Draper Police would like to identify the kid.

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An Ohio pastor who publicly claimed LGBTQ+ books were a “health risk” for children has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex crimes against a child.

Silas Shelton, 48, a pastor from Clinton County, Ohio, was sentenced Monday after being found guilty in a case involving a 14-year-old girl. Prosecutors said Shelton used his relationship with the girl’s family, his church role, and her age to gain access to her. They also said he created a job for her as a way to create time alone with her.

Shelton had previously made himself part of a school-board fight over LGBTQ+ books. In 2023, he objected to the popular book, “Heartstopper” being available at his daughter’s school book fair and told the Little Miami school board that LGBTQ+ books were not just a religious issue, but a mental-health risk for children.

At sentencing, Judge Andrew McCoy imposed the maximum sentence on Shelton. Before imposing the sentence, McCoy said there needed to be a reason to hand down the maximum sentence. He noted Shelton had no remorse and never said he was sorry to the victim during court, in previous interviews, or during the pre-sentence investigation. Shelton even claiming that he had been abused by the 14-year-old child.

Shelton was sentenced to 15 years in prison on the felony charges including rape, sexual battery, and unlawful sexual contact with a minor. As part of the sentence, he must also register as a sex offender.

The pastor spent much of his time warning parents about queer books at in schools, while prosecutors said he was using trust, religion, and family access to actually harm a child. In the end, the danger was not an LGBTQ book. It was the man standing in front of a school board telling parents where to look. ... See MoreSee Less

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BREAKING—The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6–3 that states may ban transgender girls and women from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams, upholding laws from Idaho and West Virginia and giving new legal strength to similar bans across the country.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett sided with the states. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

The cases involved two students: Lindsay Hecox, who challenged Idaho’s first-in-the-nation ban after seeking the chance to try out for women’s track and cross-country at Boise State University, and Becky Pepper-Jackson, a West Virginia student who challenged her state’s law after being barred from girls’ school sports.

The students argued the bans violated the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection and, in the West Virginia case, Title IX, the federal law barring sex discrimination in education. Lower courts had allowed their challenges to proceed, but the Supreme Court reversed that direction and ruled that the states could enforce the restrictions.

Supporters of the bans argued the laws were needed to protect fairness in girls’ and women’s sports. Opponents said the laws singled out a tiny number of transgender students and turned ordinary school activities into another front in the political fight over transgender rights.

The ruling will reach far beyond Idaho and West Virginia. More than two dozen states have passed similar restrictions, and today’s decision gives those laws stronger footing. For transgender students, the impact is immediate: whether they can join a team, run a race, or stand with their classmates may now depend on the state where they live. ... See MoreSee Less

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