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Republicans in Texas and Florida are moving to ban children from attending drag shows. Are they justified or overstepping?

Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R) announced plans this week to propose legislation to make bringing a child to a drag show a felony with the potential to terminate parental rights. A day later, Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton (R) announced a plan to introduce

An earlier edition of this post incorrectly referred to Maya Forstater as "Mackereth", another person also fired for similar reasons.

J.K. Rowling faced backlash this week for a tweet she wrote in defense of Maya Forstater, a tax expert who was fired for tweeting "men cannot change into women." The Central London Employment Tribunal upheld her firing, with the judge stating the employer

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Maine cannot exclude religious schools from its state tuition aid program.

In a 6-3 opinion, chief Justice John Roberts concluded that the program violated the First Amendment because it "operates to identify and exclude otherwise eligible schools on the basis of their religious exercise." The case, Carson v. Makin, stemmed from two families in

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law a bill prohibiting transgender women from competing in female sports at public schools and colleges on Tuesday. The Fairness in Women's Sports Act requires transgender athletes to compete on the team of the biological sex displayed on their birth certificate. "We believe that is very important that the integrity of these competitions are preserved