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The 2024 Title IX rule that named sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time is formally gone as of September 29, replaced by the 2020 Trump-era text, with no public comment period. What it means for LGBTQ+ students, and what still protects them.
France's new 2026-2029 national plan targets everything from school bullying to trans people's civil status, arriving as reported anti-LGBT+ offenses hit a record high and a quarter of suspects are teenagers.
A federal appeals court ruled that Florida can't dictate which viewpoints on race, gender, and sexuality professors are allowed to endorse — calling the law a 'breathtaking' overreach on the First Amendment.
While Japan's courts wrestle with marriage equality, the cabinet has quietly adopted the country's first nationwide framework for LGBTQ+ awareness in schools, universities, and workplaces.
In February, Brazil's top court threw out two more local laws criminalizing inclusive language in schools. It's the latest round in a tug-of-war between a pro-rights judiciary and a conservative legislature.
Across Western Europe, the fight over LGBTQ+ rights has moved into schools. From cancelled diversity programmes in Italy to challenged equality curricula in France and Germany, a once-stable region is quietly importing an American culture-war playbook.
A proposed law would ban any school content discussing gender identity or 'alternative family forms' for anyone under 22. It has not advanced this session — but it has not gone away, and it is shaping the climate Albanian LGBTQ+ people live in right now.
The Justice Department announced on May 1 that it is investigating whether dozens of Illinois public school districts taught what it calls 'sexual orientation and gender ideology' content without parental opt-outs. Governor JB Pritzker called it a 'sham investigation.'
Péter Magyar has named education researcher Judit Lannert to run a ministry that, under Fidesz, was the primary engine of Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ school policies. The right-wing press is already calling her appointment a scandal.
What started as a quiet protest at the University of Virginia in 1996 is now the largest student-led action for LGBTQ+ school safety in America. Thirty years later, the need for it has only grown.
