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Don't say gay in Trump's America — even if you're just referring to the name of a plane. @AssociatedPress reports on how the Defense Department is purging diversity, equity and inclusion content from its website. So far, 26,000 images have been marked for deletion including a photo of the Enola Gay (the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan) and a picture of a group of engineers, one of whom had the last name Gay.

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AP News · War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purgeBy Tara Copp
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An award-winning #book about the true story of the #SameSex #penguin couple raising a chick was banned in #Florida in response to the state's #DontSayGay #law.

The 2005 book #AndTangoMakesThree by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell was removed from #libraries & #classrooms in Florida.

The school board said titles were "administratively removed due to content regarding #SexualOrientation / #gender identification prohibited in #HB1557.”

#LGBTQ#Sphen#Magic
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@randahl as a Duolinguo Super subscriber, i just filed a "purchase issue" bug report in protest of this outrageously craven affront to mine and my siblings' human dignity:

duolingo.com/help/bug-report

#Duolingo #LGBT #queer #oppression #Russia #profiteering #DontSayGay

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via Tallahassee Dem:
#DontSayGay #settlement allows #Florida students & teachers discuss #SexualOrientation, #gender #identity
…the settlement, which was submitted Mon [Mar 11] to the 11th US Circuit…, makes clear that the #law doesn't bar classroom references to #LGBTQ people & issues. It also does not prevent LGBTQ grps or anti-bullying measures.
tallahassee.com/story/news/pol

Tallahassee Democrat · 'Don't Say Gay' settlement allows Florida students and teachers discuss sexual orientation, gender IDBy Douglas Soule