10+ hour, 1+ min ago  (498+ words) Around 200 students gathered outside, holding handmade signs and speaking out about their frustration with the sudden administrative move. The protest reflects rising tension between school officials pushing for more control over learning materials and students who want to keep their…...

20+ hour, 51+ min ago  (302+ words) We've featured Miles Erickson's darkly funny "My Gums Are Bleeding" comics several times before, and if you're familiar with his work, you probably already know the routine: deceptively simple art, dry setups, and punchlines that take a hard left turn…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (519+ words) But once they arrive in Amsterdam, Jimpa, played by John Lithgow, brings enough drama for everyone " something he's been doing for 40 years, since he left his family for a fuller queer life than Australia at the end of the 20th century…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (668+ words) A new Christian phone network promising to block pornography, LGBTQ-related material and 'gender content' before users even see it has sparked a fierce online debate, with critics comparing the idea to The Handmaid's Tale and warning it resembles the early…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (386+ words) Ian Mc Kellen has revealed that Star Wars" Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Alec Guinness once advised him to "withdraw" from his "unseemly" public involvement in gay rights activism." Mc Kellen, known for his roles in The Lord of the Rings and…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (1033+ words) On the nearly four-hour drive from a southeast Idaho prison, Kristine Scott was optimistic. One of 15 women transferred on April 3 to a minimum security prison in Boise, Scott was told she'd work at the community reentry center and live in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (851+ words) A new mobile service in the US is attempting something unusual for the telecoms world: not just connecting users, but filtering what they are allowed to see. Radiant Mobile, a self-described Christian network, is launching with a system designed to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (516+ words) From Smiley v. Jenner, decided yesterday by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder, joined by Judges Candace Jackson-Akiwumi and Doris Pryor: Indiana law establishes curriculum requirements for certain schools within the state. In 2023, the state General Assembly passed Indiana House Enrolled Act…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (756+ words) An increasing number of U. S. states have passed laws that allow health care providers " including doctors, nurses and pharmacists " to refuse to treat patients based on their personal or religious beliefs. While these conscientious objection laws have long existed for issues…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (418+ words) Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. It's Morgan here, covering for Nesrine this week. There has been a recent rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation across a number of African countries that already have strict sexuality laws. I spoke with LGBTQ…...