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Maryland Parents Can’t Opt Kids Out of LGBTQ-Related Lessons: Judge

The group of parents are upset that their kids would be exposed to diverse authors and viewpoints in their English classes.

Montgomery County Maryland Parent holding a restore opt-out in MCPS sign

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Maryland Parents Ask Judge to Allow Students to Avoid LGBTQ+ Books

The parents say that if their children have to read books about or by LGBTQ+ people, that would violate their rights to religious freedom.

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U.S. Appeals Court Dismisses Suit Against Trans-Supportive School Policy

The parents who sued in Maryland haven't shown that their children are being harmed by the policy, a judge wrote.

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Maryland Parents Can’t Opt Kids Out of LGBTQ-Related Lessons: Judge

The group of parents are upset that their kids would be exposed to diverse authors and viewpoints in their English classes.

Antigay Letter Outrages Parents in Maryland School District

Maryland Parents Charged With Murder Over Death of Transgender Teenager

Morgan Moore, who had diabetes and multiple sclerosis, died last year at 17, weighing only 79 pounds.

Maryland Parents Ask Judge to Allow Students to Avoid LGBTQ+ Books

The parents say that if their children have to read books about or by LGBTQ+ people, that would violate their rights to religious freedom.

Maryland Marriage Coalition Issues Warning on NOM

"Marylanders should brace themselves for what is about to hit our state," said a memo released to media Thursday morning.

Ballot Language Approved for Maryland Marriage Referendum

Marriage equality advocates applauded the language that will appear on the November ballot, while opponents criticized the wording.

Sex, lies. and teenagers

Abstinence-only sex education erases the existence of GLBT youth and fills kids' heads with untruths. Some parents have had enough

WATCH: Girl with Two Dads Takes On One Million Moms

This Maryland preteen and her family doesn't have time for hate from conservative critics.

Kiss the Cook

How a new memoir (and homemade doughnuts) are bridging the culinary divide.

The High Cost of Parenting If You’re LGBT

Our quest for children is often arduous - and expensive.

Md OKs Two Moms on Birth Certificates

Maryland Republican Neil Parrott is an anti-LGBTQ+ disaster

He has voted against the LGBTQ+ community at every chance.

Democratic Governors ‘Rise Up’ to Join in Support of LGBTQ+ Youth

Together, local and state leaders are expressing the urgency to care for LGBTQ+ young people in all communities.

MLK Goddaughter Donzaleigh Abernathy Pleads for Marriage Equality

Witnesses Testify For and Against MD Marriage

Teenager Wants Discrimination For a Birthday Present

Maryland Gov Vs Bullying

County Weighs Antidiscrimination Bill After State Fails to Protect

Maryland high court upholds same-sex marriage ban

Maryland's highest court on Tuesday upheld a state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, ending a lawsuit filed by same-sex couples who claimed they were being denied equal protection under the law.

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The group of parents are upset that their kids would be exposed to diverse authors and viewpoints in their English classes.

Morgan Moore, who had diabetes and multiple sclerosis, died last year at 17, weighing only 79 pounds.

The parents say that if their children have to read books about or by LGBTQ+ people, that would violate their rights to religious freedom.

The parents who sued in Maryland haven't shown that their children are being harmed by the policy, a judge wrote.

"Marylanders should brace themselves for what is about to hit our state," said a memo released to media Thursday morning.

Marriage equality advocates applauded the language that will appear on the November ballot, while opponents criticized the wording.

Abstinence-only sex education erases the existence of GLBT youth and fills kids' heads with untruths. Some parents have had enough

This Maryland preteen and her family doesn't have time for hate from conservative critics.

How a new memoir (and homemade doughnuts) are bridging the culinary divide.

Our quest for children is often arduous - and expensive.

A bisexual legislator says her father, a fellow lawmaker, wanted her to go to conversion therapy, which the state is about to ban (for minors).

He has voted against the LGBTQ+ community at every chance.

Together, local and state leaders are expressing the urgency to care for LGBTQ+ young people in all communities.

Maryland's highest court on Tuesday upheld a state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, ending a lawsuit filed by same-sex couples who claimed they were being denied equal protection under the law.