When it comes to fostering education during the ongoing global pandemic, there are numerous valid concerns for all involved: How can we keep students, teachers, and staff safe? How can hybrid and online learning be equal when some students simply don’t have the resources they need at home? Can young people really be expected to keep a mask on all day? All big and important questions—and yet, somehow, Republicans are dead set on demonizing LGBTQ+ people all over again. We’ve covered the efforts local school boards are going to when it comes to banning LGBTQ+ books from libraries. We’ve covered the involvement of Republican hopefuls in fanning the anti-queer (and specifically, anti-trans) hysteria. Sadly, we’ve also covered a number of allegations from teachers about essentially being forced out of their jobs at schools because of their sexual orientation. And now another story comes to us from Michigan, where a middle school teacher says he resigned after being told to take down his classroom Pride flag. Read more