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Liz Meyer (she/her)

@lizjmeyer.bsky.social
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Professor of ed. foundations & policy at CU Boulder School of Education| #lgbtq affirming education; gender & sexuality diversity; supporting teacher & youth activism; feminist & queer theories in education. Views my own.

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Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education (JQTSIE) @jqtsie.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Register for the special issue launch and panel discussion with @lizjmeyer.bsky.social and Lee Airton on June 15th! tinyurl.com/jqtsieissuel... #queer #trans #lgbtqia #activism #advocacy #education #AcademicSky #LGBTQSky @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social
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Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education (JQTSIE) @jqtsie.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Check out JQTSIE's newest issue: "Loud, Proud, Rooted, and Resisting: Activism and Advocacy in Tough Times"! Edited by @lizjmeyer.bsky.social & @leeairtonphd scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jqtsie/vol3/... @kamdenstrunk.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social @sashelton.bsky.social #queer #trans #lgbtq
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Excited to share the online publication of our new article in Review of Educational Research. We analyzed 100 articles published since 1993 discussing advocacy & activism for #lgbtq equity in k-12 schools.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Excited to present about my book “queer justice at school” at this great online event today. Not too late to register! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚
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Boulder Bookstore @boulderbookstore.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Change is needed to make schools affirming & inclusive of gender & sexual diversity. This is for students & allies who are working to make schools supportive of LGBTQIA+ people. Join us next week when @lizjmeyer.bsky.social will be here to celebrate this important book! Tix: MeyerBBS.eventbrite.com
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
@teachingwhilequeer.org is hosting an amazing online event for educators on Oct 11. My session is sharing resources from my @tcpress.bsky.social book “queer justice at school” hope you can join us!
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
CO joins lawsuit re: sex ed curriculum: “Forcing states to use medically unsupported, incomplete PREP program content violates laws adopted by Congress,” a statement from the AG’s office reads. www.cpr.org/2025/09/26/c...
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Colorado joins lawsuit to stop cuts to federal funds that support sex ed curriculum
The Trump administration has threatened to withhold $1 million over references to gender identity.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
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Trump administration to cancel funding if NYC does not alter guidelines for trans students
The Trump administration is now demanding that NYC change its policies by Tuesday night or else risk losing millions in grant funding for a handful of public schools.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025... | strong response by Chicago Public Schools!
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Here’s how CPS responded to the Trump administration withholding magnet school money
In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Education Friday, Chicago Public Schools’ acting general counsel said the district is in compliance with federal, state, and local laws as it relates to effo...
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... | A thoughtful & rational response from DPS in the face of unjust and illegal attacks by Trump's OCR #titleix
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Denver Public Schools responds to finding that all-gender restroom violates Title IX
Rather than agree to get rid of its all-gender restrooms, DPS has asked the Trump administration for 90 days to negotiate a resolution.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... ““While they label this a ‘directed investigation,’ make no mistake: there was no on-site review, not a single witness interview was ever conducted, and not one substantive conversation with any OCR attorney ever occurred,”
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Marrero: Trump administration weaponizing Title IX, pushing ‘anti-trans agenda’
The Denver superintendent’s comments come a day after the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights found that the conversion of a girls’ restroom to an all-gender restroom at East High Sch...
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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All-gender restroom at Denver’s East High violates Title IX, Trump administration finds
President Trump has made targeting protections for LGBTQ students a key part of his second term. Denver Public Schools says it is determining its next steps.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/26/t...
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40 states could lose federal funds for sex ed if they keep gender identity in curriculum
The Health and Human Services Department told 40 states to remove references to gender identity from their federally funded sex education programs. When California refused to comply, the agency termin...
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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Some State Leaders Cheer as Trump's Ed. Dept. Investigates Their Schools
The use of the office for civil rights for political purposes has been dialed up in the second Trump administration, experts say.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/15/s...
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Trump’s war on DEI in schools dealt a setback by a federal judge he nominated
A federal judge struck down a policy that left many schools worried they would lose federal funding if they did not comply with the Trump administration’s contested interpretation of federal civil rig...
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Win for CO school district sured by anti-trans parents & limits on parents’ rights to influence public school policy & curriculum. www.cpr.org/2025/08/08/j...
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit on JeffCo policy on overnight rooming policy for transgender students
The judge ruled that the policy did not violate students’ constitutional rights.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
My summer “off” as a professor included: revising & resubmitting 2 articles, advising meetings w/4 phd students, serving on an international awards jury, providing 2 external review letters for promotion cases, peer-reviewing 4 articles for journals, prepping 2 classes for fall …
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders | “trust but verify is in” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
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Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/07/2025
US Supreme Court to decide legality of transgender school sports bans reut.rs/4kp63ua
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US Supreme Court to decide legality of transgender school sports bans
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear a bid by West Virginia and Idaho to enforce their state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, taking up another civil rights challenge to Republican-backed restrictions on transgender people.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... more watered-down, "2nd choice" social studies curriculum for 4th graders in Colorado
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Teachers recommended a social studies textbook. This Colorado school board said no.
A divided school board in western Colorado debated Columbus and Black Lives Matter as they considered a new fourth grade social studies curriculum.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Three winners of the July drawing for a free copy of “Queer Justice at School” have just been notified! Register now for the August drawing: www.elizabethjmeyer.com/queer-justice
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Important article about bonkers-town #TitleIX moves coming from the Department of ENERGY !?! @edweek.org www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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The U.S. Department of Energy Is Trying to Change a Title IX Rule. Why?
Proposals from the U.S. Department of Energy show buy-in from across the administration for the president's view of gender identity.
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Teachers College Press @tcpress.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
How can schools be more supportive of LGBTQIA+ students and their families? There's still time to register for our free #Pride webinar on Queer Justice in School, with author @lizjmeyer.bsky.social—join us today at 3:00pm ET! www.tcpress.com/queer-justic...
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New from me in The Atlantic - how SCOTUS's decision in Skrmetti is reviving an archaic line of reasoning on sex discrimination, which was used to justify & legitimize sex discrimination: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Archaic Sex-Discrimination Case the Supreme Court Is Reviving
In Skrmetti, the Court turned to a decades-old decision once thought to be consigned to history.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Fed gov’t tells CA about what they can’t teach in #sexed - what about education & state’s rights? thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This week! join us for this FREE webinar on Wednesday for educators, youth workers, family members and young people interested in improving #lgbtq equity at your #school! @tcpress.bsky.social
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Student Clubs Can Help LGBTQ Youth Thrive | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...
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Student Clubs Can Help LGBTQ Youth Thrive
Student clubs can offer a host of benefits to young people—LGBTQ+ youth in particular. What can caring adults do to provide more spaces like this in their communities?
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Why is pride month so important to #lgbtq youth? Here is a short blog to offer some insights @psychtoday.bsky.social 🔗 www.elizabethjmeyer.com/blog
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Join us on June 25th for a webinar on my new book: Queer justice at school: A guide for student activists, allies, and their teachers. For more details or to register visit: tcpress.org --> upcoming events. #lgbtq #pride #education The webinar will be recorded if you can't attend!
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
another example of schools "over-complying" and putting students at risk. www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202... "The current version of the policy says “safe learning and work environment” but the revision takes out the word “safe.”
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A Colorado district looks to remove LGBTQ policy protections amid Trump’s funding threats
he Montezuma-Cortez district in southwestern Colorado is poised to remove protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity from its nondiscrimination policy.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
D11 school board introduced a new policy that could prohibit teachers from asking students their pronouns. — students protested
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Had a great time this weekend at Erie Pride with Briggs Street Books & Music chatting with folks & signing copies of my new book “Queer Justice at School” — happy Pride! 📕 🏫 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💕🎉
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Attacks on transgender athletes hurt everyone -- glad Michigan is doing its part to keep sports a place where every child can find a place to thrive and belong. www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025...
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Michigan Senate won’t consider anti-trans sports bills. Will the state be targeted by the Trump administration?
The Trump administration is investigating other states that won’t comply with his executive orders curtailing transgender rights.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Helpful article about what ‘adolescence’ on Netflix can help us learn about #sexed in #k12 schools www.edweek.org/leadership/n...
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Netflix's 'Adolescence' Sparks Debate Over Sex Education in Schools
Sex education, generally ill-equipped to handle subject matter to which teens are exposed, is getting further squeezed.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
New resource for Colorado educators: check out this #lavendercard with info about #lgbtq rights in schools. See: www.colorado.edu/center/a-que... for printable cards
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For Educators
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Book give away! To celebrate the launch of my new book, I invite you to nominate an #lgbtq youth-serving organization to win a free copy of my new book: “Queer Justice at School” register here: www.elizabethjmeyer.com/queer-justice
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Teachers College Press @tcpress.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
It's day two at #AERA2025 and we're ready for you in booth 330/429. Exhibit hours are 9:00–5:00 and book signings start at 10:00 with Elizabeth Meyer, author of "Queer Justice at School." See you soon! @lizjmeyer.bsky.social www.tcpress.com/aera-2025-bo... www.tcpress.com/queer-justic...
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Happy to be associated with all these wonderful scholars- come check out the new books at #aera2025 @tcpress.bsky.social
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Chandler Patton Miranda, Ph.D. @chandlermiranda.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🚨 At #AERA2025 we are trying to start a SIG on Immigration & Education and we’re already halfway to our goal in just 2 days! 📢 Help us get to 75 signatures today! 🖊️ Sign the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📤 Share the slide: docs.google.com/presentation...
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Immigration and Education AERA SIG Formation Petition
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide a forum within AERA for the involvement of individuals drawn together by a common interest in a field of study, teaching, or research when the existing divisiona...
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Dr. Kristy A. Robinson @krisarob.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Super excited for #AERA2025 to kick off tomorrow! As a former Coloradan and frequent visitor who currently lives at sea level, while we're in the Mile High City I highly recommend keeping well hydrated and looking for signs of altitude sickness. It's a thing! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitud...
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Excited for #aera2025 #queersig session 8am tomorrow followed by 10am book signing at the exhibit hall @tcpress.bsky.social
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Welcome to Denver, #AERA2025! Looking for registration? Look for the big blue bear outside the Convention Center on 14th street (you can't miss it!). Go up the escalator and follow the signs to Exhibit Hall F.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Woohoo! My new book just arrived- so happy to hold it in my hands. Queer Justice at School with @tcpress.bsky.social see more at the companion website: elizabethjmeyer.com/queer-justice
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
New Blog post: after a bit of a break from blogging, I have written a new article that summarizes some recently published research about ways to help teachers prevent anti-LGBTQ harassment in schools. Please read and share! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gend...
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What Can Help Teachers Intervene in Anti-LGBTQ Harassment?
How can we reduce anti-LGBTQ harassment in schools? The limited impact of new policies and significant influence of school culture.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Great overview of what federal $$ pay for and how much with CA as a case study.... What does threatened federal funding do for California K-12 schools? | Quick Guide edsource.org?page_id=727294
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What does threatened federal funding do for California K-12 schools? | Quick Guide
It is unclear which federal funding could be targeted if schools don't abolish diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, but these are some of the largest K-12 programs funded by the federal government...
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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
More, please! www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/u...
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Oklahoma governor rejects plan to ask students about immigration status and slams ‘political drama’ at Board of Education | CNN
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt rejected a controversial state Board of Education proposal to ask students’ families about their immigration status and criticized the board’s “needless political drama” in a...
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
1/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters. abcnews.go.com/538/national...
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How the national conversation shifted from structural racism to DEI
How the conversation about DEI has evolved over time.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
“I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.” Federal workers fight back- www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
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How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This Thursday I will be in Colorado Springs @coloradocollege.bsky.social giving a preview of my new book: Queer Justice at School — Out soon with @tcpress.bsky.social stop by if you can!
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Liz Meyer (she/her) @lizjmeyer.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Tell Google to not delete black history month and other cultural events from their calendars - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
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Reinstate Black History Month, Pride Month, and other cultural events!
Google’s quiet removal of cultural events from their calendars last year is part of a broader trend of tech companies and businesses catering to far-right and extreme groups by rolling back inclusivit...
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