This is episode eighty-seven of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to talk about gay news from 2023.
Ron DeSantis told teachers to not say gay in Florida schools. Because of the new law, books with gay subjects are banned from Florida schools. Texas follows Florida's anti-gay lead. The FDA allows gay men in monogamous relationships to donate blood. The Pope allows priests to bless same sex relationships. 75 anti-gay bills became law nation-wide out of 417 proposed. Schools across the country ban transgendered girls from competing in sports. Neo-Nazi groups disrupt drag queen story hour in many places. Russia weaponizes homophobia under the guise of banning propaganda. 22 states have banned gender-affirming care to transgendered youth. Gay people abandon Twitter after uptick in hate and vitriol. The Vatican says transgendered people can be baptized. Libraries all over the place are forced to ban gay books. The Supreme Court rules that a website designer does not have to make any gay wedding pages. A conservative-led boycott against Bud Light dethroned it as the nation’s top-selling beer. The Dodgers invited, disinvited, then reinvited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. It's not just Uganda. Much of Africa is marching backward on LGBT rights. United Methodists lose 1,800 churches in split over LGBT stance. Bros, is the world's first gay rom-com that was released in theaters.
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