Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed a law last week that includes a mandate for the state’s public schools to teach LGBTQ history, as red and blue states continue to diverge on whether schools should expose kids to gay and transgender identities. The new law, Senate Bill 5462, mandates that the state’s school districts… Continue reading Amid book bans, DEI cuts and ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws, 7 states will mandate LGBTQ-inclusive curricula
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Ukraine Olympics athletes don’t want to compete against Russia
More than 300 Ukrainian athletes, coaches and sports personnel have been killed on the front lines since Russia invaded its neighbor last year, and hundreds of training facilities across the country have either been destroyed or damaged by Russian bombings, according to Ukrainian officials. But many athletes continue to train in wartime conditions, determined to… Continue reading Ukraine Olympics athletes don’t want to compete against Russia
Blue light-blocking glasses don’t protect eyes or improve sleep, study finds
Despite their popularity, blue light-blocking glasses probably don’t do much to reduce eyestrain, help keep people alert or improve sleep, according to a meta-analysis looking at 17 studies published Thursday. The glasses, which sellers claim protect the eyes from potentially harmful blue light coming from screens, first hit the scene in the early 2000s. Search interest… Continue reading Blue light-blocking glasses don’t protect eyes or improve sleep, study finds
Last time Britain was this sick, drastic action was taken. This time, politicians don’t seem to care | Sally Davies
The UK is the “sick man” of Europe again. On almost every health indicator – life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, obesity rates and healthcare capacity – we lag behind our peers. This week, ONS data reconfirmed the substantial impact this is having on our national prosperity. The number of people who cannot work primarily because… Continue reading Last time Britain was this sick, drastic action was taken. This time, politicians don’t seem to care | Sally Davies
Biden is out pitching his economic wins. Arizona voters say they don’t see them.
NOGALES, Arizona — In Joe Biden’s telling, the hard-won policies that he steered through Congress have already taken root. Jobs are plentiful, and inflation is cooling, he says. Americans, he said at a fundraising event in New Mexico last week, are “beginning to realize what we’ve actually passed is having an impact.” But not everywhere,… Continue reading Biden is out pitching his economic wins. Arizona voters say they don’t see them.
Don’t feel pressured, learn to ‘simmer’ and keep experimenting: how to have great sex at every stage of life | Sex
Age 16-25 Don’t worry if your first time isn’t perfect“It’s not helpful to think of sex as having one big ‘first time’. You’ll probably have lots of first times,” says Milly Evans, author of Honest: Everything They Don’t Tell You About Sex, Relationships and Bodies Instead, she advises breaking it down into all the individual… Continue reading Don’t feel pressured, learn to ‘simmer’ and keep experimenting: how to have great sex at every stage of life | Sex
Shakespeare gets caught in Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws
ORLANDO, Fla. — Students in a Florida school district will be reading only excerpts from William Shakespeare’s plays for class rather than the full texts under redesigned curriculum guides developed, in part, to take into consideration the state’s new laws that restrict classroom materials whose content can be deemed sexual. The changes to the Hillsborough… Continue reading Shakespeare gets caught in Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws
My live fast, die young youth was fun, but I don’t expect the NHS to pick up the pieces | James Bethell
Ten years of high living while managing the Ministry of Sound was the best fun a young man can have. But combined with my college boozing, social smoking, ice-cream bingeing and the mental repercussions of my mother’s tragic suicide, those heady 4am moments on the dancefloor will apparently lead, with grim inevitability, to a broken… Continue reading My live fast, die young youth was fun, but I don’t expect the NHS to pick up the pieces | James Bethell
Cancer is the pits at any age. But rates are rising in young people like me, and we don’t fully know why | Cancer
The pain radiated from a spot just to the right of my belly button, so precisely I could have drawn an X on my skin. It was a Monday evening in early July 2021, and I was lying on the couch next to my boyfriend, Mick, watching Four Corners. It had been a typical lockdown… Continue reading Cancer is the pits at any age. But rates are rising in young people like me, and we don’t fully know why | Cancer
‘I don’t know how long I can do this’: adult trans healthcare is under attack in Florida | Florida
When Angelique Cedeno, 42, decided to explore medically transitioning last May, she struggled to find a provider she trusted to guide her through the process. She met with physicians who told her they didn’t provide gender-affirming care, or asked her – unprompted – if she was suicidal. Then she found Spektrum Health, a nurse practitioner-led… Continue reading ‘I don’t know how long I can do this’: adult trans healthcare is under attack in Florida | Florida