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Transgender Cross Country Runner Set Girls’ Record At Brookline High This Past School Year

A male transgender runner set a girls' cross country school record at Brookline High School during the 2022-2023 school year. Junior Chloe Barnes is a biological male who identifies as a transgender girl, as TB Daily News reported in January 2023 and Brookline's student newspaper, The Sag,

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On Massachusetts Sex-Ed Reform, Let’s Make Our Voices Heard; Here’s How

The Healey administration wants to update the Massachusetts health framework guidelines, including sex education — and it wants the public's input. The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously approved a framework for health and physical education in the state's public schools on Tuesday, June 27,

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Why I Am Not Flying The Rainbow Flag This Month

June is "Pride Month" and the rainbow flag is ubiquitous. It is flying over our government. It is flying at the White House, at the State House, at public buildings many towns and cities of Massachusetts, including Melrose where I have lived for 33 years and Stoneham where

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Affirmative Action Goes; Massachusetts Politicians and Organizations React

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the race-based policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Thursday, June 29, ruling such policies are unconstitutional, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Justice Clarance Thomas labeled the university's

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Massachusetts Bill Would Threaten Jail Time For Using Fireworks In Some Areas

Massachusetts is the only state in America where no form of consumer fireworks are legal. A bill (H.3634) on Beacon Hill would amend the state's firework ban — by increasing the penalty and making it a crime to use fireworks in high-density areas.

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Healey Administration’s Proposed Sex-Ed Curriculum Tells Third-Graders They Can Change Genders

Should Massachusetts public schools that teach sex-ed be required to teach third-graders that they can change their gender? If Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's administration gets what it wants, it will happen.

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Massachusetts Opioid Deaths Hit Record High In 2022

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service

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Arlington School Committee Commits To Requiring Students Be Called By Preferred Pronouns and Allowing Access To Bathrooms and Locker Rooms According To Gender Identity

Arlington School Committee members have laid the foundation this past week for policies ensuring students are called by their preferred pronouns in any circumstance and allowing students to play sports with the sex with which they identify. "It is about making safe spaces for children, and as a former