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This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features stories on how libraries are coping with book bans, the Free Mom Hugs movement and the debate over the prairie chicken.
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WCPE had deemed operas dealing with race and LGBTQ issues "unsuitable" for broadcast. They reversed course "after careful deliberation...and hearing from our supporters, listeners and the public."
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Oklahoma-based musician Marx will debut their new video and single at the 101st annual Santa Fe Indian Market this weekend. They center their Osage heritage while also talking about queer and trans identity in the Native community.
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Prague — a town an hour east of OKC — hosted its first ever Pride in late July. The celebration is part of a growing movement to build community for LGBTQ people in rural Oklahoma, outside of big cities.
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is the first governor in the country to issue an executive order defining people by their biological sex at birth as either “male” or “female.”
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Oklahoma filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on gender-affirming care, presenting stories from people who’ve “detransitioned” and citing a need to protect children.
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OKC PrideFest 2023 will be held in Scissortail Park in Oklahoma City, with the theme of Queer Joy: The Resistance.
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Book bans in schools can violate federal civil rights laws if they create a hostile environment for students. The Education Department will have a new point person to talk to schools about bans.
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The bill, signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni on Monday, calls for life imprisonment for anyone convicted of homosexuality. It drew swift condemnation from rights groups around the world.
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Members of the transgender and 2SLGBTQ+ community celebrated International Transgender Day of Visibility in Tulsa and Oklahoma City with a march and rallies.