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3 weeks ago | readlion.com | Michaela Estruth |Luke Holland |Alexa Schwerha |Grant Braaten

A bureau of the U.S. State Department announced Sunday that it is monitoring the case of a British woman on trial for engaging in civil conversation with women inside a “buffer zone” of a nearby abortion facility. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), which defends individual liberty and democratic freedoms worldwide, posted a statement on X about the case ahead of its April 4 verdict, Fox News reported.

3 weeks ago | readlion.com | Maggie Little |John Ransom |Grant Braaten |RealClear Politics

A toddler was suspended from a nursery in the United Kingdom after being accused of transphobia – sparking outrage from observers who fear gender ideology has been pushed to the point of “insanity.” Data from England’s Department for Education, first reported by The Telegraph, indicates the 3-or 4-year-old child was suspended from the state nursery in the 2022-23 school year for “abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity.” The newly revealed data didn’t indicate at which nursery...

3 weeks ago | readlion.com | Tom Joyce |Elizabeth Mitchell |Grant Braaten

A blue state Democrat recently made a wild claim about the efforts to stop male transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports. Washington Rep. Kristine Reeves, D-Moses Lake, compared barring transgender-identifying athletes from girls’ sports to Jim Crow-era racial segregation. “I recall a time in our country’s history not that long ago … where people like my grandfather were told that they could not participate in sporting activities because he was a black man,” she said.

3 weeks ago | readlion.com | John Ransom |Shanxi Omoniyi |Grant Braaten |Mary Margaret Olohan

He somehow dodged hundreds of bullets and dozens of suicide bombers. Master Sergeant (Ret.) Earl Plumlee told an audience Thursday night about the heroic actions he took during the Afghan War that resulted in him being awarded the Medal of Honor. Plumlee was speaking as a part of the American Dream speaker series organized by the Herzog Foundation, which publishes The Lion.

1 month ago | readlion.com | Tom Joyce |Frances Floresca |Grant Braaten

A New Jersey elementary school will not send its 2nd graders on a field trip to the Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice after receiving online backlash. Fleetwood Elementary School in Mount Laurel planned to send three teachers and 76 2nd graders to the center on April 4. The school over 400 students and is about 15 miles east of Philadelphia. However, Mount Laurel Schools Superintendent George J. Rafferty said the trip is off due to negative social media posts about it.