OPINION
Don't say gay? Or don't say transgender? 

Alanna Sherman discusses Florida's "Don't say gay" bill, and argues that ignoring LGBTQ identities is harmful to community mental health. 

"Supporters of the bill believe it would give parents greater control over when and in what way topics such as gender and sexuality are introduced to their children. The bill also protects children from what supporters term, “ideological indoctrination,” a misnomer that incorrectly attributes gender and sexual orientation to ideology," Sherman writes. 

"However, if we were really concerned about children’s access to self-expression, then wouldn’t we be absolutely horrified by the excessive visibility of cisgender heterosexuality in mainstream children’s media?"

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HUMOR
Plant mom arrested for triple plantslaughter

"New details are emerging surrounding the case of the local woman who has been charged with killing her three children. The bodies of six-year-old succulent, three-year-olds snake plant, and 9-month-old pothos plant were found in the dumpster behind the woman’s apartment complex," Lee Thomas reports. "She had adopted all three just two months ago at one of those bougie, minimalist, indie plant stores you can find in any city’s gentrified district for a reportedly exorbitant price."