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Uh, so this is according to GLSEN's 2025 National School Climate Survey, 62% of LGBTQ, uh, youth experience harassment or assault based on sexual orientation.

68% experience harassment or assault based on gender identity and/or gender expression.

48% of LGBTQ+ youth of color experienced verbal or physical harassment or assault due to race or ethnicity.

Great to be here.

All right, Jansen, we're starting with you, uh, looking at a study, new report from GLSEN and The Trevor Project, looking at hostile school policies that are keeping transgender students out of class, and by that we mean people missing school and, uh, students who are going to school and who are facing policies that determine which bathroom they can use and whether teachers can call them by the correct name and that kind of, uh, pressure.

Let's talk about what the study found.

Yeah.

Uh, but to continue here.

Um, memorizing poetry of LGBT poets, reading children's books such as I am Jazz and Love Makes a Family, and visiting National Women's History Museum's website to study LGBTQ historical figures, and participating in the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, GLSEN, no name-calling week.

The patch guide calls it an effort to quote, "Disrupt anti-LGBTQ+ harassment and bias bullying." Um, and no, this is for badges.

Like, you get ba- the, the girls are, like, given tasks lists to do this stuff, to watch this stuff that is rewriting history of-

Talk and Take Action, An Educator's Guide to Combating LGBTQIA Plus Discrimination.

LGBTQ Plus Organization, Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network.

to provide parents, teachers, and educators, now listen to this, with content tools and tips they need to talk with students about discrimination and hate directed at the LGBTQ community in the United States and how to support LGBTQ students and families.

The point is, is they make the gay groups victims.

And whereas for students, Being your full self can result in bullying and harassment.

The 2025 National School Climate Survey conducted by GLSEN found that nationally, 62% of students experienced verbal, physical, or online harassment assault because of their sexual orientation.

86% of trans and gender expansive students avoided certain school areas.

And 48% of BIPOC LGBTQIA2S plus students faced harassment due to race or ethnicity.

A broad swath from southwest through eastern Iowa recorded some of the heaviest rainfall, with weekly totals 4 to 8 inches above normal.

For the full week, rainfall totals range from 0.05 inch at Milford in Dickinson County to 10.63 inches at Ainsworth in Washington County, according to GLSEN's weekly weather summary for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

The immediate problem is saturated soil.

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