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A Southern California school board has resolved a dispute with Gov. Gavin Newsom over a social studies curriculum TEMECULA, Calif. -- A Southern California school board has voted to approve a social studies curriculum for elementary students, resolving a dispute with Gov. Gavin Newsom over lesson plans that mentioned the state's first openly gay elected public official. The Temecula Valley Unified School District had previously voted to reject the curriculum in part because some board members were concerned the curriculum's supplementary material mentioned Harvey Milk, the former San Francisco supervisor and gay rights advocate who was assassinated in 1978. Some board members also said parents had not been adequately consulted about the curriculum. Rejecting the curriculum meant the district would have to use a textbook published in 2006. Those textbooks do not comply with a 2011 state law that requires school s to teach students about the historical contributions of gay, ...

Experts warn against canceling Pride campaigns after extremists threaten Target. Target reported that its employees faced threats over its new Pride collections celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and responded by pulling some of the merchandise that had caused the most "significant confrontational behavior" to protect the safety and wellbeing of its employees, according to a statement from the company. Extremism experts and LGBTQ advocates warned that removing merchandise could be seen as a success by anti-LGBTQ extremists and violent protesters which could lead to copycat behavior threatening the already marginalized community. Several Targets also received bomb threats over Memorial Day weekend related to the controversy, according to Cleveland 19 News. The threats reportedly called for the return of LGBTQ+ items to the shelves, according to the local news outlet, which said it received the bomb threats. "I think this will embolden alt-right actors, who now are going to ...

The Canadian government is expelling a Chinese diplomat whom Canada’s spy agency alleges was involved in a plot to intimidate an opposition lawmaker and his relatives in Hong Kong TORONTO -- The Canadian government is expelling a Chinese diplomat whom Canada’s spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate an opposition lawmaker and his relatives in Hong Kong. A senior government official said Toronto-based diplomat Zhao Wei has five days to leave the country. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. It's wasn't immediately clear if he's left yet. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said in a statement that Canada declared Toronto-based diplomat Zhao Wei “persona non grata.” “We will not tolerate any form of foreign interference in our internal affairs,” she wrote. “Diplomats in Canada have been warned that if they engage in this type of behavior, they will be sent home.” Canada's spy ser...