What We Know Now
A podcast and public scholarship project covering news, media, and popular culture.
This project is on hiatus until January 2026. We look forward to a bunch of new content and collaboration at that time!
From news and politics to pop culture and media research, consider this newsletter your Monday morning look at what I’m reading, watching and writing. Sign up below!
In LGBTQ education controversies, students are collateral damage – What We Know Now
Ivy A. Lyons, a Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland and freelance digital journalist, works through ongoing LGBT controversies in school to discover what we know, and maybe they know about the ongoing, divisive topics of book bans, education, and identity. Interviews include several anonymous student participants and parent commenters, Dhruvak Mirani, Cris Candice Tuck with Equality Loudoun, Tiffany Justice with Moms for Liberty, and experts Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, David Huebner, and Dwayne Wright. Content includes references to sexual assault and harassment.
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