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Jonny shares a recent experience moderating an LGBTQ Town Hall meeting with candidates for School Superintendent as an introduction to the challenges of restricting or banning books. He looks at the history of book burning as a strategy of oppressing vulnerable groups. He also reports on efforts of some local school districts to ban "Safe Space" designations as a related phenomenon. In the back half of the show, he examines the conundrum of the political scandals plaguing Rep. Madison Cawthorn
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(R-NC). How are we supposed to feel when homophobia and transphobia are used to take down a homophobic and transphobic politician?
Jonny also shares information about Southern Illinois's Pride celebration plans being moved to October while other events like Picnic in the Park, Pride Edition (May 15 -- https://fb.me/e/2lJZd9vpr) and SI Pride Prom (May 21 -- https://fb.me/e/4EpRWYY4c)
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