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Sarah Epperson, a queer artist and illustrator who focuses on social justice issues and politics, regarding the unveiling of a new stamp featuring former first lady Nancy Reagan at the beginning of Pride month. The Forever Stamp is meant to celebrate the centennial of Reagan’s birth, on July 6, 1921, which was delayed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but many members of the LGBTQ+ community feel as though it is a “slap in the face” due to the Reagan administration’s slow response to the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s which, many in the community believe, cost tens of thousands of lives. (NPR — June 9, 2022)
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Utah state Sen. Derek Kitchen, arguing that states should codify LGBTQ+ rights in preparation for a worst-case scenario situation in which the U.S. Supreme Court decides to overturn its 2015 same-sex marriage ruling. (Associated Press — June 7, 2022)
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, as she signed 10 gun control bills into law, one of which raises the state’s age to buy a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21. Hochul is a native of Buffalo, where just more than three weeks ago a racist mass shooting killed 10 African Americans in a Tops market. (WXXI News — June 6, 2022)
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A statement from nine members of Axon’s ethics board, regarding their resignation due to their loss of faith in the company’s ability to be a responsible partner in policing technology after the company, which is best known for developing the Taser, announced that it was developing a Taser drone. Axon halted its drone plans on Monday, June 6, in response to the ethics board’s rebuke. (Associated Press — June 6, 2022)
