Each time he stood before a Chicago traffic court judge and told his story, the judge asked his name.

“Jeffrey Kriv,” he’d say. That was true.

Then he’d raise his right hand and get sworn in. What came next was also consistent.

One of the wonderful things about modern use of the internet is the widespread dissemination of information, some of which serves to be educational, awareness-provoking, and community-building, albeit most of it encompasses information folks would not have known but for social media attention and Google searches.

A new lawsuit against a Florida school board marks a “first-of-its-kind challenge to unlawful censorship”.

On May 17, the world’s largest English-language publisher, Penguin Random House, free-speech organization PEN America, five authors (including bestselling queer YA author David Levithan) and two parents joined forces.