The Weekly Readlines April 6

From the Editor’s Desk: I attended a ’50 in 50’ protest on Saturday in Frenchtown, NJ (small town, big voice), and a Zoom call on Sunday to revive ACT UP, spearheaded by the Stonewall National Museum and Archives in Ft. Lauderdale. It’s become very clear that we will have to save ourselves and salvage what we can of our many-cultured country as Project 2025 barrels ahead with its destruction. Mediocrity continues to triumph with the obliteration of so many things we care about (libraries, museums, diversity, inclusion, civil rights). It may not be our last stand, but it’s getting pretty close. However … do not despair! Our spirits will never be conquered. – Mark

BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S STOP STORIES

Trump Torpedoed The American Economy Before Another Round of Golf
The patient is now in hospice

Trump Blew Off 4 Dead American Soldiers To Hang with the Saudis
He still considers them losers

Trump Kills Institute of Museum and Library Services
Making America Illiterate Again

LGBTQ

Heartland Pride Behind On Sponsors Amid Midwest Decline, A Dozen Have Yet To Return

The Government Is Abandoning The Fight Against HIV

‘I Had No Choice’: Tennis Star Kasatkina Leaves Russia Over LGBTQ Rights and War Stance – MSN

Children Of American Service Members Defend Pentagon DEI Policies – Washington Blade

The Global Scientific Community Must Keep Studying LGBT+ Health – Nature

Russia Escalates Attacks On ‘Internal Enemy’ LGBT As It Expands War In Ukraine – Inews
U.S. AND BEYOND

Autism Acceptance Day: Why Autistic Inclusion Benefits Everyone – Pinknews