LGBTQ News: Lawmakers across the nation consider bans on drag shows

<p>This week on <em>Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:</em></p> <p>A federal judge in Springfield rules in favor of <a href="https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/12/federal-judge-rules-in-favor-of-ludlow-schools-in-lawsuit-over-treatment-of-transgender-students.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">protecting students’ gender identities</a> at Ludlow Public Schools. Plus, legislators from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/21/anti-drag-show-laws-bans-republican-states" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tennessee to Idaho</a> are considering bans on drag shows. And while Pope Francis has expressed support for the LGBTQ community in the past, in perhaps his strongest statement yet, he says <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-gay-rights-ap-interview-1359756ae22f27f87c1d4d6b9c8ce212" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">homosexuality is not a crime</a>.</p> <p>Those stories and more on our LGBTQ News Roundtable.</p> <p><strong>GUESTS</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SueNBCBoston" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sue O’Connell</a>,</strong> commentator and host at New England Cable News, NBC 10 Boston and NBC LX; co-publisher of Bay Windows and The South End News</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.glad.org/staff/janson-wu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Janson Wu</a>,</strong> executive director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, or GLAD</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.bagly.org/grace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grace Sterling Stowell</a></strong>, executive director of the Boston Alliance of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Youth, or BAGLY</p>