During his time as an undergraduate student, Kenji Yoshino turned to writing poetry to privately process his sexual orientation

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While studying on a Rhodes Scholarship in England, Kenji Yoshino sought psychiatric care to address distress regarding his sexual orientation

When Kenji Yoshino began teaching as a junior law professor in 1996, a senior colleague advised him to be a 'homosexual professional' rather than a 'professional homosexual' to gain tenure

The Supreme Court case St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy addresses whether religious schools participating in Colorado's universal pre-K program may discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity while receiving state funds

In Obergefell v. Hodges, the United States Supreme Court held that the United States Constitution guarantees the right to same-sex marriage

In John Milton's dramatic poem Samson Agonistes, Samson pulls down the pillars of a Philistine theater to crush the spectators within

Playwright John Dryden adapted John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost into a dramatic rhymed opera titled The State of Innocence

Literary critic Samuel Johnson wrote of John Milton's Paradise Lost that no reader ever wished the epic poem longer

In Book Nine of John Milton's Paradise Lost, Adam cautions Eve that while human will is free, human reason can be deceived by apparent good into disobeying God's commands

In Book Nine of John Milton's Paradise Lost, Eve proposes that she and Adam separate to work independently in order to manage the garden of Eden more efficiently

In Book Nine of John Milton's Paradise Lost, Eve separates from Adam carrying crude gardening tools before encountering Satan

In the 2026 elections, ballot measures restricting gender transition surgeries for minors appeared on the ballot in Colorado and Missouri

In the 2026 elections, Colorado voters approved a ballot measure restricting gender transition surgeries for minors

In the 2026 elections, ballot measures restricting transgender participation in girls' sports passed in Arizona, Nebraska, Colorado, and Washington

Six ballot questions across five states addressed transgender issues during the 2026 midterm elections

The Czech government's reduction in independent media funding followed a 35,000-euro state grant awarded to a film about the country's gay community

In Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple

Participating preschools in Colorado's universal preschool program must sign a non-discrimination agreement prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

The phrase "valley of death" originated in Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade."

The Romantic movement originated in the early 19th century as an intellectual and artistic movement in literature and poetry

Nineteenth-century Romantic poetry established the cultural trope that true lovers understand each other instinctively without needing spoken language