School cafeterias are not segregated by gender or sexuality in any state in the union. School sports teams, restrooms and locker rooms, maybe, but the lunch line? No. Anyone who qualifies for a federally funded tray of chicken nuggets and carrot sticks can get one, regardless of pronouns or preferences. Nearly 30 million children receive a free or low-cost school lunch. So it seems odd to me that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared that there will be no free lunch

Who are these people? Photo: Serrano1004/Pixabay Don’t say “parent,” advises a feature article in the National Science Teaching Association’s magazine. For a fun classroom activity, ask students to come up with new terms such as  “gene-givers” or “biological life transmitters,” suggest Sam Long, Lewis Steller and River Suh. Show students that myriad, naturally occurring families exist, such as same-sex swan couples who see 80% of their offspring survive to adulthood compared