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High school valedictorian defies anti-LGBTQ+ censorship By Betsey Piette posted on June 28, 2021 Wearing a graduation cap with rainbow colors and a militant fist, Bryce Dershem, valedictorian at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, N.J., began his June 17 commencement speech: “After I came out as queer freshman year, I felt so alone. I didn’t know who to turn to for support.” Voorhees is only 20 miles from Philadelphia, where there is a vibrant LGBTQ+ community. Bryce Dershem displ...

Valedictorian shares his coming out story — even after principal tries to stop him The principal crumpled his speech up into a ball so he recited it from memory. By  Morgan Sung  on June 28, 2021 A high school valedictorians speech was cut short when he began speaking about his experience as an LGBTQ teenager and his mental health struggles. Despite protest from his principal and pressure to stick to a pre-approved speech, he continued anyway. Bryce Dershem graduated from Eastern Regio...

Cherry Hill Courier-Post VOORHEES Eastern Regional High Schools 2021 valedictorian was silenced briefly during commencement remarks about mental illness and his own experience as a queer-identifying teen surviving high school. Now, the Voorhees school district wants a federal agency to review whether it acted improperly in muting Bryce Dershems microphone and allegedly crumpling the paper copy of his speech on the dias before 450 graduates and their families.  Eastern Regional Camden County...

Principal cuts the mic when valedictorian gives speech about coming out By Alyssa Lukpat New York Times June 27, 2021 — 5:42pm Text size Copy shortlink: Less than a minute into Bryce Dershem...

'They didn’t want me to say that I was queer, because they said it would exclude people in the audience,' Bryce Dershem said

It's a speech that every high school student should hear and possibly draw inspiration from regardless of their sexuality or situation.

Bryce Dershem said his school principal "crumpled" his graduation speech and directed him to read an approved one.

An ETF set to be launched in June is offering European investors exposure to the ‘space economy’.

A Fund Named YODA Is Coming to London as Space ETFs Go Global Jun 03 2021, 6:50 PM June 03 2021, 3:58 PM June 03 2021, 6:50 PM (Bloomberg) -- The ETF space race is going global, as a new intergalactic-inspired product prepares for its London debut in the coming days. (Bloomberg) -- The ETF space race is going global, as a new intergalactic-inspired product prepares for its London debut in the coming days. With a ticker pulled straight from the pop-culture playbook, YODA will be the first exchan...

Opalesque Industry Update - European investors are being given the chance to access the expanding space economy through the launch of Europes first Space ETF, Procure Space UCITS ETF (ticker: YODA) YODA in the latest innovation on the HANetf platform with Procure. Procure has a sister ETF in the US with the ticker: UFO and is from the same team that was behind notable thematics including the worlds first Cyber Security ETF. The YODA ETF will list on London Stock Exchange in early June 2...