Colorado’s Jared Polis embraces Trump’s national governors’ White House dinner snub: a ‘badge of honor’
The winter meeting of the National Governors Association is usually a refuge from the louder dramas of Washington, D.C.: a few days of policy panels, side conversations about housing and health care, and the quiet choreography of federalism. This year, it opened instead with a reminder of how difficult it has become to keep even …
Project 2025 creator wants to ban gender-affirming care for trans adults
After successfully pushing unscientific bans against gender-affirming care for youth, the creator of Project 2025 wants to outlaw the life-saving treatment even for adults.
Chuck Schumer drafts bill to protect Pride flags at national park sites like Stonewall memorial
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has drafted a bill to authorize the display of Pride flags at national park sites, including Stonewall National Monument.
Federal appeals court sides with Pentagon against science, reinstating U.S. military’s HIV enlistment ban
In a ruling that reasserts broad judicial deference to the U.S. military and delivers a major setback to HIV and LGBTQ+ advocates, a federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated the Pentagon’s long-standing ban on people living with HIV enlisting in the armed forces, undoing a lower-court decision that had briefly opened the door to qualified …
Lauren Boebert’s son charged with child abuse for a second time
MAGA Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert‘s son has been charged with misdemeanor child abuse once again, adding to the growing list of criminal cases against him.
Who is May Mailman? White House strategist behind Trump’s anti-trans agenda
President Donald Trump has long pushed for restrictions on transgender rights around health, education and even daily life. That effort has been even more pronounced in his second term of office.
« Why should I celebrate you? »: Coming out at 40 in an age of trans backlash
I’m a trans person, and like all trans people, I’m freaking out. In the UK, organisations that have recently moved to ban trans women and girls include: The Girl Guides, The Labour Women’s Conference, and The Women’s Institute. At the same time, Gender and sexuality are boxes that will never be able to contain us, …
Kansas lawmakers override governor’s veto of anti-trans ‘bathroom bounty’ bill
Kansas legislators have overridden Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a draconian anti-transgender bathroom bill, so it will become law. It goes into effect as soon as paperwork is filed with the Secretary of State’s office.
Pulse nightclub demolition set for March to make way for memorial
Demolition of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the site of a mass shooting in 2016, will take place in mid-March in preparation for the construction of a permanent memorial, local media report.
Hillary Clinton and Sarah McBride expose how weaponizing ‘scarcity’ drives anti-trans political attacks
The first out transgender member of the U.S. Congress took the world stage in Germany last week, warning that attacks on people like her and on LGBTQ+ rights more broadly are being weaponized in the current political climate, as she joined former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on a high-profile panel …
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