California sues Trump admin over its demand to forcibly out trans students
The state of California has sued the U.S. Department of Education and the entire federal government over their threat to withhold funds totaling $4.9 billion annually because of the state law against forced outing of transgender students.
New York City Council advances resolution opposing Stonewall Pride flag removal
The New York City Council has advanced a resolution urging Congress to protect LGBTQ history at Stonewall National Monument after the Trump administration ordered Pride flags to be removed from the site.
Trump administration must facilitate return of men sent to El Salvador’s CECOT back to the U.S., judge rules
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return to the United States of people it deported to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, ruling that the government violated their due process rights and must now begin to remedy the consequences of those removals.
Canadian school shooting sparks anti-trans uproar after shooter identified
Canadian authorities have identified the shooter who killed eight people — mostly children — at a school in British Columbia on Tuesday.
Former State Dept officials warn that racist Trump nominee could dismantle human rights protections at the UN
Ahead of a Thursday confirmation hearing, two former senior U.S. officials in the Biden administration are warning that President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee U.S. engagement with the United Nations could use the post to weaken global human rights protections, particularly for LGBTQ+ people and communities of color.
Border Czar Tom Homan announces end to Minneapolis immigration operation, claiming success
President Trump’s border czar announced an imminent end to Operation Metro Surge on Thursday, claiming success from the unprecedented federal incursion that brought thousands of immigration officers to the state over the objections of local Democratic leaders, and that led to massive protests and two deaths.
Marlène Charpentié tord le pouvoir en cabaret vampirique
Du 12 au 15 février, l’Arsenic accueille « Poussière de crotte dans le cÅ“ur d’une Diva », un solo de Marlène Charpentié où un agent immobilier devenu politicien rêve de maîtriser le temps pendant qu’une diva vampire se meurt de solitude. Un cabaret en ruine pour parler du présent, dont l’artiste nous dévoile les coulisses. L’article Marlène …
MS NOW hosts leak their group chat conversation about politics & culture in new ‘Clock It’ podcast
Symone Sanders Townsend and Eugene Daniels spend their days immersed in politics on television. But the conversations that led them to launch a new podcast, they said, were already happening off camera, by text, on FaceTime, and in the moments after their shows ended.
They can take down the flag, but they can’t take down the history of Stonewall
When I moved to New York City 33 years ago to become an actor, I signed up for classes at HB Studio in the West Village. It was January 1993, cold and windy, the kind of cold that makes the city feel harder than it already is, especially when you’re new, alone, and unsure of …
Through remake after remake, why ‘A Star Is Born’ still resonates with queer (and other) audiences
If not as old as time, it’s a tale as old as the movies: Two stars fall in love and marry. One’s career soars as the other’s sinks, helped along by substance abuse. It ends with a tragedy.

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