Florida judge dismisses case against trans woman jailed for using restroom at state capitol
A Florida judge dismissed a case against a 21-year-old trans woman who used a restroom in the Florida Capitol in protest of a 2023 law.
This LGBTQ+ travel company’s mission of inclusivity is radical & ‘You’re more than welcome’
As the Trump administration escalates its attacks on transgender people’s rights, revoking “X” gender markers on passports (something a federal court has halted), instructing consular officials to deny visas based on gender presentation, and enforcing a binary-only framework, one LGBTQ+ travel company is charting a course toward inclusivity for marginalized travelers.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court to decide whether states can ban transgender women & girls from sports
One week after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, the Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear two challenges to state laws that ban transgender students from participating in girls’ and women’s sports in its next term. The disputes, originating from West Virginia and Idaho, involve athletes Becky …
Revenge of Transportation head Sean Duffy, wronged by a lesbian and a gay man: banning rainbow crosswalks
Long before he became Donald Trump’s secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy was just another entitled frat boy on MTV’s The Real World: Boston. I specifically remember him pouting when the lesbian in the house wouldn’t fall for his bro-y charm or his nauseating come-ons.
Who was Jimmy Swaggart, the late, anti-LGBTQ+, disgraced televangelist?
Jimmy Swaggart, the televangelist who died Tuesday at age 90, saw his stature diminished by a sex scandal in the 1980s but remained a force on the religious right. He was noted for antigay, anti-Catholic, and anti-Semitic statements, and had a close relationship with Donald Trump.
A man in Provincetown was called a homophobic slur and assaulted. Police need information
Police in Provincetown, Massachusetts are investigating a potential hate crime after a man was assaulted late Monday night in the LGBTQ+-friendly beach town.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy targets rainbow crosswalks while Americans prepare for peak travel season
As Americans crowd highways and airports for the peak summer travel season, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced a sweeping national initiative that could put rainbow-painted crosswalks and broader debates over how cities express identity and inclusion squarely in the federal spotlight.
How the right-wing media machine turns violence & tragedy into using trans people as scapegoats
Nine days after President Donald Trump took office in January and made erasing transgender people from U.S. society a priority for his administration, a Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet on landing approach over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft. Within …
Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down abortion ban from 1849
The Wisconsin Supreme Court‘s liberal majority has struck down a 176-year-old near-total abortion ban, finally protecting access to the care three years after losing it nationally.