Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Assessment Map: May 2024 Update
Short summary of updates: Passage of a transgender sanctuary bill in Maine places it among the safest states with the best protections for transgender people for both youth and adults. Several anti-trans bills that have passed in Idaho raise its risk for transgender adults; that risk was already at its highest level for transgender youth. …
Wilson Cruz aims to ‘change minds and hearts’ with new docuseries about queer Mormon teens
A new docuseries about the lives of queer Mormon teens hopes to make viewers « more informed, more open, and more caring » about what religious LGBTQ+ youth face.
Arkansas sued over new restrictions on driver’s license gender markers
Transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Arkansas residents are suing the state over a new policy that makes it nearly impossible to change the gender marker on driver’s licenses and prohibits the nonbinary X marker.
No, Drew Barrymore, we are not your ‘Momala’
It’s become not-so-surprising to see political leaders on daytime, late-night, and comedy shows during election seasons. In part to humanize the person behind the office. But, naturally, to ensure they reach a certain audience that may be unreachable — though in the age of social media, it seems possible to reach more now than ever.
To stop ‘you know who,’ let’s join Obama and stop saying his name
If you are like me, you had hoped or fantasized that every media outlet would decrease their coverage of criminal Donald Trump, especially as he continues his trial for 34 felony counts in hush money payments meant to interfere with the 2016 election.
South Carolina education leader: schools should ignore LGBTQ-inclusive Title IX rule
South Carolina Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver has joined the list of state officials objecting to the Biden administration’s new, LGBTQ-inclusive rule on the application of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the law banning sex discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funds.
Jesus and St. Paul were asexual, and everybody in heaven is nonbinary
Most opposition to LGBTQ+ rights in the United States – historically and contemporaneously – emanates from Christian pulpits. From sea to shining sea, many pastors and priests still preach harsh words against those who are not heterosexual and not cisgender. These preachers employ the Christian Bible as a hammer and, without a hint of reservation …
If Trump defies the gag order — again — he deserves to go to jail
If a U.S. Rep. Donald Jones (he’s fictitious) was on trial for falsifying business records to hide a payment to a mistress to keep quiet about an affair before a 2016 election, he would have already had his trial, been convicted, and served his time in prison.
Closets are for cowboy boots: A tribute to David Mixner
“Hi, I’m David Mixner. And I’m a living legend.”
Ex-eroticis, impressions d’un désir masculin tout-puissant
Jusqu’au 31 mai, le Centre Maurice Chalumeau en sciences des sexualités de l’Université de Genève présente l’exposition Ex-eroticis: Art et fierté du livre secret, consacrée à un forme artistique méconnue circulant entre érudits du siècle passé. Un parcours en forme de réflexion et d’invitation à l’étude sur des œuvres souvent problématiques. L’article Ex-eroticis, impressions d’un …

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