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“High T” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth returned to Quantico on Wednesday with a 52-minute declaration of military strength that, for long stretches, sounded like a catalog of performative personal and political grievances. Transgender people, journalists, universities, diversity programs, and dismissed generals all became targets in a speech heavy on culture war buzzwords and performative toughness.

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In court this week to challenge the state’s driver’s license and restroom restrictions, intersex and transgender Kansans are having to explain some of their social media posts as the state’s defense turns to them as part of its strategy.

While campaigning in Texas for Republican Ken Paxton in his U.S. Senate bid, Vice President JD Vance accused Democrat James Talarico of obsessing over children in drag.

Witnesses say a Pennsylvania legislator used a homophobic slur to describe Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta during a public tirade, then falsely claimed the out lawmaker had AIDS.

Advocates for Trans Equality, a national transgender rights group, says 12 employees departed Wednesday after a months-long labor dispute over a multimillion-dollar deficit, alternatives to layoffs, and whether management did enough to protect workers’ jobs.

For more than 14 months, LGBTQ+ young people seeking help through the nation’s suicide prevention lifeline could no longer choose the specialized service created for them. On Wednesday, that option returned without The Trevor Project, the organization that helped launch it.

For years, LGBTQ+ advocates have been asked to defend what their movement already won. Lambda Legal now wants to ask a different question: What should equality look like next? The civil rights organization is rolling out a new LGBTQ+ Bill of Rights this October, pairing its courtroom challenges to President Donald Trump’s administration with an …

Du 9 au 18 octobre, 34 longs métrages et 39 courts sont à découvrir au festival genevois du film queer. Des ateliers, des rencontres et des fêtes étincelantes célébrant l’esprit cabaret complètent le copieux programme. L’article Les perles d’Everybody’s Perfect, 13e édition est apparu en premier sur 360°.