Trump administration moves to end trans-inclusive sex education across the U.S.
The Trump administration has escalated its campaign against trans-inclusive sex education, ordering nearly every U.S. state and territory to remove references to “gender ideology” from federally funded programs or risk losing millions of dollars.
Cracker Barrel quietly removes LGBTQ+ Pride and DEI page from website
Cracker Barrel has quietly removed its website page dedicated to LGBTQ+ Pride and diversity, equity, and inclusion after facing backlash from conservatives over its proposed logo change.
Air Force grants honors to insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt while denying trans troops’ retirement benefits
The U.S. Air Force will retroactively provide full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, the insurrectionist killed while storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The move has triggered outrage as the Trump administration continues forcing transgender service members serving honorably out of uniform and rescinding their earned retirement benefits.
Ron DeSantis defends repainting crosswalks, including the Pulse memorial
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the removal of all on-road decorations, even those promoting messages he supports. The move comes amid outrage after state officials erased a rainbow crosswalk honoring Pulse victims.
If Trump loves gay weddings so much, what’s he going to do if SCOTUS takes them away?
The only thing that Donald Trump has ever been consistent about in his life is his devotion to money, so it should surprise no one that his private take on marriage equality has nothing to do with rights, dignity, or love.
Living Smile Vidya: un rire pour survivre
Actrice, autrice et militante originaire de Chennai, Living Smile Vidya — alias Smiley — est l’une des premières femmes trans dalits à avoir publié une autobiographie. Avec Introducing Living Smile Vidya, co-présenté par la Maison St-Gervais dans le cadre du Festival de La Bâtie, elle transforme son histoire en un solo où humour et vulnérabilité …
Daskalakis resigns
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BREAKING: Out CDC vaccine chief resigns, saying ‘enough is enough’ with Trump and RFK Jr.
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, one of the nation’s most visible public health leaders and a longtime trusted voice for LGBTQ+ communities, has resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He denounced what he describes as a wholesale dismantling of science under President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Florida deploys police to stop crosswalks from being painted rainbow colors
A war over crosswalks is erupting in Florida. After statewide efforts to erase Pride crosswalks began this week, communities have resisted — repainting them, fighting attempts to strip them, and in some cases, restoring rainbow colors overnight. Nowhere is this battle more symbolic than at the Pulse memorial in Orlando, dedicated to the LGBTQ+ people …
BREAKING: Minneapolis mayor warns against ‘villainizing trans community’ after shooting leaves 2 children dead
Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday urged compassion and unity after a shooter opened fire at Annunciation School during a morning back-to-school mass, killing two children and wounding 17 others. Frey praised the “heroic” actions of teachers who shielded students and warned that the tragedy should not be twisted into an excuse to vilify …