Here are the victories for transgender people’s rights in 2024
The year 2024 was exceptionally challenging for transgender people. Members of the community have grappled with a surge of legislation affecting every facet of their lives, ranging from bathroom access and sports participation to artistic expression, literature, and healthcare availability. This onslaught coincided with pervasive inflammatory rhetoric and a presidential election cycle that will impact …
Will American democracy follow Joe Biden into the sunset in 2025?
For me, 2024 was a mixed bag. I wrote my first book, about the love stories behind marriage equality that will be released on the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in June of 2025. As a preemptive measure, I dyed my hair for the first time. I splurged on new and powerful hearing …
Illinois police say 11 teens brutally beat men they targeted using a gay dating app
Police in Illinois said video evidence helped identify 11 teens they arrested for beating two men they had lured using a gay dating app. Activists and police warn the attacks are part of a larger social media trend where straight teens and adults target and lure gay men for assault.
Ohio changes election forms to protect transgender political candidates
Ohio’s Secretary of State Frank LaRose has changed the state’s candidate declaration forms to help prevent a repeat of earlier this year when a trans candidate was disqualified after failing to list her deadname.
Abercrombie & Fitch’s former CEO Mike Jeffries has dementia, his lawyers say
Mike Jeffries, the gay 80-year-old embattled former CEO of clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch, has dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, his lawyers have said in court documents filed this week. They are requesting a hearing to determine if Jefferies is fit to stand trial for federal criminal charges in connection to sex trafficking.
Georgia couple sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexual abuse of adopted kids
A judge in Georgia has sentenced a male couple to 100 years each in prison without parole for sexually abusing the children they had adopted.
NYC man bleeds out in husband’s arms after fatal stabbing near homeless shelter
A Black man who’d been left homeless by a fire was fatally stabbed in New York City’s Bronx borough the morning of Christmas Eve and bled out in his husband’s arms.
Extensive cover-up effort revealed in L.A. County deputy’s beating of trans man
New reports on the beating of a transgender man by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy have revealed an extensive cover-up effort.
Babygirl’s Nicole Kidman, Halina Reijn on women, sex, and power
A promo poster for the A24 film Babygirl, in theaters Christmas Day, asserts, “This Christmas, get everything you want.” And that’s precisely what the movie from Bodies Bodies Bodies director Halina Reijn dives into from a woman’s perspective when Nicole Kidman’s Romy and Harris Dickinson’s Samuel begin to explore a dom/sub relationship that flips the …