Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg brings another antigay hate crime case after beating of 12-year-old boy
A New York City man has been indicted on hate crime charges after prosecutors say he attacked a 12-year-old boy with a belt while repeatedly calling him gay at a Lower East Side playground.
Libs of TikTok unleashes harassment campaign against North Carolina elementary school teacher
A nonbinary North Carolina school teacher has become the latest target of a harassment campaign by far-right extremist Libs of TikTok and other conservative influencers.
Washington parent pulls kid from school over a video about LGBTQ+ people simply existing
Parents in Washington state have pulled their children out of school after learning that a teacher showed students a video about Pride Month. It’s the latest indication that some opponents of LGBTQ+ topics in schools object not simply to sexual content, but to virtually any representation of queer people.
L’hypervigilance partout, tout le temps: dissection d’un corps pédé
Avant même l’insulte, le corps sait. Il lit les regards, les rires, les silences, les gestes trop brusques ou trop mous. Chez certains corps pédés, l’hypervigilance n’est pas une peur abstraite: c’est une intelligence de survie, entraînée très tôt. Mais à force de tout capter, tout le temps, comment continuer à vivre sans épuiser son …
A Virginia school board bent over backward to block an LGBTQ+ club. One mom explains why she’s suing
Susan Park’s child has already advanced from King George Middle School, about an hour and 20 minutes southeast of Washington, D.C. The eighth-grade year in which he hoped to join a gay-straight alliance, make friends and find some relief from bullying is over. That time cannot be returned to him. When school starts, he will …
Advocate NL 8/5/26
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Donald Trump’s 10 most humiliating presidential moments — among many
From the moment that Donald Trump was elected for the first time in 2016, his negative influence has been a constant shadow looming over the United States. He has stacked the U.S. Supreme Court with judges favorable to the conservative agenda, started a crusade to strip transgender people of their rights, and cut domestic and …
Transgender candidate Joanna Whaley victorious in Michigan Democratic primary
Joanna Whaley just moved one step closer to becoming Michigan’s first out transgender lawmaker.
Great Britain now bars trans people from many public bathrooms and changing rooms
A new statutory code of practice is now in effect across England, Scotland and Wales that says bathrooms, changing rooms and hospital wards designated for women or for men must exclude transgender men and women. Effective Wednesday, the code issued by the U.K.’s Equality and Human Rights Commission says use of those facilities must be …
What we know about Perez Hilton’s live-streamed mental health crisis—and TikTok’s response
This story discusses self-harm.
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