IN BRIEF Anti-trans Democrat; Renee Good; Mamdani and Jetten meet;...
Warning: This column mentions violent activities. NATIONAL The U.S. Education Department formally revoked the Biden-era Title IX guidelines that gave sex-based discrimination protections to LGBTQ+...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Dignity USA leader steps down, Club Q lawsuit, GLAAD Media Awards,...
Warning: This column mentions violent activities. NATIONAL Marianne Duddy-Burke has decided to step down from being executive director of the LGBTQ+ Catholic organization Dignity USA. On Facebook, she...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Education items, Trans Visibility March, Seattle, activists flee...
Warning: This column mentions details of violent activities. NATIONAL The Georgia Department of Administrative Services paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by former Georgia Southern University...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Election items, trans people’s medical records, Chilli Pepper, queer...
Warning: This column mentions physical violence and sexual assault. NATIONAL In a historic development, Dr. Everett Blair Jr. won the special election to replace the late Rep. David Scott in...
View ArticleIN BRIEF School brief, married couple killed, Asia’s House, Yoyoi Kusama...
Warning: This column mentions murder and child sexual abuse. NATIONAL The Congressional Equality Caucus said that 179 members of Congress had signed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Queer pastor dies, trans intelligence agent, Landmark Dinner, UN...
Warning: This column mentions violence and suicide. NATIONAL Rev. Derek Terry, a Cincinnati pastor known for his LGBTQ+ activism, has died at age 42, per The Cincinnati Enquirer. He served as a...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Breast cancer risk, Lavender folds, bathhouse measure, Ghana’s...
Warning: This column mentions suicide, self-harm and child sexual abuse. NATIONAL A new study concluded that transgender individuals undergoing “top surgery” aren’t being provided adequate counseling...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Military items; HOPWA setback; BEAR’s return; global Pride...
Warning: This column mentions violent attacks. NATIONAL Queer Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, was among four U.S. soldiers killed during an Iranian missile attack on a base in Jordan, CBS News noted....
View ArticleIN BRIEF Avoiding Idaho, Baltimore gay bar, partnerships vetoed in Poland, UK...
Warning: This column mentions a violent attack. NATIONAL Trans journalist/activist Erin Reed updated her Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map, adding Idaho to the list of “Do Not Travel”...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Trans ban upheld, bathhouse ban repealed, Stonewall re-enactment,...
NATIONAL In a major development, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state bans on transgender girls and women competing in girls’ and women’s school sports, The Advocate reported. In a six-to-three...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Idaho law blocked, Pulse anniversary, Kréyòl Pride, David Hockney...
Warning: This column mentions suicide and a mass shooting. NATIONAL A federal judge granted a request for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of H.B. 752, a new Idaho law threatening...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Veterans’ setback, conversion therapy bill, IGLTA president passes,...
NATIONAL U.S. Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health John J. Bartrum. Official photo The Department of Veterans Affairs has ordered health facilities nationwide to eliminate gender...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Jason Collins, trans student stabbed, Warsaw’s pro-marriage move,...
NATIONAL Jason Collins—the NBA’s first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion—died at age 47 after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer, according to...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Trans students, syphilis diagnoses, Egypt’s pro-trans ruling, New...
NATIONAL The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association voted on an amendment that would have restricted girls’ sports participation to cis individuals—but the measure failed to achieve the...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Day of Silence, ex-Illinois attorney, Uganda’s Supreme Court, Cyndi...
NATIONAL Thousands of students across the United States took part in the 30th annual Day of Silence (a student-led campaign organized by Glisten, formerly GLSEN) on April 10, The Advocate noted. What...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Florida HIV rule, mock funeral, Iceland schism, kissing women...
NATIONAL HIV/AIDS organizations and others criticized an emergency rule that went into effect in Florida that could restrict access to HIV treatment for thousands of Floridians, per The Bay Area...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Legal setback in Calif., Scouting America, queer inmates released,...
NATIONAL In the case of Mirabelli v. Bonta, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a big setback to California transgender students, allowing parents challenging the state’s school gender-identity policies...
View ArticleChicago couple among those trapped in Puerto Vallarta unrest
Several LGBTQ+ Chicagoans were among those caught up in violence in Puerto Vallarta following the assassination of Jalisco New Generation Cartel Leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes by the...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Indiana’s anti-LGBTQ+ move, Stonewall monument, Ugandan dismissal,...
NATIONAL Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles has banned residents from changing their gender markers on state identification documents, The Advocate noted. The bureau added a small notice to its...
View ArticleIN BRIEF Anti-queer incidents, Don Lemon, prisoners in Cameroon, mayor...
NATIONAL There were more than 1,000 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents across 47 states and D.C. last year, according to the ALERT Desk, GLAAD’s Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker, Out noted. This marked a 5%...
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