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A court in New York rejected a claim last week from a religious clothing retailer that her constitutional rights were violated when she was fined for refusing to sell a wedding jumpsuit to a lesbian woman. She’ll now have to pay $5,000 in damages and a $20,000 fine. It all started when a lesbian in

Someone has been sending mailers and text messages to millions of Texas voters claiming to be from a transgender organization. The mailers, addressed to children in the households, appear to be designed to stir up anger at trans people just before the midterm elections. Now lawyers for the trans rights group will get a chance

When New York Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz collapsed at his desk in the paper’s newsroom, just days before Christmas in 1990, few of his colleagues knew for certain that he was gay – he’d only shared that fact with a close circle of friends and family – and none were aware he had AIDS. That included Schmalz

With Election Day a week away, it seems all that Republicans want to talk about is transgender people. The data firm AdImpact has been keeping a tally of issues-based political ads in the midterm election cycle and says that Republicans have spent $183 million on television ads that focus on transgender people’s rights up to

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research arm of the Department of Justice, has put out a call for researchers to study an alleged connection between gender dysphoria and violent crime. A successful application will lead to up to $1 million in federal funding to “Generate foundational research on gender dysphoria, its treatment, and

A Republican city councilmember in Dallas who participated in an ad denouncing a Democratic candidate as “dangerous” to children due to her support of trans rights was found guilty of child endangerment in connection with driving while under the influence. The ad shows Dallas Center, Iowa, Councilmember Shellie Flockhart narrating against Iowa congressional candidate and

The official account for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used “gay” as an insult when responding to a 60 Minutes report about the deportation of a man from Mali. “Fake & Gay!” ICE’s official account posted to X while sharing a post from Fox News reporter Brooke Taylor about the 60 Minutes story. Related

Out trans Colorado state Rep. Brianna Titone (D) received an email claiming to be from gay Republican Rich Guggenheim, a major force behind the state’s anti-trans ballot initiative that Titone had spoken out against. In the email, Guggenheim called Titone anti-trans slurs, deadnamed her, and misgendered her. “What the email clearly shows is the animus

Two Western North Carolina drag performers have issued cease-and-desist letters to Republican congressional candidate Jennifer Balkcom’s campaign after their likenesses were used in an AI-generated ad attacking Balkcom’s Democratic opponent Jamie Ager. The ad, which was paid for by the National Republican Congressional Campaign, approved by Balkcom, and posted by the North Carolina Republican Party’s

Political ads are usually forgotten once the election is over, but Republican’s Vivek Ramaswamy‘s most recent ad in the Ohio gubernatorial race will live long in the annals of reprehensible campaigning. Ramaswamy dug up the mother of Democratic nominee Amy Acton to have her brand her daughter as a “liar. She lies about her past.”

Republican Jadon MacCormack, a Connecticut State House candidate who literally wants to execute all LGBTQ+ people, decisively lost his primary race last night against his competitor, Anthony Emilio. MacCormack won only 90 votes, less than 20% of the total votes cast for both candidates. Emilio will face five-term Democratic incumbent Pat Boyd in the November

Dear Ms. Rowling, I am writing to you not as a political organization, an activist institution, or a representative of any movement. I am writing as a transgender woman who has spent much of her life trying to live with dignity, integrity, and the freedom to be herself. I knew from childhood that I was

Donald Trump has never cared about the people of the United States. He has always concerned himself with the richest of the rich, the upper 1% on the financial scale. He has given massive tax and regulatory breaks and other favors to the tech oligarchs and relegated the rest of the population to the ranks

Out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is having a hard time defending President Donald Trump’s chaotic economic policies. And now he just threatened a journalist for questioning Trump’s management of the economy. Bessent appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press this past Sunday, where host Kristen Welker asked him about the possibility of a recession after years

Hunter Schafer was recently in London for the wedding of her Euphoria co-star Zendaya, who married actor Tom Holland. She found time for a night out with close friends at a nightclub. “We were dancing incredibly hard. There were no cameras out, which was great, so everybody was really letting loose,” she said. “I have

Half a billion dollars in attack ads deployed by Republicans in Texas this election season are having unintended consequences. According to conservative voters in the state, they’re teaching their children that trans people exist. “My kids didn’t even know what transgender meant until these ads started airing. Now they’re hearing about it constantly,” a Reddit

The Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) filed a petition in state court Thursday seeking authorization to begin taking depositions as part of its effort to determine who has been impersonating the organization in text messages and mailers sent to Texas voters ahead of the 2026 midterms. “It is our belief, based on the content

Review boards tasked with expelling trans troops from the U.S. military aren’t performing as expected. The boards, composed of everyday uniformed service members, are voting to keep their trans colleagues. Related It’s a remarkable rebuke up the chain of command to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who has vilified trans service members as part of

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth joined forces with one of social media’s most vitriolic anti-trans campaigners last week to drum a Navy Commander out of the service over her support for transgender healthcare. It was a one-two punch from Hegseth in service of the president’s crusade against “woke” ideology and transgender people in the federal

New Zealand’s High Court on Wednesday struck down the government’s ban on puberty blockers for trans youth, ruling that the measures were passed unlawfully and ‌amounted to unjustified discrimination. The decision is a victory for advocates who challenged the rules, which followed a raft of similar bans in other countries following publication of the Cass

Asexual people around the world face pathologization, discrimination, and violence, according to a new report from Outright International. The LGBTQ+ rights organization teamed with British asexual activist Yasmin Benoit and asexual advocates from Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Vietnam to develop the report on global asexual human rights. Its goal,

Trans people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody are revealing the horrific conditions they face daily during immigration detention that has lasted months. They report fearing both other inmates and guards, being trapped in solitary confinement (supposedly for their own protection), and being forcibly detransitioned and denied approved medical care. “The reports of abuse

Pamphlets mailed to Texas voters and claiming to be a resource guide for trans and LGBTQ+ students have reportedly been linked to an LLC that was registered in Wyoming just last month. Social media posts by outraged conservatives who received the mailers began appearing on Monday as early voting in the state began – and

Members of a Washington state high school girls’ cross-country team are speaking out about what has become a national controversy surrounding their transgender teammate. Against the backdrop of a statewide anti-trans sports ban on the November ballot, the members of the Camas High School girls’ cross-country team have been thrust into the national spotlight thanks

Screenshot A Trump supporter said that she supported the administration’s cuts to foreign aid because it meant that fewer people would get vaccinated. Comedian Jason Selvig talked to a woman wearing a red cap and a T-shirt with a giant picture of Donald Trump. He asked whether she supported the Trump administration ending the United

Gay Russian journalist Vadim Vaganov fled his home country in 2024, one year after its Supreme Court declared the so-called “international LGBT movement” an “extremist organization.” Russia’s government now considers him, the media outlet he works for, Parni+, and other LGBTQ+ journalists and activists as “foreign agents” on par with terrorist extremists. The Russian government

Half the members of a high school girls’ cross-country team in Washington state walked off the field earlier this month rather than run with their transgender teammate. The protest took place amid debate over a proposed trans sports ban in the state and followed weeks of media attention on the team. Related It’s unclear exactly

A new two-year study of LGBTQ+ youth from the Trevor Project holds some good news for young people across the U.S., as well as confirmation of the harmful impacts of gender identity-based discrimination, economic insecurity, and the scourge of conversion therapy on mental health. The LGBTQ+ youth advocacy group published the findings of its ongoing

Nebraska’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled on October 16 that the state’s anti-transgender sports measure can remain on its November midterm ballot. Cara Ullman, a registered Democrat, filed the lawsuit with the state Supreme Court on Monday, August 31. She alleged that the measure’s explanation, which was on a petition that Nebraskans signed to get it