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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced an important move to make it easier for gender-nonconforming immigrants to apply for naturalization status. The new intake form will include an X gender option to signify “another gender identity.” The move mirrors other options available to transgender people, including using the X marker on U.S. passports.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaking at a press conference. Photo: Screenshot The Ohio legislature banned gender-affirming care for trans minors last January, and a judge has since blocked it from going into effect while considering its constitutionality. However, a new lawsuit says the ban violates a 2011 state constitutional amendment. Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care,

Former President Donald Trump’s net worth skyrocketed to nearly $7.5 billion last week after Trump Media, the parent company for his social media network Truth Social, began publicly trading on the stock market. However, barely one week later, the stock’s price has plummeted after the company publicly revealed just how little money it actually makes.

Dylan Mulvaney Photo: Shutterstock It’s been a year to the day since trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney posted a 50-second video to Instagram where she showed off some custom Bud Light cans, which caused the right to lose its collective mind and start perhaps one of the only successful anti-LGBTQ+ boycotts against a major brand in

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Elliot Page walks the red carpet at the 2021 Met Gala Photo: Screenshot Elliot Page is set to bring Brooklyn’s queer history to life via an upcoming virtual reality (VR) experience. The out trans actor has signed on to be an executive producer on a new VR series based on author Hugh Ryan’s 2019 nonfiction

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting some of the many incredible LGBTQ+ women of both the past and present, women who overcame unimaginable obstacles to change the world. “I hate bullies. I just hate bullies,” transgender activist Alejandra Caraballo tells LGBTQ Nation. “I was bullied a lot as a kid, I was called a

Developers in New York City’s always-turbulent real estate market often find themselves looking for a second act, and gay Republican developer Ian Reisner is doing just that. His attempt, however, is also a quest for redemption from the LGBTQ+ community. The 55-year-old, scandal-ridden hotelier announced last week that he’s making a second run at developing

Two recently published research reports published by The Trevor Project and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) say that Black transgender youth are more likely to be suicidal and are more likely to experience discrimination from both family and their white LGBTQ+ peers. The Trevor Project survey revealed that 21% of its Black transgender, nonbinary, or

A group called Love Lives in Seekonk (LLIS) sought to educate their small Massachusetts town about LGBTQ+ issues while building support for queer youth in schools. But soon after the group formed, another resident established a similarly named group to mock them. That resident has since accused LLIS and its supporters of being pedophiles and

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In commemoration of the upcoming Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), President Joe Biden issued a statement praising trans people’s contributions to society and describing actions his administration has taken to counter transphobic bullying and extremism. Additionally, many members of Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) also issued their own statements affirming that community

Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads — has failed to enforce its own policies against anti-transgender hate posts, including posts made by high-profile political influencers and media outlets, according to a newly released report from the LGBTQ+ media advocacy group GLAAD. GLAAD cataloged numerous posts referring to trans individuals as the

On the afternoon of January 6, 2021, as election deniers armed with Tasers and tomahawks overran the US Capitol, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) handed his colleague and close friend Eric Swalwell a pen. “Here,” he said to the California Democrat. “Stick this in their neck if they get close to you.” The Marine veteran, who’d seen

A class action lawsuit finalized on Tuesday has mandated Colorado prisons to provide better housing options for transgender women as well as improved access to gender-affirming care. The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) will be required to implement a variety of changes, including implementing healthcare that’s more in line with established guidelines, as well as

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) isn’t having much luck with his extremist legal attacks on the trans community and their medical care teams. Time after time, Paxton has been stymied by judges and state or local legislators. Sacramento, California’s capital city, has joined the list of states and municipalities specifically barring local authorities from

A church group in New Zealand made a big show of stopping traffic on a major thoroughfare on Monday and painting over a rainbow crosswalk after the city refused to bow to their threats and cancel a drag event. Pastor for the evangelical Destiny Church, Brian Tamaki, issued an ultimatum to the mayor of Gisborne

In a report published on Tuesday, Media Matters and GLAAD revealed that the New York Times failed to get comment from a transgender person in 66% of its stories regarding anti-transgender legislation, pointing to a lack of transgender voices in stories about topics that directly involve transgender people. The report further detailed that in 18%

Secretary Pete Buttigieg/Chaya Raichik Photo: GREG LOVETT/THE PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK//Screenshot After a 95,000-ton cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore yesterday, many on the right decided to blame out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, often attacking him for being gay, despite how he had nothing to do with the

The ex-president of the fashion brand Levi’s and professional athlete, Jennifer Sey, recently launched a new anti-trans clothing brand known as XX-XY Athletics. The brand is reportedly dedicated to “protecting women’s sports.” The brand advertises itself on its newly launched website as promoting women’s sports, going into the subject of transgender inclusion by saying that

Ronna McDaniel Photo: USA TODAY via IMAGN NBC News has booted Ronna McDaniel, former head of the Republican National Committee (RNC), as a contributor after a widespread outcry by multiple MSNBC hosts, including lesbian political commentator Rachel Maddow. Maddow and other MSNBC hosts had criticized McDaniel for using her role at the RNC to empower

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Mat Staver, head of Liberty Counsel Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr (CC 2.0 license) The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization serving LGBTQ+ youth, has been called a “deviant and abusive pedophile” group by Mat Staver, leader of the Liberty Counsel (SLPC), a Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC) designated anti-LGBTQ+ hate group that opposes any expansion of

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Photo: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY via IMAGN House Republicans are blasting anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over her recent surprise motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). They’re calling Greene’s move “idiotic,” “abhorrent,” and “a big mistake.” Last Friday, Green threatened a motion to oust Johnson because he allowed

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) – who was kicked out of the House last year after he, among other things, allegedly stole money from his Republican colleagues – has decided that he’s too good for the GOP and will run for reelection next year as an “Ultra MAGA/Trump supporting” independent. “After today’s embarrassing showing

A new study has found that people have a positive bias toward androgynous faces and are not bothered by the difficulty of categorizing such faces based on the gender binary. The study, published in the European Journal of Social Psychology and reported on by PsyPost, showed participants – all from Italian and Spanish-speaking populations –

Oprah Winfrey accepting GLAAD’s Vanguard Award Photo: YouTube screenshot Media legend Oprah Winfrey recently spoke about her younger brother Jeffrey who died of AIDS. She spoke of him while accepting a Vanguard Award from the queer media watchdog group GLAAD. GLAAD presents the award to allies who have made a significant difference in promoting acceptance

The anti-LGBTQ+ hate group One Million Moms (OMM) has accused Hilton of “obviously pushing the LGBTQ agenda” with its commercial that features people of a variety of genders decked out in pink clothing and blonde wigs. The group is asking folks to sign a petition urging Hilton to pull the ad because it shows people