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LGBTQ+ adults overwhelmingly favor President Joe Biden – and Democrats generally – over former President Donald Trump and Republicans, a new survey has found. But while queer respondents also said the Democratic Party should be doing more to fight anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, the survey also revealed that LGBTQ+ issues aren’t the most important thing on queer

Oklahoma Educational Superintendent Ryan Walters Photo: BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Ryan Walters, the right-wing superintendent of the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), only spoke for about 12 minutes before ending his talk at Oklahoma State University (OSU) yesterday. During his on-campus appearance, pro-LGBTQ+ protestors angrily shouted him down, calling

Two transgender women have filed a class-action lawsuit against Montana and several state agencies over the government’s policy forbidding people from changing sex markers on their birth certificates. The inability to change this document puts trans people at risk of discrimination and harassment, the lawsuit’s plaintiffs say. The lawsuit takes issue with a 2022 rule

Michigan State University police have identified seven suspects involved in an attack on two university students in the school library on Monday after the group allegedly made offensive remarks based on the victims’ sexual identity. “The suspects assaulted two victims, potentially selecting the victims because of the suspects’ sexual orientation bias,” MSU Police and Public

As trans people continue to be targeted in state legislatures, they are finding mundane acts like using public bathrooms and finding new doctors risky, according to a recent poll. In Florida, for example, some trans folks say they are peeing in in bottles to avoid the harassment they face in public bathrooms after Gov. Ron

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Chaya Raichik Photo: Composite via Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) coordinated with numerous far-right social media influencers — including Chaya Raichik, who goes by Libs of TikTok — to promote a bogus voting reform bill that Johnson introduced last week alongside former

The Greeting Card Association (GCA) awarded their prestigious Annual Louie Awards this week, and the three finalists in the LGBTQ+ category are worlds beyond your typical Hallmark drugstore purchase. GCA also introduced the new Maker of Note awards. These awards honor and elevate the rich diversity of the makers and publishers within the greeting card

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). Photo: ag.ny.gov A federal judge has opened the door for New York State Attorney General Letitia James to challenge a Nassau County executive order barring trans girls from participating in girls’ sports in Nassau facilities. District Court Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury summarily dismissed a lawsuit against James from Nassau

A federal appeals court has overturned West Virginia’s transgender sports ban, the so-called Save Women’s Sports Act. The state’s attorney general will likely appeal the ruling, but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a similar case from the same appeals court in early 2023. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with an earlier

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s transphobia has morphed into Holocaust denial, a charge — in the U.K. — that could land the accuser in court with a charge of libel. That’s what almost happened to U.K. writer journalist Rivkah Brown, who is Jewish, after she called out Rowling for disputing the Nazi persecution of trans people.

Transgender and nonbinary people in Germany will soon be able to update their legal documents to reflect their gender identity without having to provide “expert reports.”   On Friday, the country’s parliament passed a law requiring trans people over the age of 18 to make a simple declaration of their identity at a registry office

Former President Donald Trump, age 77, seemed to fall asleep during the first day of his criminal hush money trial. Democrats mocked Trump as he has repeatedly claimed that President Joe Biden is too old and low-energy to lead the United States. “Trump appeared to be asleep,” New York Times senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman

Tennessee’s Republican-dominated Senate advanced a bill last week that would make it illegal for adults to help minors in the state access to gender-affirming care without their parents’ permission. If signed into law, Tennessee would become the first state to enact this kind of legislation, according to the Associated Press (AP). Under the proposed law,

Trans New Yorkers Daniel and Grace Lavery and their partner, Lily Woodruff, welcomed a new baby boy into their Brooklyn brownstone on April 3. They named him Rochbert “Rocco” Ozymandias Wolverine. “When I say we hope that the baby will be gay, I think maybe we’re all saying that we hope the baby will have

A gay MAGA Republican was clearly surprised by a reporter who asked why she did not appear to be paying her campaign staff, as she reportedly responded to the inquiry by hanging up the phone. Alison Esposito is running for Congress in New York, but according to Times Union reporter Timmy Facciola, her campaign finance

A Polish Catholic priest has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after an investigation into an August 30, 2023, gay adult play party in the priest’s apartment. At the party, a male sex worker collapsed after overdosing on erectile dysfunction medication and was subsequently “mutilated,” according to The New York Post. The victim ultimately

In Wisconsin, at one of Donald Trump’s recent presidential campaign stops – infrequent since he spends much of his time defending himself in several criminal and civil court cases – he lambasted President Joe Biden for issuing a White House proclamation on Sunday, March 31 as the annual International Trans Day of Visibility, which coincidentally fell on Easter

A new study published in the Social Science Research Network [SSRN] found that job applicants using they/them pronouns are less likely to be hired. The study’s author, University of Toronto Ph.D. candidate Taryn Eames, states it is “the first large-scale correspondence study focused on evaluating hiring discrimination based on pronoun disclosure.” Eames sent out 7,970

J.K. Rowling in 1999 Photo: USA TODAY via IMAGN After recent rants opposing a transgender-inclusive hate crime law and implying that trans people are criminals who don’t need legal protections, billionaire Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling recently published a 709-word social media post explaining her anti-trans views and what she has decided defines a woman.

Photo: Joseph Scheller/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Five angry Fox News hosts think the popular board game Scrabble is too “woke” because — in addition to banning racist and anti-LGBTQ+ slurs — a new version focuses more on having fun with friends than on competitive scoring. The popular word-spelling game recently released

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) and former President Donald Trump (R) Photo: C-SPAN screenshot President Donald Trump (R) helped defend Christian Nationalist Speaker Mike Johnson (R) from far-right House members threatening to kick him out by appearing in a joint press conference in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Together, they proposed a bill

O.J. Simpson at a 2017 parole hearing Photo: Jason Bean / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN Following the death this week of O.J. Simpson, the British tabloid The Daily Mail suggested that the former NFL player’s well-documented history of violence could be chalked up in part to his “drag queen father.” Simpson’s family announced Wednesday

Both trans folks and gender-nonconforming cis folks say they face rampant harassment in public restrooms under Florida’s anti-trans Safety in Private Spaces Act. The law, which took effect last July after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed it in May 2023, requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to the sex they

Heartstopper actor Bradley Riches announced his engagement to his boyfriend, Scott Johnston, on social media. “I never thought I’d find someone who’s gets me and loves me for me,” he wrote in his Instagram post that included a photo of the two men surrounded by a heart made of rose petals. “I have always struggled

A controversial new report on gender-affirming healthcare has compelled the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) to demand data from all seven of its adult gender clinics. The NHS has also ordered the clinics to deny services to any clients younger than 18. The actions have concerned transgender healthcare advocates. The NHS’ orders follow the recent

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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida education officials must allow a transgender teacher to use she/her pronouns in school. The teacher, Katie Wood, along with a nonbinary teacher, AV Schwandes, filed a lawsuit late last year challenging Florida’s HB 1069. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, states that “an employee

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s reelection campaign has launched “Out for Biden-Harris,” a new national initiative focused on rallying LGBTQ+ voters. The initiative acknowledges the crucial role LGBTQ+ have played in previous electoral wins. “LGBTQ+ voters are a force to be reckoned with,” campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement.

The distance that U.S. families must travel to access gender-affirming care for their transgender children has increased dramatically in recent years, along with associated travel costs, thanks to state laws banning such care for minors, according to a new report from the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE) and the Southern Equality Research & Policy Center.