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Protestors outside of the HRC’s annual gala listen as Indya Moore speaks. Photo: Instagram screenshot As the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) held its annual gala dinner at a Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan, several hundred protestors — including queer actors Sara Ramirez and Indya Moore — gathered outside to demand that the HRC call for

Kansas’s Republican attorney general Kris Kobach is accusing several school districts in the state of “socially transitioning” students without their parents’ knowledge, another way of saying that schools are respecting trans students’ identities without outing them to their parents. In a press release Thursday, Kobach’s office said that early last year, the AG sent letters

It can be hard to follow what states are doing to attack (and sometimes protect) transgender people’s rights. Here are some stories from us and from around the web. Ohio’s governor backs off his attempt to restrict gender-affirming care access for transgender adults and minors. (LGBTQ Nation) West Virginia Republicans want to pass a “Women’s

Reports from Russia indicate a young woman in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, east of Moscow, has been arrested and charged for wearing rainbow-colored earrings in violation of the country’s new law declaring the “international LGBT public movement” an extremist organization. A court found her guilty of wearing “prohibited symbols.” According to Aegis, a human rights organization

Earlier this week, a right-wing group calling itself the “Take Our Border Back” convoy began its journey from Virginia to the US southern border. The organizers, who plan to hold anti-immigration rallies in three border cities, say their goal is “to call for immediate action to secure our borders before irreversible serious consequences befall our nation.” Their catalyst,

A gay high school English teacher in Alexandria, Virginia, says he has been repeatedly harassed and called anti-gay slurs by students. In a letter to the Alexandria School Board obtained by the Washington Blade, Matthew Henry explained that he has taught at Alexandria City High School for 13 years and has “never previously been called

A rainbow crosswalk has stirred up enough anti-LGBTQ+ hate in a small Canadian town to warrant a referendum on whether Pride symbols should be allowed on municipal property. On February 22, residents of Westlock, Alberta will vote on the matter – the result of anti-LGBTQ+ activists collecting 700 signatures in the town of 5000, according

Gay billionaire Peter Thiel is investing in The Enhanced Games, a modern reinvention of the Olympic Games that allows competitors to use performance-enhancing drugs. Thiel and other venture capitalists funding the project hope it will revolutionize competitive athletics. Notably, the project also co-opts LGBTQ+-inclusive politics to make people rethink anti-drug stigma in sports and discredit

While traditional divorce arrangements still remain most common, an increasingly popular arrangement called “bird nesting” allows the kids to stay in one home while the parents alternate. And according to a report in Good Housekeeping, bird nesting is more popular among LGBTQ+ couples. “This likely reflects in part their lesser likelihood of conforming to gender

Welcome to this week’s edition of the LGBTQ Nation Weekly News Quiz! Test how well you’ve been keeping up with the LGBTQ+ news… or use the search function on this site to find the answer. It’s ok, you’re just competing against yourself, and every question here is drawn from an LGBTQ Nation story from this past week. Have fun!

The 10 Republican Oregon state senators who walked out of the legislature for six weeks last year can’t run for reelection, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled this week. The senators had walked out to stall progress on hundreds of bills, including ones on transgender healthcare, abortion, and firearm reform. Last year, Oregon’s Secretary of State

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) recently appeared at the summit of the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group alongside Jonathan Cahn, a pastor who blames ancient gods and “demons” for furthering the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Their appearance coincided with a report detailing Johnson’s links to Christian dominionism, a movement that sees the U.S. as a Christian nation that must

The Capitol Police has concluded its investigation of an infamous video of two men having sex in a Senate hearing room which appeared online in December 2023. The police force said “there is currently no evidence that a crime was committed,” but that it remains “willing to review new evidence should any come to light,”

Results from the General Social Survey (GSS) show a remarkable swing in how Americans feel about same-sex relationships. The disapproval rate has tumbled dramatically as public opinion has turned in favor of gay people. “This isn’t perfect, but it’s such amazing progress. Easily the biggest cultural win since civil rights,” one person posted on X

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) invited anti-LGBTQ+ extremist pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel in Chino Hills, California, to deliver the opening prayer in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. LGBTQ Nation reported yesterday on Hibbs’s appearance in the House. The House Office of the Chaplain has now disclosed that Johnson was the member of Congress

Italian Luca Trapanese, a gay Catholic single father, is also a hero – at least to his daughter, Alba. Trapanese adopted Alba, who has Down syndrome, after her mother abandoned her and 20 other families rejected her. “When I was 14, my best friend Diego discovered he had terminal cancer. When I found out about

Clarice Schillinger, executive director of the so-called parents’ rights group Back to School USA and a former candidate for Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor, has been charged with allegedly assaulting and furnishing minors with liquor at her daughter’s 17th birthday party in her Doylestown home. At least one of the teens vomited, one passed out in her

Christian nationalist Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers (R) has introduced a bill that would fine and imprison adults for consensually creating or sending sexual images or text messages. Deevers included the provision in S.B. 1976, a bill banning child pornography. It prohibits unmarried individuals from producing or sending any “obscene” sexual content found “patently offensive”

Republicans are panicking over a potential Joe Biden endorsement from Taylor Swift, and now Donald Trump is dialing up the drama by reportedly declaring a “holy war” against the pop superstar, a Trump insider told Rolling Stone. Swift endorsed Biden in 2020, and her massive influence has only grown since then. As reports spread that

Pekka Haavisto is not your typical DJ. He’s also Finland’s former minister for foreign affairs. And there’s a massive chance he’ll be elected president next month. Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb won the first round of the presidential election, advancing to a runoff election with Haavisto. The margin between the two candidates was tiny; by

Anti-LGBTQ+ right-wing broadcaster Jason Whitlock has praised, platformed, and promoted E. Michael Jones, an antisemitic author whom Whitlock recently interviewed for the right-wing outlet Blaze Media. In the interview, Jones said that Jews “took over the Blacks early on,” are “undermining the moral fabric of the American people,” and are “running the Biden administration.” His

Florida has threatened to punish any transgender person who tries to change the gender listed on their state-issued driver’s licenses. Such individuals would be charged with trying to make a false ID and face up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. The threat appeared in a January 26 letter signed by Florida

Christian nationalists and Republicans nationwide have been banning books they don’t like. If they fail, they try to shut down entire libraries – and small towns make for an easy target. Washington state legislators are working to make it harder for religious activists to shut down public libraries. Activists have been trying to use a

It’s no secret that Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) simply do not like each other, despite their shared far-right views and anti-LGBTQ+ extremism. But Greene seems to be taking a certain amount of joy in the prospect of Boebert losing her reelection bid and getting booted from the House. Greene was

A Christian pastor with a long history of anti-LGBTQ+ comments was invited to be the guest chaplain of the House of Representatives yesterday. Rev. Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel in Chino Hills, California, gave the opening prayer at the House yesterday morning. In his prayer, he called the Constitution God’s “great gift to all freedom-loving

Aimenn D. Penny, the 20-year-old member of an Ohio White Lives Matter group who attempted to firebomb an LGBTQ+ friendly church last March, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. In October, Penny pleaded guilty to violating the Church Arson Prevention Act—a federal hate crime—and to using fire and explosives to commit a felony.

Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) scored an “embarrassing” fifth finish in a recent straw poll ranking the eight Republicans running in her new congressional district. While the poll was unscientific, her unpopularity in it suggests that “she’s finished,” one Republican group said. Boebert, who switched congressional districts late last December when it became clear that

Out Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Chris Pappas (D-NH) have asked Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to expedite the process for former LGBTQ+ soldiers still seeking to upgrade their less-than-honorable discharges after being kicked out of the military under “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) and other historic bans on out queer military

After years of sniping and planning meetings, a sculpture honoring Alan Turing was finally unveiled at Cambridge’s Kings College in England, where he studied math, the foundation of his illustrious career. Turing, a gay man, is widely considered the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. He is most famous for his work on breaking