All posts by John Riley
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Blount Pride Attendance Doubles After DA Threatens to Prosecute
A Tennessee Pride festival's attendance doubled this year, despite threats to prosecute organizers under a law banning drag performances.
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Texas Law Banning Transgender Health Care to Take Effect
A Texas law barring transgender youth from accessing puberty blockers and hormones will go into effect next week after the state attorney general’s office filed...
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Colorado Library Rejects Demands to Remove 4 LGBTQ Books
A Colorado library will allow four LGBTQ-themed books to remain on the shelves after the library’s board of trustees rejected a challenge demanding that all...
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Florida Colleges to Fire Employees Who Use Gender-Affirming Restrooms
The Florida State Board of Education unanimously voted earlier this week impose harsher penalties for transgender student and staff at state colleges who are found...
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Man Arrested for Anti-LGBTQ Death Threat Against George Santos
Two men have been arrested and charged with issuing anti-LGBTQ, profanity-laden death threats against two members of Congress.
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Shirtless Man Assaults Jogger While Yelling Anti-Gay Slurs
A shirtless man assaulted a female jogger in Manhattan on Monday night, yelling anti-gay slurs as he attacked her. The jogger, 52, was slapped in...
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Sha’Carri Richardson is the “Fastest Woman in the World”
Bisexual sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is the "fastest woman in the world" after winning the 100 meters at the World Athletics Championships.
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Mississippi Library Bans ‘Heartstopper’ from Young Adult Section
Parents and residents found the 'Heartstopper' book series "objectionable" due to LGBTQ characters and depictions of same-sex kissing.
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Pride Flag Shooter Called for Eliminating the LGBTQ Community
Travis Ikeguchi, the suspect in the shooting of a California business owner, posted numerous anti-LGBTQ screeds on social media.
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Court Allows Alabama’s Trans Health Care Ban to Take Effect
A federal appeals court reversed an injunction blocking Alabama from enforcing its law prohibiting doctors from prescribing gender-affirming treatments to minors suffering from gender dysphoria....
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Judge Blocks Georgia from Enforcing Ban on Hormone Treatments
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Georgia officials from attempting to bar transgender minors from accessing hormone therapies.
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Man Breaks Woman’s Nose While Yelling Anti-Gay Slur
The suspect first groped the victim at a Brooklyn subway station, and when she objected, punched her multiple times in the face and body.
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Man Who Vandalized Bakery for Hosting Drag Show Sentenced to Prison
A 25-year-old man pleaded guilty to breaking an Illinois bakery's windows and spray-painting anti-gay slurs on its exterior.
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California Store Owner Fatally Shot Over Pride Flag Dispute
Laura Anne Carleton, an LGBTQ ally, was fatally shot after an altercation over a Pride flag hanging outside her California store.
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Appeals Court Blocks Idaho Transgender Athlete Ban
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court judge's order blocking Idaho from barring transgender athletes from female sports teams.
