News + Politics
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Michigan teacher bans daughter of lesbian mothers from discussing same-sex marriage
Students were tasked to write a speech 'taking a stand' on an issue -- but same-sex marriage was off-limits
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Seattle-area Catholic high school accused of forcing two LGBTQ teachers to resign
Archdiocese insists the teachers resigned from their jobs voluntarily and chose when they wanted to resign
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Trump appoints openly gay ambassador as acting Director of National Intelligence
Richard Grenell becomes the first out LGBTQ person appointed to a Cabinet-level position
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British man jailed after setting fire to trans woman’s apartment
Lee Harrison told his victim he would "burn her out" in the days before the attack
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Minnesota parents outraged because school’s rainbow flag will “confuse” children
Parents are threatening to sue after Marshall Middle School opted to show support for LGBTQ students
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#BeardedButtigieg is causing major thirst on gay Twitter
"Proof that a beard can turn the most centrist mainstream candidate...into a hot centrist mainstream candidate"
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Florida Democrat calls primary challenger “batty boy,” an anti-gay slur
State Rep. Al Jacquet issues apology for using slur, but challenger Omari Hardy dismisses it as "damage control"
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Team DC’s annual LGBTQ+ student-athlete scholarship program is open for applications
The scholarships help support athletes in their post-secondary endeavors
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French city cuts ties with Polish “sister city” over anti-LGBTQ policy
Mayor of Tuchow, Poland, implies that the decision to sever ties was politically motivated
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Arizona House committee approves bill barring transgender females from women’s sports
Bill would allow cisgender female athletes to sue if they lost competitions or opportunities because of transgender inclusion
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Ohio Republicans introduce bill to deny gender-affirming health care to trans youth
More than 1,800 parents of transgender children condemn "mean-spirited" bills as politically-motivated attack
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Mike Bloomberg referred to transgender people as ‘it’ and ‘some guy in a dress’
The comments echo similar ones from 2016 where Bloomberg referred to trans women as "some man wearing a dress"
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Alaska state employee heads to court to challenge trans surgery exclusion in health care plan
Lawyers for an Alaska transgender state employee will appear in court on Wednesday to argue that a provision in the state’s employee health insurance plan...
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Pennsylvania Democrats endorse Trump-supporting transphobe, reject bisexual progressive
The decision has been branded "appalling," with one Democrat saying those who supported the endorsement should be "ashamed"
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Former gay surgical resident claims he was harassed by supervisors at Brooklyn Hospital Center
Chad Jensen claims superiors made vulgar jokes about him and spread false rumors alleging he was promiscuous
