House Republicans want to ban Pride flags at embassies & stop orgs from mentioning trans people
House Republicans introduced 5 measures to restrict the U.S. from promoting LGBTQ+ rights around the world.
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House Republicans introduced 5 measures to restrict the U.S. from promoting LGBTQ+ rights around the world.
The 13 Reasons Why star shared video of a fellow passenger apparently sending a series of disparaging messages about her.
Designation of 'international LGBT movement' as extremist is blueprint for other countries The post Under new extremism laws, LGBTQ Russians must fight to survive appeared first on Washingto...
The American Family Association project has a long record of campaigning against LGBTQ-inclusive adverts, from lesbian couples to non-binary celebrity partnerships. The post Conservative mum group fur...
A Trump administration proposal would end gender identity protections for people in federally funded housing and shelters. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed rule would re...
She and another female staffer were part of an “LGBTQ coven” at their school, officials claimed.
The Trump administration has opened civil rights investigations into 36 Illinois school districts, examining how schools handle lessons related to sexual orientation and gender identity. The Departmen...
San Antonio City Council has issued its first-ever proclamation recognising Trans+ History Week, a historic moment of formal support for the transgender community in the city. The proclamation was int...
The BBC got Traitors fans excited on 2 May when, out of nowhere, they announced the cast of Celebrity Traitors series two. For the first series, names were (unsuccessfully) kept under wraps until afte...
For many people in the UK, actress Julie Hesmondhalgh is still one of the best known examples of trans representation on mainstream television. From 1998 to 2014, the cisgender star played Hayley Crop...
A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of doll...
Editor's note: This story was updated at 11:30 a.m. Thursday with additional details from a press conference with the ACLU. Six transgender Idahoans last week sued to attempt to prevent from going int...
Best friends rediscover their Caribbean heritage in new musical The post Diverse cast tackles ‘Aguardiente’ at GALA Hispanic Theatre appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rig...
Guidelines that hint about gendering clothing are out The post New books reveal style trends for a more enlightened century appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay ...
Settlement follows a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that found the organization’s policy discriminated against a transgender athlete. The post USA Powerlifting Settles Transgender Athlete’s Lawsuit Ov...
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by parents who said a school failed to notify them of their child’s social transition. The post Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Trans Student Privacy...
Angel Maxine isn't backing down over Parliament member accusations.
A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of doll...
St. George, Utah owes $350,000 in attorneys fees after losing a second fight against drag queens.
Senior Emily Wright was just weeks away from graduating.
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A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of doll...
"I'm having the time of my damn life," she said, emphasizing that trans people are gifts to musical theater.
His never-before-seen works are collected in a new documentary, "A Body to Live In."
Information collected for ‘research’ can be repurposed for enforcement The post Tennessee’s trans data bill a frightening omen appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, G...
Tying the feminist and LGBTQ rights movements together on screen The post The queer appeal of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News.
DC Power FC game to be held at Audi Field The post Lesbifriends Travel to host queer night out appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News.
A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of doll...
A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of doll...
On Friday, queer artist corook dropped their brand new single, “Banana peel.” Alongside that, they released the official lyric video that also premiered today. The single gives a preview of their upco...
The only basis for the lawsuit being filed in Texas is "the investigation is held there."
Spending package would restrict Pride flags on federal buildings, trans healthcare, LGBTQ envoys The post Republicans attach five anti-LGBTQ riders to State Department funding bill appeared first...
The Justice Department sent a plane to Cuba in an effort to stop a trans child surgery plot, but investigators produced little public evidence that such a plan existed.
A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of doll...
The state legislature’s LGBTQ+ caucus called the move “weaponizing transphobia as an electoral tactic.”
LGBTQ events in the days to come The post Calendar: May 1-7 appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News.
A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of doll...
Joanna Cifredo is a trans woman participating in University of Puerto Rico strike The post The university that refuses to let go appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGB...
Han has appeared in Russian Doll, Power Book II: Ghost, and more.
Defendant Darren Pasha agreed to accept less restrictive directive The post Judge issues revised order in Capital Pride stalking case appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Polit...
Thames Valley Police said a joint investigation found no evidence of criminality, after a 51-year-old man was initially arrested and later eliminated from enquiries. The post Fire at Milton Keynes LGB...
Vacaya packs the 448-room Unico 20º 105º resort hotel with queer people for a Halloween weekend takeover from Oct. 25-Nov. 1 this year.(Photo courtesy of Vacaya: Gabriel Goldberg) STEVEN LINDSEY |...
A federal judge has ruled that Oregon must house transgender women in prisons based on their gender identity, not sex assigned at birth. This direct push back against a policy introduced under Donald ...
Kim Petras says her website was hacked after messages appeared in a fan chatroom criticising Nicki Minaj. The posts, which referred to Minaj as a “beast of a lady” over past comments about trans child...
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a proposed EU-wide ban on so-called “conversion therapy” in a win for LGBTQ+ rights. The vote, which took place on 29 April, is now being sent to the Eur...
Advocates for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans are urging Gov. Bill Lee to veto a slate of bills targeting their community, including one that specifies local government entities must refer to gender only as “male”...
Mothin Ali, the deputy leader of the Green Party, has made headlines after allegedly encouraging suspended party members to take legal action against the Greens. According to The Times, Ali told local...
The court halted Trump administration practices and required case-by-case assessments for transgender inmates.
The nominee, Dr. Nicole Saphier, has called transgender youth part a "national emergency."
Contrary to viral internet claims, nonbinary people still exist. But the jokes aren’t helping.
"What makes Idaho's law really unique is its criminal punishments, which are incredibly severe, as well as the fact that it reaches so far into public life in Idaho."
A Democrat running for Michigan’s 2nd House District in November has filed a campaign complaint against one of his primary opponents, a transgender woman, alleging that she violated state campaign law...
Plus, more news that impacts trans communities from around the country and abroad. The post Evil ‘SAVE America Act' Fails on the Senate Floor appeared first on Autostraddle.
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Editor's note: This story was updated at 11:30 a.m. Thursday with additional details from a press conference with the ACLU. Six transgender Idahoans on Wednesday sued to attempt to prevent from going ...
Who knew the latest Bob Odenkirk-starring neo-Western would be one of the year’s most unexpectedly non-binary narratives? The post The Surprisingly Tender Trans Storyline in ‘Normal' appeared fi...
A Trump administration proposal would end gender identity protections for people in federally funded housing and shelters. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed rule would re...
Lawmakers most likely to push anti-LGBTQ+ legislation — bans on healthcare, restrictions on transgender students, "Don't Say Gay" laws, attacks on marriage equality — are often the same lawmakers elec...
The bill uses a private right of action, a tactic previously used by Republicans to target abortion providers.