President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill designating Pulse nightclub as a national memorial on Friday. The bill arrives a little over five years after the deadly massacre claimed the lives of 49 innocent partygoers inside of Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. “Just over five years …
Read More »Supreme Court Sides With Catholic Adoption Agency That Refused To Work With Gay Couple
The Supreme Court delivered a unanimous defeat to LGBT couples in a high-profile case earlier today. The high court sided with a Roman Catholic adoption agency that claims its religious beliefs prevent them from working with same-sex foster parents looking to adopt. According to CNBC, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote …
Read More »The Biden Administration Moves to Restore Health Care Protections for Transgender Americans
The Biden administration is working to restore healthcare rights for the transgender community. According to the Associated Press, President Biden reported that the Department of Health and Human Services had reaffirmed that the federal anti-discrimination legislation still applies to transgender people. During Trump’s administration, they focused on excluding transgender people …
Read More »Federal Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Seeking To Ban Transgender Athletes From Girls’ High School Sports
A federal judge has just thrown out a lawsuit seeking to end transgender girls competing in girls’ high school sports. On Sunday, U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny ruled to dismiss a lawsuit put together by a group of high school student-athletes. Last year, in February, a group of cisgender girls …
Read More »Parents In Texas Could Go To Prison Or Have Their Children Taken Away Under New Anti-Trans Bill
Parents in Texas could be sent to prison if they provide their children with gender-affirming care under a potential new bill. Anti-trans bills and laws have been emerging across the nation as several states are attempting to ban trans children from participating in sports and stop them from receiving gender-affirming …
Read More »Missouri, Kansas Legislators Propose Anti-Transgender Bills That Would Make It Illegal For Doctors To Perform Gender-Reassignment Services To People Under 18; LGBTQ Advocates Fight Back
LGBTQ advocates are trying to stop proposed anti-transgender bills from passing in Missouri and Kansas. Legislators in Missouri and Kansas have proposed bills that would make it illegal for doctors in the states to perform gender-reassignment services, procedures, or surgeries for transgender children under 18, according to KSHB’s Sarah Place. …
Read More »Christian School Kicks Out Student, 8, Because She Told Another Female Student She Has A Crush On Her
A second-grade girl was expelled from her Christian school because she told another girl that she had a crush on her. Chloe Shelton, 8, was kicked out of Rejoice Christian School in Owasso, Oklahoma, after she told another female student that she had a crush on her, her mother Delanie …
Read More »Janelle Monáe Talks Black Lives Matter, The Impact Of ‘Turntables’ And Wanting More TV And Films That Portray Black Happiness
Janelle Monáe talks about Black Lives Matter, the impact of her song “Turntables” and her wish for more films and television shows that to portray Black happiness. Janelle, 34, graced the latest cover of Out magazine, and during her cover interview, she first discussed the impact of her thought-provoking 2020 …
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