Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling, under fire for numerous transphobic comments, says she’s been misunderstood — plus she’s received an apology from a young queer actor who likened her to Nazis. The apology came after a threat of legal action. Read on » Former Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Minnesota on Wednesday to speak out against school policies that support transgender students. Read on » Director Todd Phillips chose — appropriately enough — Valentine’s Day to share the first image of Lady Gaga in the upcoming Joker sequel called Joker: Folie à Deux. Read on » People who doubt the necessity for laws to protect LGBTQ+ rights need only look as far as Oklahoma, where a judge stripped a lesbian mother of her parental rights and transferred them to her child’s sperm donor, testing the boundaries of marriage equality in the state. Read on » Idaho is advancing a bill that would make it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to minors. Read on » The criminal charges filed last week against NewsNation reporter Evan Lambert have been dismissed, according to a press release by the Ohio Attorney General. Read on » There will be no officially recognized LGBTQ+ representation in the Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade again this year. Read on » A new study out of Stanford has found that while, over the last 30 years, cisgender men's sperm counts and testosterone levels have decreased, their penises have gotten longer. Read on » More than 100 organizations, activists, journalists, and celebrities, led by GLAAD, have signed on to a letter calling on The New York Times to improve its coverage of transgender people and issues. Read on »
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