Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed into law a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Read on »
Easterseals, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing equity and access for people with disabilities, released a status report this week about the challenges they face every day. Representatives from affiliates across the country came together in Washington, D.C., to promote awareness of the lack of accessibility in American life across the government and business by speaking with Members of Congress. Read on »
Netflix has released the trailer for Hannah Gadsby’s next comedy special, titled Hannah Gadsby: Something Special, which will premiere globally May 9. Read on »
The voice of the New York City subways and other transportation in the region has come out as a transgender woman. Read on »
David Gianforte, the 32-year-old son of Republican Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, has come out as nonbinary and is lobbying his father to veto anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. Read on »
The Justice Department filed a complaint on Wednesday that challenges Tennessee’s recent ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, joining a lawsuit filed last week by three local families. The complaint alleges that the bill violates transgender patients’ right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. Read on »
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A public library employee in New Jersey has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that he was subjected to a hostile work environment that resulted in his unfair firing for “his gay lifestyle.” Read on »
Recently, a transgender woman from Colorado who posted a video loading an AR-15 after a conservative extremist called for eradicating “transgenderism” was fired from her federal job. Read on »
Transgender and nonbinary people seeking parole in California often experience misgendering, which is contrary to state law, and encounter other barriers in the process, according to a new study. Read on »
Ten years ago this week, Sara Bareilles released the song “Brave,” and my whole world changed. I was 18 years old at the time and struggling to come to terms with my sexuality. Hearing “say what you wanna say / and let the words fall out” was just the nudge I needed to finally admit to myself what I already knew: I was not straight, and soon after, the lyrics accompanied my own coming out post on Facebook. Read on »
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed an anti-transgender “bathroom bill” into law, the eighth anti-LGBTQ+ measure he has signed this year. Read on »
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