Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman is upset that President Joe Biden isn’t appointing more straight white men as federal judges. Read on » As Memorial Day approaches, and the summer holiday season along with it, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has said the agency is prepared to do what it takes to ensure flights run smoothly. Read on » The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund has sued the state of Tennessee over the exclusion of transition-related care from the state’s health insurance plan. Read on » A Mississippi transgender teen who missed her graduation because of dress code rules got to have an alternative celebration Monday with more than 100 others at a first-of-its-kind trans prom in Washington, D.C. Read on » A teacher at a Christian school in Florida was arrested Tuesday and charged with having a lewd and lascivious sexual relationship with an underage special needs student. Read on » Montana has banned drag queen story hours. Read on » Analysis by Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Read on » A little over a year ago, on May 17, 2022, Americans learned that another pathogen had entered the population just as they were recovering from the COVID pandemic. Earlier that day, mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was confirmed in Massachusetts after spreading throughout Europe. Since then, 30,395 cases have been registered in the United States, and while the number of cases is down significantly, health officials warn that it will take work to keep mpox at bay. Now a recent cluster of cases in Illinois demonstrates the need for vigilance. Read on » A Florida man appeared before a judge on Monday to face charges he raped a transgender woman at a karaoke bar where he was employed as a security guard. Read on »
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