It’s now official: Mississippi has elected its first out state legislator. Read on »
Florida’s first out elected official won a seventh term on the Orlando City Council. And to celebrate, she had a drag queen at her party. Read on »
Ohio voters have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution. Read on »
Danica Roem has been elected Virginia’s first out transgender state senator. Read on »
Kentucky’s Gov. Andy Beshear has been projected to win a second term, according to several media outlets. The governor has been an LGBTQ+ ally and has vetoed anti-LGBTQ+ legislation passed by the Republican-controlled legislature. Read on »
Right-wing commentator Candace Owens is once again demonizing transgender people, this time using a manifesto purported to be from mass shooter Audrey Hale, who killed six people at Covenant School in Nashville in March before being shot to death by police. Police and others have said Hale, 28, a former student at the school, was a trans man who sometimes went by the name Aiden. Read on »
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While watching the miniseries Fellow Travelers on Showtime over the weekend, I could not help but think of Smiths Station, Ala., Mayor and Pastor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland. He died by suicide last week after being involuntary outed as a transgender woman by a local conservative outlet, 1819 News, that was relentless in posting photos of Copeland embracing their secret gender identity. Read on »
As Virginia nears a pivotal moment in its statewide election on Tuesday, Danica Roem, a Democratic nominee for the state Senate, underscored the significance of the upcoming vote. Read on »
In the new MSNBC documentary Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don't Ask, Don't Tell, retired U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Thomas T. Carpenter likens being gay in the military in the 1970s to living under the sword of Damocles. Read on »
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Chaya Raichik, the operator behind Libs of TikTok, has been prominently celebrating her appearance on USA Today's front page. The story? The newspaper documented a pattern of threats and harassment that follow Libs of TikTok social media posts when it targets hospitals, schools, libraries, and even people. Read on »
A trial date has been set for the man accused of killing a popular gay student at the University of Mississippi last year. Read on »
Jessica Hutfless, a transgender woman, software engineer, and pinball enthusiast, was shocked when her image was being exploited in a documentary advertisement by the Prager University Foundation, a conservative advocacy organization known for its transphobia. Read on »
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The director of the Hungarian National Museum was fired over an international photo exhibit that one minister claimed violated the country’s harsh anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Read on »
The now-older Australian man convicted of the 1987 gay-bashing murder of a man he thought was gay received what amounted to a life sentence in a Sydney courtroom late last month. Read on »
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