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Keith Urban Performing Gay Anthem at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Wasn't Political
TMZ Staff, TMZ
Keith Urban is in the middle of a bizarre controversy after performing an LGBTQ+ anthem at Mar-a-Lago with the prez in the room ... but the country star wasn't trying to send a message, TMZ has learned. Here's the deal ... KU played Chappell Roan's…
Nov 19, 2025, 10:54 PM
FBI worker says he was wrongfully terminated for having Pride flag at desk
Maya Yang, Yahoo Entertainment
David Maltinsky, a 16-year veteran, says in lawsuit agency retaliated against him for engaging in protected speech
Nov 19, 2025, 7:55 PM
How a small Chicago nonprofit is resisting Trump's war on DEI
Andrea Hsu, NPR
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI.
Nov 19, 2025, 10:00 AM
Lawsuit challenges US ban on transgender TSA officers conducting pat-downs
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
A Virginia transportation worker has alleged the new policy under Trump discriminates on the basis of gender identity.
Nov 12, 2025, 12:01 AM
Supreme Court revives Trump admin ban on transgender, nonbinary passport identification
Alex Galbraith, Salon
The executive order barring self-identification had been stayed by a lower court.
Nov 7, 2025, 12:15 AM
Are fewer young people identifying as trans?
Anna North, Vox
Are young Americans becoming less likely to identify as trans? This claim is getting a lot of attention on social media after two researchers published survey data appearing to show a shift in youth gender identity. The first analysis came from Eric Kaufmann,…
Nov 4, 2025, 3:37 PM
What Zohran Mamdani’s Bid for Mayor Reveals About Being Muslim in America
Rozina Ali, The New Yorker
Rozina Ali writes about the Islamophobic attacks on the candidate, which carry the weight of history and the urgency of the present.
Nov 2, 2025, 10:00 PM
Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda Is Hurting Veterans With Male Breast Cancer
Danielle Han, Jezebel
“Breast cancer doesn’t care what gender you are,” the co-founders of HIS Breast Cancer Awareness told Jezebel.
Oct 31, 2025, 2:48 PM
Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases
Elizabeth Blair, NPR
The order is to be implemented at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan. Students and their families claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when officials removed the books to comply with President Trump's e…
Oct 21, 2025, 4:26 PM
Pentagon Calls New Netflix Show About Closeted Gay Marine 'Woke Garbage'
TMZ Staff, TMZ
The Pentagon's pissed off at a new LGBTQ-focused military series ... claiming it goes completely against the "warrior ethos" -- and, they're bashing Netflix for it. Here's the deal ... the show "Boots" -- the story of a gay Marine recruit, forced…
Oct 17, 2025, 2:33 PM
How trans visibility became a trap
Parker Molloy, The Verge
I renewed my passport the day after Trump won again. It wouldn’t expire for years, but I did it anyway, along with many trans people I knew who could scrape together the fee. We all had the same thought: get your documents in order now, while you still can. F…
Oct 14, 2025, 12:00 PM
The Supreme Court Is Ruling on Conversion Therapy. What Could Go Wrong!
Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone
The nation's highest court is hearing Chiles v. Salazar, and could overturn a ban on the discredited practice of conversion therapy.
Oct 7, 2025, 9:43 PM
Fortnite Skipped Pride This Year
Phil Owen, GameSpot
For the first time since it began running its annual small-scale Rainbow Royale event to celebrate members of the LGBTQIA+ community four years ago, Fortnite skipped its Pride celebration in 2025.For each year since 2021, Fortnite has held its annual Pride ev…
Oct 2, 2025, 8:07 PM
When military recruiters visit, colleges must support trans students
Brian Soucek, Salon
The trans ban violates the missions of universities — and their silence is dishonorable
Oct 2, 2025, 10:15 AM
Charlie Kirk once changed transgender man's tire after Phoenix rally?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com
According to the story, Kirk once helped a transgender man who hours earlier had harshly criticized the conservative activist at one of his events.
Sep 30, 2025, 10:35 PM
Texas University System Bans Talking About Trans & Nonbinary Identities
Danielle Han, Jezebel
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” one professor told the New York Times.
Sep 29, 2025, 5:00 PM
Federal appeals court reinstates Vermont Christian school after it objected to transgender player
KIMBERLEE KRUESI and AMANDA SWINHART, Yahoo Entertainment
A federal appeals court says a Vermont Christian school can participate in the state's sports league, overturning a previous ruling that upheld a ban on the ...
Sep 22, 2025, 5:35 PM
Trump seeks enforcement of transgender and non-binary passport policy
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Rights groups say policy requiring male or female designations on passports is 'unjustifiable and discriminatory'.
Sep 20, 2025, 6:13 PM
Trump and MTG’s Boyfriend Discuss How to Make Pride Flag a Terrorist Symbol
Danielle Han, Jezebel
Brian Glenn, a ”reporter," told Trump that if he labels ”transtifa”—the far-right’s new hate-mongering term—a domestic terrorist group, then he could get the flag taken down.
Sep 19, 2025, 11:42 AM
New policies are making life harder for trans people — and prompting big financial decisions
Laurel Wamsley, NPR
White House executive orders and legislation in many states have targeted the rights and protections of trans people. For some, that has meant increased financial worry.
Sep 18, 2025, 9:00 AM
Texas A&M professor fired after video shows classroom confrontation over gender identity coursework
JUAN A. LOZANO, Yahoo Entertainment
A professor at Texas A&M University was fired and others were removed from their positions after a video surfaced in which a student confronted the...
Sep 10, 2025, 6:04 PM
Florida parents take gender pronoun dispute at school to U.S. Supreme Court
Stephany Matat, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida, Tallahassee Democrat
Two Florida parents are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a dispute over their child wanting to use they/them pronouns.
Sep 8, 2025, 5:22 PM
The War on Trans Art
Grace Byron, The New Yorker
Grace Byron on how trans expression is under threat, owing to the uneasy alliance between politics and aesthetics.
Sep 8, 2025, 10:00 AM
Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum
ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Yahoo Entertainment
The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting...
Sep 5, 2025, 7:01 PM