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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
Fifth Circuit Reverses Lower Court, Shuts Down Texas University’s Illegal Drag Show Ban
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
In September 2023, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk decided it was constitutional for a Texas university (West Texas A&M) to shut down a “PG-13” drag show. This was a decision he arrived at despite this being said (on the public record!) by the university official ins…
Sep 3, 2025, 5:53 PM
President Trump’s War On “Woke AI” Is A Civil Liberties Nightmare
Tori Noble and Kit Walsh, Techdirt
The White House’s recently-unveiled “AI Action Plan” wages war on so-called “woke AI”—including large language models (LLMs) that provide information inconsistent with the administration’s views on climate change, gender, and other issues. It also targets mea…
Aug 22, 2025, 6:58 PM
Why Candace Owens won’t stop her “transvestigations”
Amanda Marcotte, Salon
The Brigitte Macron conspiracy theory helps MAGA cope with their own contradictory gender ideology
Aug 15, 2025, 10:45 AM
Harper Steele, Star Of Emmy-Nominated Documentary ‘Will & Harper,’ To Be Honored By City Of West Hollywood
Matthew Carey, Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Harper Steele, who co-stars with Will Ferrell in the Emmy-nominated documentary Will & Harper, will receive an official proclamation from the city of West Hollywood honoring “her advocacy and continued efforts to uplift the transgender community.” …
Aug 12, 2025, 12:46 AM
Hegseth Posts Video of Pastor Calling for Gay Sex Ban...
Liam Archacki, Daily Beast
Hegseth Posts Video of Pastor Calling for Gay Sex Ban... (First column, 12th story, link) Related stories:Loomer knocks Medal of Honor recipient in new attack on Army...
Aug 10, 2025, 9:16 PM
U.S. Air Force to deny early retirement benefits to some transgender service members
The Associated Press, NPR
The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits.
Aug 8, 2025, 5:56 AM
Colorado Says Yes To Junk Science
Danielle Han, Jezebel
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
Aug 5, 2025, 4:56 PM
States sue Trump administration after more hospitals stop treating transgender youth
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR
A coalition of 16 states and D.C. argue in the lawsuit that the Trump administration is trying to effectuate a national ban on gender-affirming care for youth by intimidating hospitals and doctors.
Aug 1, 2025, 11:28 PM
LinkedIn Joins The Parade Of Cowards: Quietly Strips Anti-Trans Protections To Appease MAGA Mob
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has quietly joined the parade of tech giants rolling back basic protections for transgender users, removing explicit prohibitions against deadnaming and misgendering from its hate speech policies this week. The change, first spotted b…
Aug 1, 2025, 8:38 PM
Tapping The Ancient Wisdom Of Hospitality To Foster Inclusivity
Joe Holt, Contributor, Joe Holt, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/josephholt/, Forbes
With DEI programs under attack, leaders can practice the virtue of hospitality as a safe and effective tool for promoting inclusivity.
Jul 27, 2025, 4:43 PM
Amy Sherald Cancels Major Smithsonian Show Over Censorship Concerns
info@hypebeast.com (Hypebeast), HYPEBEAST
SummaryAcclaimed artist Amy Sherald withdraws her upcoming solo exhibition, American Sublime, from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after discussions surrounding her 2024 work of a transgender woman provoking President Trump.The artist cites the “c…
Jul 24, 2025, 9:36 PM