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Trans Activist Skips White House Event in Protest of LGBTQ Asylum Seeker Policy
Biden’s recent executive orders fail to adequately address anti-LGBTQ discrimination, says Jennicet Gutiérrez.
Patriot Front Members Arrived in Riot Gear to Terrorize Idaho Pride Event
31 alleged members of the white supremacist group were arrested after someone reported seeing an “army” board a U-Haul.
Attacks on Trans Youth Are a Fascist “Moral Battering Ram”
“I am so disheartened by the lack of response to these attacks,” says attorney Chase Strangio.
85 Percent of Voters Want Congress to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
The ERA is a nearly 100-year-old measure that would enshrine equal rights for all genders in the Constitution.
New Book Explores Why “Inclusion” Can’t Bring an End to Anti-Trans Violence
“Atmospheres of Violence” argues that the U.S. political system depends on violence against trans people.
The GOP Is Attacking LGBTQ Rights in Schools. These Students Are Fighting Back.
Anti-racist and LGBTQ youth are organizing in school to resist the onslaught of Republican attempts to silence them.
Alabama Ban on Trans Youth Health Care Is Part of Attack on Bodily Autonomy
Right-wing attacks on abortion care and bans on trans health care are connected, Chase Strangio says.
Will Demise of “Roe” Be a Death Knell for Contraception, Marriage Rights?
A Supreme Court majority is poised to overturn “Roe,” which could imperil other constitutional rights besides abortion.
“SCOTUS Isn’t Just Coming for Abortion” Warns Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Trans and gay children’s right to exist has already come under attack in several states in recent months.
DeSantis’s Attack on Disney Shows Desperation of Right-Wing Culture Warriors
Attacks on Disney -- not exactly a bastion of left-wing action -- echo QAnon rhetoric and right-wing bigotry.