The reason I wear pride gear every day (i.postimg.cc)
June Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map (www.erininthemorning.com)
Sometimes a visual is nice just to help hammer home just how bad things have gotten in parts of the United States. We've got a lot of fighting left to do for trans rights.
My feelings right now for myself and all my LGBTQ fam
200,000 people showed up for Orlando Pride in defiant middle finger to Ron DeSantis (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Over 200,000 people showed up for Orlando Pride over the weekend, as an 11-year-old transgender girl led the parade as Grand Marshal....
Grindr Tells Unionizing Workers: Move Across The Country or Be Fired (www.vice.com)
Anita Cornwell: Pioneer of Black Lesbian Visibility (lesbiannews.com)
Remembering Anita Cornwell, the fearless pioneer who shattered barriers as a Black lesbian writer, activist, and feminist. Her legacy lives on in her groundbreaking work.
Citizens scare anti-LGBTQ+ neo-Nazi leader & his “training camp” out of town (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Bye bye, hater...
North Carolina Passes 3 Anti-Trans Laws In One Day, Overriding Vetoes (www.erininthemorning.com)
Author Adiba Jaigirdar on embracing queer Muslim stories: 'I'm writing books I wish I had' (www.thepinknews.com)
Adiba Jaigirdar talks positive LGBTQ+ Muslim representation, writing joyful queer stories and her latest novel, The Dos and Donuts of Love.
International chess federation FIDE: a trans woman "has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women" (doc.fide.com)
The international chess federation known as FIDE has published new rules that state that a person whose "gender was changed from a male to a female the player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made"....
House Republicans are adding dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ measures to must-pass bills (19thnews.org)
Advocates are sounding the alarm about the high number of attacks against gender-affirming care, marriage protections and discrimination prevention.
Estonia set to become first Baltic state to legalise same-sex marriage (www.thepinknews.com)
Lauri Hussar, the newly elected president of Estonia, has suggested a change in law could be introduced within weeks.
After a year of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, a lifeline for trans and nonbinary people faces cuts (www.pbs.org)
The lifeline is facing a $2.5 million shortfall at the end of 2023, and has also paused its microgrants program.
Mauritius Supreme Court legalises homosexuality in historic victory (www.gaytimes.co.uk)
The Supreme Court of Mauritius has declared the country’s criminalisation and ban of same-sex intimacy ‘discriminatory’ in a landmark ruling.
Spain's first trans senator vows to defend gender self-ID law (www.openlynews.com)
NYPD Accidentally Paints ACAB on Their Pride Cop Cars (www.autostraddle.com)
Some people think this is an "innocent" "mistake" but I think it is a stroke of subversive artistic genius.
Middle schoolers tell Moms for Liberty to ‘stop bullying’ LGBTQ+ youth (www.thepinknews.com)
And now for some good news... Middle schoolers have written to their local Moms for Liberty chapter to tell them to ‘stop bullying’ LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
Billionaire accused of 'quietly financing' US anti-trans movement (www.thepinknews.com)
Billionaire Joseph Edelman has been accused of donating huge sums to anti-trans groups which have affected US laws.
Virginia students walk-out protesting trans Outing policy (www.losangelesblade.com)
"I Can't Afford to Sue DC": Fables Creator Releases Hit Comic Series into Public Domain (Including Wolf Among Us) (screenrant.com)
Article by ScreenRant: Comic book creator Bill Willingham relinquishes all rights to his hit series “Fables”. In a lengthy statement (included in the article) he cites comic publisher DC’s unfair and neglectful treatment as one of the prime reasons for taking that step, as well as his personal opposition to the current...
Carlos Santana goes on bizarre anti-trans diatribe during concert (consequence.net)
Article by Consequence of Sounds reporting on Carlos Santana outing himself as a transphobe
Drag Queen Tops Christian Music Charts Following MAGA Pastor's Anti-Gay Attack (youtu.be)
Congress Is Pushing An Online Safety Bill Supported By Anti-LGBTQ Groups (www.vice.com)
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is a bipartisan bill that lawmakers say is intended to stop online platforms from targeting and recommending harmful content to minors. It sounds good but it’s supported by a slew of far-right, anti-LGBTQ organizations, and opponents are warning it will enable states to censor LGBTQ content by...
Italy begins stripping lesbian mothers of their parental rights (www.lgbtqnation.com)
While same-sex civil unions have been legal in the country since 2016, same-sex couples do not have the right to adopt, thanks in part to opposition from the Catholic Church. Surrogacy remains illegal in Italy and there are restrictions that prevent the adoption of “stepchildren” by one parent. Medically assisted...
Nonbinary genders beyond 'male' and 'female' would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot (theconversation.com)
