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....
Citizens scare anti-LGBTQ+ neo-Nazi leader & his “training camp” out of town (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Bye bye, hater...
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.
A majority of Republicans now say same-sex relations are immoral after a year of 'groomer' attacks on the LGBTQ community (www.businessinsider.com)
Republican support for same-sex relations dropped 15% in the last year, according to a recent Gallup poll.
Vermont’s Largest School District Unanimously Codifies Trans Rights for Students (truthout.org)
The new policies go beyond even the state-level protections that Vermont offers trans students in the state.
Georgia’s crackdown on queer rights contradicts its EU ambitions (www.politico.eu)
Georgian officials are capitalizing on homophobia to boost their chances in 2024 elections. But that won’t help win EU membership candidate status this year.
Traverse City salon refuses to service transgender, queer patrons (www.freep.com)
A Traverse City hair salon is receiving backlash after announcing that their business will no longer serve transgender and queer people.
Leader of LGBT Uganda group trying to evacuate LGBT people from the country has been arrested for "promoting homosexuality" because of helping the LGBT community (www.youtube.com)
Rise of the far-right underminesLGBTQI+ rights in Europe (www.euronews.com)
As Pride month draws to a close, activists warn public debate on a number of issues is becoming increasingly polarised and violent.
OC I Received Death Threats After Elon Musk Put A Target On My Back. Here's The Truth Of What Happened. - Queer competence punished.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-files-whistleblower-death-threats_n_657a21ffe4b061b3c92dea1e?p_id=147689
Vladimir Putin signs law banning gender changes in Russia (www.jpost.com)
The law also bans post-surgery transgender people from adopting children and annuls the marriages of post-surgery transgender people.
Alabama’s first LGBTQ lawmaker on billboard: Part of ‘dangerous’ national trend (www.al.com)
Patricia Todd, who was an Alabama until 2018, said the anti-LGBTQ billboard injected into Mobile's special election on annexation represented a "first" in which anti-LGBTQ message was so public.
LGBT+ Pride event in Georgia evacuated as far-right protesters storm site (www.politico.eu)
Organizers say police refused to protect them.
Judge strikes down Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors (apnews.com)
A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody ruled Tuesday that the nation’s first ban on such care for children violates the U.S. Constitution. Moody in 2021 had temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban while he considered the challenge to the...
For my transgender daughter, there are only 18 States of America (www.salon.com)
My daughter's America has become apocalyptic — safe states scattered, broken up by vast stretches of hostility
Putin instructed the Russian Ministry of Health to create a separate psychiatric institute for the study of LGBT people (twitter.com)
Putin instructed the Russian health ministry to create a separate psychiatric institute for the study of LGBT people, as well as a number of other "behavioral areas, including social behavior."...
How people in 24 countries view same-sex marriage (www.pewresearch.org)
Among 24 countries, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
Florida Is Going Broke Fighting Woke - Florida's Racist, Homophobic Agenda Is Having an Economic Impact on the State (www.esquire.com)
Wild how vicious, homophobic, racist idiocy might discourage people from visiting your state.
Principal with drag queen side gig resigns under pressure from Oklahoma's top schools official (www.nbcnews.com)
State Superintendent Ryan Walters is calling for a regulation that would allow educators to be fired for “acts that excessively promote sexuality” outside of work.
Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist' (www.reuters.com)
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the "LGBT movement" should be designated as extremist, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions....
As a trans man, Max Simensen says he has unique insights everyone could learn from (www.abc.net.au)
How different languages are accommodating non-binary people (youtu.be)
In a world where over a third of all languages use gender-specific grammar, non-binary people are looking for innovative solutions.00:09 - Being gender-neutr...
JK Rowling prefers two years in jail over using correct pronouns (www.thepinknews.com)
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has said she would prefer two years in jail over using a trans person’s correct pronouns.
Ex-gay activist faces homosexuality charges under Uganda law he advocated for (www.lgbtqnation.com)
A local paper deemed it the first major case since the enactment of the "Kill the Gays" law.
