Dems Mad As Hell Over Failed LGBT Rights Amendment, Not Gonna Take It Anymore
House Democrats were in an uproar yesterday when Republicans sneakily scrambled to keep their anti-LGBT bill intact.
Black Trans Woman Assaulted by Guard in DC Restroom, Proving Bathroom Bill Fight Is Far from Over
Mexico’s President is pushing for marriage equality, what happened at the Dem convention in Nevada, the first openly gay secretary of the US Army, and more.
Canada Moves Forward to Ban Transgender Discrimination
Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau backs an important bill that would ban trans discrimination, immigration and LGBT activists are on a hunger strike to protest the detention of trans women, a UK court rejects an Indian lesbian couple’s request to stay in the country, LGBT activists in Lebanon stage a rare protest and more news.
President Obama Showed Up For Transgender Americans In a Big Way Today
President Obama released a letter of guidance about trans students to public schools, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a rule under the Affordable Care Act that bans healthcare providers from denying coverage on the basis of gender identity.
What Marriage Equality Had Going for It That Other Movements Don’t (Maybe)
Looking at how marriage equality came to be in comparison to other social movements, Massachusetts’ state Senate passes a bill with trans protections in public accommodations, girlfriends who are prom king and queen in Florida and more!
The Other Shoe Drops: North Carolina and Mississippi Both Face Federal Lawsuits for Anti-LGBT Laws
Attorney General Loretta Lynch says some truly awesome words to trans people and against North Carolina’s HB2, The ACLU of Mississippi is challenging the state’s “religious freedom” law, a group of parents and students filed a federal lawsuit because they believe they’re being discriminated when a trans girl uses the correct facilities at their school and more news.
Justice Tells North Carolina to Hold its Horses on HB2, Because It’s Illegal
The Justice Department told North Carolina not to enforce its bathroom bill, HB2; Trump and Bernie won the Indiana primaries, and Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee; trans woman Pearl Love was assaulted on a train, and more.
Reecey Walker, Black Trans Woman, Becomes 10th Trans Person Killed This Year
Reecey Walker was killed in her own home in Wichita, Kansas. A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with her murder.
Ding, Dong the Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills in Kansas and Rockwall, TX Are Dead
A city in Texas debates a bathroom ordinance similar to North Carolina’s HB2 and it dies without a votes but there’s no telling what’s gonna happen in the state’s legislature in 2017; the FDA launched a multi-million dollar campaign aimed at LGBT young adults to quit using tobacco; women feel sexiest in their mid-thirties a new study says and more news.
Oxford, Alabama Takes Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills to a New, Dire Level
One city in Alabama has drawn a new line in the sand with bathroom bills, organizing against police violence, a bill about counselors in TN that’s dangerous for LGBT people, and more.
News Fix: North Carolina Democrats Motion to Repeal HB2, Don’t Get Your Hopes Too High
North Carolina Democrats file to repeal HB2 and 54 protestors are arrested; Florida’s 24-hour waiting period before an abortion is halted — for now; three teenage girls drowned in a stolen car and their families are questioning if the cops did all the could to save them; an editor of a LGBT magazine in Bangladesh was violently killed and more news.
LGBT Youth Get New GSA Name and Tagline; LGBT Elders Get Left Out of Key Legislation
The GSA is now more inclusive of all genders and sexualities but the Older Americans Act isn’t inclusive of LGBT elders; Islan Nettles’ killer will go to prison for 12 years; progress on Merrick Garland’s confirmation, a congresswoman crusading against online harassment and more.
Lesbian Firefighter Wins the Day and Her Discrimination Lawsuit, Awarded Over $800,000
A lesbian firefighter was harassed and discriminated against for years by her co-workers and her complaints were ignored by her superiors; Tennessee’s “bathroom bill” is dead, at least for now; Ani DiFranco cancelled an upcoming show in North Carolina, Georgia is investigating the treatment of LGBT prisoners in their prisons and more news.
New Study with Conservative-Approved Methodology Shows Same-Sex Parents are Totally Legit
Even more proof that same-sex parents raise kids with good outcomes, a bathroom bill supporter in TN who’s a rampant sexual harasser, new data on police violence and more.
Rebel Girls: Hegemonic Masculinity 101, As Exemplified By Donald Trump
When it comes to embodying the kind of toxic bullshit gender politics our culture has praised in men for eons, Donald Trump takes the cake.
North Carolina Governor Pretends He Cares About Equality With New Executive Order
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory saves face with an executive order to clarify HB2, but it doesn’t actually do anything; a New Jersey school district approves a pro-trans bathroom policy change; married lesbian couples in Indiana are suing the state for not allowing both parents to be on birth certificates, and more news!
Tennessee Jumps Back on the Anti-Trans Bandwagon, Resurrects Dangerous Bathroom Bill
Tennessee has resurrected its bathroom bill that would hurt trans teens, what really happened with the judge’s verdict on Kesha’s lawsuit, new statistics about sexual assault, and more.
Here We Go Again: Mississippi Governor Signs Sweeping, Dangerous Anti-LGBT Bill Into Law
Mississippi is the latest state to pass an anti-LGBT bill that protects people who don’t believe in same-sex marriage, trans people and extramarital sex; the man who killed Islan Nettles took a plea deal to get a shorter prison sentence; Texas is considering protecting “religious freedom” in its constitution; a man from LA killed his son because he was gay and more news.
Mississippi Passes US’s Most Sweeping Anti-LGBT Rights Bill with HB1523, Strikes Fear into Hearts
Mississippi makes anti-LGBT history with HB1523, police who killed Jamar Clark won’t be charged, new studies about Islamophobia, surveillance and more, and lots on the aftermath of HB2 in North Carolina.
Rebel Girls: Three Dismal Truths We Hold to Be Self-Evident About Women Political Leaders
Here are three completely undeniable and incredibly depressing facts about women, executive political power, and glass ceilings — and cliffs! — around the world.