5 Things You Should Know About Solidarity with Incarcerated LGBT People: A Conversation With Black and Pink
The experience of getting a letter is one of the most important moments or feelings of connection to something.
Daily Fix: All the New Research You Can Shake A Stick At and More News
Research on nationwide LGBT legal equality, bisexuals in the UK, racism in the university classroom, and religion. PLUS updates on your fave/least fave Republicans, police practices overhaul in Cleveland, new laws and more!
“I Take Bullets:” Lesbian Badass Mary Kristene Chapa’s Vibrant Life After 2012 Shooting
Kristene has struggled to overcome the loss of her girlfriend, physical and mental health challenges, and financial barriers to receiving the care she needs. Today, her dream is to spread a message of hope to other trauma victims and the LGBT community.
Daily Fix: #SayHerName Protests Remember Black Women and More News Stories
Why some members of San Francisco’s BlackOut Collective protested topless, the Girl Scouts of America reaffirm their trans inclusive policies, a man is charged with London Chanel’s death and other news stories!
We Won a Thing: Ireland Overwhelmingly Votes Yes On Same-Sex Marriage
Nearly 62 percent of Irish voters cast their ballot in favor of marriage equality!
Daily Fix: So Many Made-Up Studies on LGBT People and More News
Emma Sulkowicz carried her mattress at graduation, Michael Brown should have been 19 this week, a young trans girl who’s banned from the correct bathroom, support for same-sex marriage at an all-time high, and more!
Daily Fix: London Chanel, Black Trans Woman, Killed in Philly and Other News Stories
The way the media reported on the deadly Waco shootout, a trans woman was stabbed in Philly, there’s new restrictions on military style equipment for the local police and more news stories!
Voting Yes: A Guide to the Irish Marriage Equality Referendum
Ireland could be the first country in the world to have voted, as a population, for marriage equality. Though she be small, she is mighty.
Trans Women Prisoners Suffer Most From Failures To Stop Prison Rape
Many eyes are on Passion Star, but overall the urgency around prison rape has faltered in the 12 years since PREA passed, the Times notes. Regulations won’t do much if prisons and state governments don’t have cultures of taking sexual violence, especially against LGB and trans prisoners, seriously.
Daily Fix: It’s Been 30 Years Since the MOVE Bombing and Other News Stories
Stories on the status of incarcerated trans women, Palestinian statehood, Jeb Bush, blood donation guidelines, crisis pregnancy centers being glitter-bombed, and more!
Daily Fix: Insurance Companies Really Have to Cover Your Birth Control Now and More News Stories
Governor Cuomo issues emergency measures for nail salons, the Obama administration clarifies what birth control is covered under the Affordable Care Act, a trans woman is suing Barnes & Noble and more news stories!
What’s the Deal With Bernie Sanders? 7 Things You Want to Know
I hear he’s a socialist. That’s cool. But also he’s an old straight white man, like the vast majority of American politicians, so what would his alleged socialism mean for people who aren’t old straight white men?
Daily Fix: What the Heck is Happening in Texas and More News
Many upsetting Texas bills, Dorian Johnson’s arrest, a chapter of the Satanic Temple in MIssouri exercising its religious freedom, the first-ever LGBTQ Leaders of Color White House Summit, updates on presidential candidates across the board, and more!
Daily Fix: Everyone’s Talking About #TalkPay and More News Stories
Bernie Sanders, long-serving independent, is running for President as a Democrat, what the #talkpay hashtag is all about, May Day protests around the world and more news!
Everything We Know About Freddie Gray & the Baltimore Uprising and How You Can Help
Here’s a complete rundown of everything we know about what’s happened as of this moment.
Daily Fix: Baltimore Uprising Continues Despite Curfew and More News Stories
Protests continue in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death, the Pope speaks out against gendered pay inequality, Harvard’s poll of young voters, a Republican politician on Grindr, and more!
It’s All Happening: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Marriage Equality
It has arrived! The day is here! The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments about marriage equality this morning.
Daily Fix: Baltimore’s State of Emergency and Other News
Gov. Larry Hogan activates the National Guard after calling a state of emergency in Baltimore, Nicoll Hernández-Polanco has been granted asylum, a Nashville landlord refused to rent to a lesbian couple, and more news!
A SCOTUS Ruling, Marriage Equality, and the Hobby Lobby Law Walk Into a Bar
Two of the biggest LGBT legal issues on everyone’s mind right now are the upcoming Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality and Religious Freedom Restoration Acts. How are the two going to impact each other?
Meet Loretta Lynch, Our New Attorney General: Where She Stands on 5 Big Issues
Get to know Loretta Lynch, the first black woman to ever hold the office of Attorney General.