A KY legislator thinks he’s cracked the code on how to stop marriage equality; how and why anti-LGBT sentiment is ramping up in Indonesia, the big abortion case the SCOTUS just heard, and more.

Please enjoy this roundup of tarot bits and bobs on my radar right now. Mostly queer; otherwise, just good stuff you should know about.

Through an exhibition of both contemporary artwork by a slew of trans artists and a truly impressive selection of archival documents from the Kinsey Archives and the University of Victoria Transgender Archives, Stamatina Gregory and co-curator Jeanne Vaccaro work to fill in the gaps between what many see as signs of mainstream progress and the true, vast history of trans people’s lived experiences.

Misandrist. Lesbian. Vampires.

NC Governor Pat McCrory is having a meltdown over a Charlotte ordinance that protects LGBT rights, new data shows that up to half of gay and bisexual black men are at risk for HIV, abortion restrictions go into law in Louisiana, and more news.

“I put “they/she” on a pronoun button for the first time and countless people — moms, older gay and lesbian folks, and my peers — asked me to share what that meant and what genderqueer identity is because they genuinely wanted to understand ideas that were foreign and difficult for them so they could love me better.”

Jane the Virgin has put a pin in its Rafael-Jane-Michael love triangle and turned its attention to a Rose-Luisa-Susanna one.

When it comes to their queer female characters, these shows are hitting it out of the park.

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A Virginia Beach judge ruled a lesbian parent has the right to custody of her non-biological child, California’s got a lot of LGBT-friendly laws going into effect this year, more “religious freedom” bills in Georgia, Creating Change un-invites ICE from speaking at the conference, and more!

“My brain is lit like the map of a major metropolis at night. My body is, too. ‘I am at one with a sea of sensations, glitter, silk, skin, eyes, mouths, desire,’ Anaïs Nin wrote, and that’s pretty much it. Or, put another way: I have found an affirmation of selfhood, and I haven’t thought to immediately annul it.”

A Minnesota trans woman wins her discrimination suit under Title VII, more than 10 counties in Alabama are refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, Sarah Palin’s in the news again, there’s a hold up with Daniel Holtzclaw’s sentencing trial and more news!

Stories include Moms Mabley, Carol, Taraji P. Henson on homophobic Empire backlash, Ellen Page and Allison Janney’s new movie, Ruby Rose’s blazer, an all-female Sherlock parody and more!

“Dryland,” by Sara Jaffe, is a quiet coming of age tale clad in flannel on the outside; on the inside, it’s draped in gorgeous prose.

“I woke up to 57,000 emails reminding a user to resubscribe”

Lessons from the #WomenGrow Leadership Summit about what women cannabis entrepreneurs mean for the legal marijuana industry.

How trans women became the victims of the latest conservative backlash, Jian Ghomeshi’s acquittal, the horrors inherent in seeking asylum, Islamophobic threats from Trump and Cruz, and more.

Exploring the erotic significance of wheelchairs is an opportunity to refuse the limited choices available for sexual narration.

Monty tells Lena she didn’t prey on a female student, while the female student continues to insist that she did.

Kevin Swanson, the pastor Huckabee and Jindal and Cruz are courting, ramps up his unhinged anti-gay rhetoric. Donald Trump praises supporters who ambushed an activist at one of his rallies. Five Black Lives Matter protesters were shot by a white supremacist in Minneapolis. And the KKK is alive and well and gay-bashing in Florida.