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Added on: 12/22/2024

Courthouse that issued country’s first gay marriage license becomes National Historic Landmark

LGBTQ Nation
12/21/2024
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced this week that the Boulder County Courthouse in Colorado has been designated a National Historic Landmark for being the…
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Added on: 12/22/2024

Everything That Happened In Anti-Trans Legislation This Week

Them
12/21/2024
Hello readers. It’s Friday, December 20th, 2024. As a reminder, legislative sessions are different for each state — and you can keep track of your state’s legislative…
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Added on: 12/21/2024

BREAKING: Biden administration abandons efforts to protect transgender student-athletes from discrimination

Advocate
12/20/2024
President Joe Biden’s administration late on Friday abandoned efforts to protect the right of trans athletes to participate in sports based on their gender identity. The U.S….
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Added on: 12/19/2024

Republicans to introduce more transgender-related bills

Keene Sentinel
12/18/2024
Earlier this year, New Hampshire lawmakers banned transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams and prohibited some gender-reassigment surgeries for minors. Those efforts will continue…
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Added on: 12/18/2024

Doctors cannot sue over Biden admin’s transgender health discrimination policy, court rules

Reuters
12/17/2024
Two Texas doctors did not have standing to sue the Biden administration over a 2021 policy statement that federal law bans discrimination in healthcare against transgender people,…
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Added on: 12/17/2024

Trump appoints gay former Obama and Clinton donor to be ambassador to Belgium

Advocate
12/16/2024
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Bill White, a gay businessman and philanthropist, to serve as U.S. ambassador to Belgium. White will represent the United States in Belgium,…
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Added on: 12/15/2024

Anti-Trans Hate Crimes In Los Angeles At All-Time High

Star Observer
12/14/2024
A new report from Los Angeles County has shown that the number of hate crimes in 2023 was up 45% from 2022 with 1,350 reported incidents, and…
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Added on: 12/14/2024

Canadian mayor fined for LGBT thought crime of refusing to bend over

RT
12/13/2024
The mayor of the Canadian township of Emo (pop: 1,204), which borders the US state of Minnesota, has to personally pay an LGBTQ group $5,000 for injury…
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Added on: 12/14/2024

Montana Supreme Court blocks ban on transgender surgeries, prompting outcry from GOP lawmaker, supporters

Fox News
12/13/2024
A Montana law banning transgender surgeries for minors will remain temporarily blocked following a state Supreme Court ruling that a Republican lawmaker is calling an “egregious example…
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Added on: 12/13/2024

House Passes Defense Bill Including Attack on Military Families’ Transgender Youth

ACLU
12/12/2024
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender youth…
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Added on: 12/12/2024

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense pick, says allowing gay troops to serve openly reflects a Marxist agenda

CNN
12/12/2024
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military, calling them part…
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Added on: 12/12/2024

Kenya blocks LGBTQ+ refugees from resettling in Canada

Erasing 76 Crimes
12/11/2024
In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas…
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Added on: 12/11/2024

Donald Trump appoints anti-trans lawyer to lead Civil Rights Division at DOJ

LGBTQ Nation
12/10/2024
Donald Trump added another strident supporter to his list of nominees for his incoming administration on Monday, announcing attorney Harmeet Dhillon, an avowed election denier and anti-woke…
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Added on: 12/10/2024

Alberta Families And Advocacy Groups Challenge Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws

The Pinnacle Gazette
12/10/2024
Legal battles are heating up over the recent legislation passed by the Alberta government, which imposes strict restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. This has…
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Added on: 12/10/2024

Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance for transgender students

Associated Press
12/09/2024
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district’s guidance for supporting transgender students. The justices, acting in…
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Added on: 12/09/2024

Hate crime charges dropped for most of the Salisbury University students who allegedly beat a man they lured to an apartment

CNN
12/08/2024
Hate crime charges have been dropped for all but three of the 15 students at Salisbury University in Maryland who police said targeted a man and lured him to…
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Added on: 12/08/2024

LGBTQ+ refugees languish as Kenyan government blocks Canadians from resettling them

National Post
12/07/2024
In a low-income neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, seven people gather in an air-conditioned home around a dinner table for a Ugandan stew of matoke bananas…
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Added on: 12/07/2024

CNN takes ‘giant leap forward’ by featuring transgender contributors on popular news shows, GLAAD says

Advocate
12/06/2024
It is not every day that transgender voices shape the national media narrative on transgender issues. Yet this week, CNN broke new ground with its coverage of…
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Added on: 12/06/2024

Target must face shareholder lawsuit over Pride backlash, US judge rules

MSN
12/05/2024
Target has failed to persuade a judge in Florida to dismiss a lawsuit that accused the retailer of deceiving shareholders after its sales of LGBTQ-themed merchandise for…
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Added on: 12/05/2024

SCOTUS conservative majority appears ready to endorse Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors

CNN
12/04/2024
The Supreme Court appeared likely to back a divisive Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for minors after more than two hours of oral arguments on Wednesday…
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Added on: 12/04/2024

Three bills affecting transgender Albertans pass debate, set to become law

The Canadian Press
12/03/2024
A trio of bills affecting transgender people in Alberta have passed the final stage of debate in the legislature and are set to become law. LGBTQ+ advocacy…
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Added on: 12/04/2024

In Supreme Court battle over transgender rights, conservatives look to an unlikely ally: Europe

Politico
12/03/2024
When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments Wednesday in a major fight over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, conservatives defending the law plan to point…
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Added on: 12/03/2024

Village People singer defends Trump’s use of ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ says song isn’t a ‘gay anthem’

NBC News
12/02/2024
“Y.M.C.A.” singer and co-writer Victor Willis of the band Village People defended President-elect Donald Trump’s use of the song Monday on Facebook. Willis denied that the disco…
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Added on: 12/02/2024

He’s the first known transgender lawyer to argue before Supreme Court. For Chase Strangio, the mission ‘is not lost on me’

CNN
12/01/2024
A single 15-minute argument in the middle of this week could change Chase Strangio’s life – and the lives of so many people like him in the…
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Added on: 11/30/2024

Trans activist Sir Lady Java fought hate and won. So can we

Out
11/29/2024
Sir Lady Java wasn’t just a trailblazer; she was my second mother. Like so many trans girls, I saw myself reflected in her strength, grace, and unapologetic…
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Added on: 11/30/2024

Italian Transgender Ex-Politician Recalls Parliament Bathroom Ban As Sarah McBride Faces Similar Fight

International Business Times
11/29/2024
Despite deadly conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and a possible trade war with China, US lawmakers still have time to argue about which toilet they…
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Added on: 11/29/2024

LGBT Activism on the Ropes: ‘No One Wants to Join That Team’

WCBM
11/28/2024
They’re so close to getting it — and yet still so far. Transgender activism appears to be going through a facelift in the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding Election Day…
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Added on: 11/27/2024

Saskatchewan Premier Faces Backlash Over Transgender Policy

The Pinnacle Gazette
11/27/2024
Recent discussions surrounding education policy in Saskatchewan have sparked significant controversy, with sharp criticism aimed at Premier Scott Moe. A proposed change room policy affecting transgender students…
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Added on: 11/27/2024

L.A. County gears up for Trump with millions in funding for immigrants, transgender residents

Los Angeles Times
11/26/2024
Gearing up for another Trump presidency, Los Angeles County supervisors will funnel millions in funding to beef up support for immigrants and transgender residents, who could be…
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Added on: 11/26/2024

Transgender lawyer makes history, takes case on puberty blockers and hormone therapy to Supreme Court

USA Today
11/25/2024
Chase Strangio surrounded himself with close friends on election night, knowing that Donald Trump might be sent back to the White House after a campaign that included…
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