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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Photo: White House Out White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denounced the Uganda Constitutional Court’s decision to uphold the East African nation’s Anti-Homosexuality Act. The law, which was passed in 2023, faced a constitutional challenge late last year from two law professors at Makerere University in Kampala who argued
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Tony Evers Photo: via Wikipedia Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) has vetoed a Republican-led ban on transgender high school athletes, saying that such legislation would needlessly harm the mental well-being of trans youth and make the state less safe for LGBTQ+ people. State Republicans reportedly lack the votes to override his veto. “This type of
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaking at a press conference. Photo: Screenshot The Ohio legislature banned gender-affirming care for trans minors last January, and a judge has since blocked it from going into effect while considering its constitutionality. However, a new lawsuit says the ban violates a 2011 state constitutional amendment. Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care,
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Two recently published research reports published by The Trevor Project and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) say that Black transgender youth are more likely to be suicidal and are more likely to experience discrimination from both family and their white LGBTQ+ peers. The Trevor Project survey revealed that 21% of its Black transgender, nonbinary, or
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A class action lawsuit finalized on Tuesday has mandated Colorado prisons to provide better housing options for transgender women as well as improved access to gender-affirming care. The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) will be required to implement a variety of changes, including implementing healthcare that’s more in line with established guidelines, as well as
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In a report published on Tuesday, Media Matters and GLAAD revealed that the New York Times failed to get comment from a transgender person in 66% of its stories regarding anti-transgender legislation, pointing to a lack of transgender voices in stories about topics that directly involve transgender people. The report further detailed that in 18%
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Mat Staver, head of Liberty Counsel Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr (CC 2.0 license) The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization serving LGBTQ+ youth, has been called a “deviant and abusive pedophile” group by Mat Staver, leader of the Liberty Counsel (SLPC), a Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC) designated anti-LGBTQ+ hate group that opposes any expansion of
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Oprah Winfrey accepting GLAAD’s Vanguard Award Photo: YouTube screenshot Media legend Oprah Winfrey recently spoke about her younger brother Jeffrey who died of AIDS. She spoke of him while accepting a Vanguard Award from the queer media watchdog group GLAAD. GLAAD presents the award to allies who have made a significant difference in promoting acceptance
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Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their
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Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Kerry Thomas. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s
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A bipartisan bill granting state certification for LGBTQ+ businesses in New Jersey is headed to Governor Phil Murphy’s (D) desk. He’s expected to sign the legislation, which codifies a state certification process he put into place by executive order in 2022. When signed into law, the bill will provide LGBTQ+ businesses the opportunity to win
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