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GOP holds "free speech" hearing that devolves into anti-trans ideology while ignoring ICE abuses
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (939+ words) While Minnesota is under siege, they brought in trans-bashing Graham Linehan to whine about losing work in the UK. Republicans held a hearing on Wednesday about Europe's free speech laws, featuring trans-bashing failed Irish TV writer Graham Linehan whining about…...
How to cover Donald Trump's failing mental health
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (613+ words) This article is offered exclusively to members, those who contribute monthly or annually to LGBTQ Nation. Already a member? Log in. A veteran online reporter, Alex Bollinger has been covering LGBTQ+ news since the Bush administration. He's now the editor-in-chief…...
California sues a hospital for ending trans youth care. It could be a game changer.
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (956+ words) The state's attorney general is using a pretty clever tactic to keep Donald Trump from interfering in the case. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) is suing a hospital for ending its youth gender-affirming care program using a strategy that legal…...
The surprising way a professor & her students are preserving centuries of LGBTQ+ history
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (1396+ words) Professor Juana Mar'a Rodr'guez is fighting fire with fact. And she's bringing receipts. In a world overrun by fake news, Professor Juana Mar'a Rodr'guez is unflinchingly committed to facts. Since 2016, the University of California, Berkeley professor has mobilized students to…...
She was fired for acknowledging trans people exist. Now she's fighting back.
21+ hour, 20+ min ago (787+ words) There's no satisfaction in doing this, only sadness." Melissa McCoul, the now-former Texas A&M University lecturer who was fired for teaching that transgender people exist, filed a federal lawsuit against the university on Tuesday. McCoul alleges that university administrators…...
Trans & cis women have comparable athletic ability, major study finds
23+ hour, 50+ min ago (1040+ words) The study found that while trans women have some more lean mass than cis women, that didn't translate into a strength advantage. A major analysis published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that, after one to three years…...
Former Justice Anthony Kennedy shares the one reason his landmark marriage decision should stay
1+ day, 50+ min ago (1043+ words) Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says it's not for him to know whether his series of landmark rulings on LGBTQ+ rights will remain in place. "We'll see," he told ABC News in an interview promoting his new memoir. "That's…...
University ends Women’s & Gender Studies program because it's too "woke"
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (916+ words) One professor says Texas A&M University's board of regents is uninterested in students' academic freedom. Texas A&M University has ended its Women's & Gender Studies program in the wake of a recent policy change limiting discussions of race, gender…...
Federal court rules that Christian teacher has to follow the rules & use trans kids' pronouns
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (867+ words) She claimed a First Amendment right to misgender trans kids because of "her Christian religion and the Holy Bible." A federal appeals court has ruled that a Maryland school district's trans-affirming policy on student names and pronouns does not violate…...
GOP lawmakers pass "most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bill" as protestors explained how it's unworkable
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1026+ words) Opponents said that the bill will increase the bullying of trans youth while supporters of the bill complained about expressions like "birthing people." A bill that is being called the "most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bill" in Indiana was passed by the…...