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On Trans Day of Visibility, Supreme Court sides with conversion therapy
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (537+ words) Demonstrators with Human Rights Campaign stand outside as the United States Supreme Court is set to hear free speech challenge to a ban on conversion therapy, on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via…...
The ugly history behind the Olympics’ new gender test
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (1014+ words) South African runner Caster Semenya, shown here after a 2009 race, has blasted the IOC for its new gender testing policy. I spoke with Waters about his book, the history of sex testing in international sports, and how the IOC's latest…...
Violent. Anti-abortion. Anti-trans. Posts from Trump’s new DHS pick preview more of the same.
4+ week, 17+ hour ago (351+ words) Markwayne Mullin talks with reporters outside the US Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him to be Department of Homeland Security secretary to replace Kristi Noem on Thursday, March 5, 2026.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Sen. Markwayne Mullin of…...
A New Film Explores the Not-So-Distant History of Gay Cruising Arrests
4+ week, 2+ day ago (563+ words) Among the 200 arrested last summer, at least 20 of the men were taken into ICE custody, the Gothamist reported. New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal told Out the arrests were "a rather frightening callback to a period that we thought had…...
"They want me to hide or leave or disappear"
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (882+ words) Protesters in Manhattan, Kansas, gather in Triangle Park on Saturday, along with 16 other cities across Kansas, to support the transgender and nonbinary community.Luke Townsend/ZUMA Avery Rowland starts almost all of her days by posting a TikTok video beginning…...
The Supreme Court looks likely to OK banning transgender athletes from school sports
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (215+ words) Justice Kavanaugh called sports a "zero-sum game" where trans players inevitably cost cis players. "In terms of Bostock, I understand that to say that discrimination on the basis of transgender status is discrimination on the basis of sex," Roberts said…...
The kitchen helping trans New Yorkers celebrate the holidays
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (260+ words) Qween Jean (she/her) performs for guests during the TransGiving feast.Madison Swart On the evening before TransGiving, rain poured relentlessly outside the kitchen. Despite the weather, inside the building'with an unassuming brick exterior and a Black Lives Matter sign'volunteers…...
A federal judge nominee said disabled people shouldn’t be wed. In fact, many can’t.
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (484+ words) The deadline's almost here!Fierce, investigative journalism doesn't happen by accident'it happens because readers like you make it possible. Every dollar you give before midnight Friday to support our nonprofit newsroom will be matched dollar-for-dollar. We can't do our work…...
This queen raised a million bucks for charity by hiking 100 miles in drag
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (517+ words) This story was originally published by the Guardian'and is reproduced here as part of the'Climate Desk'collaboration. Pattie Gonia, the drag queen and environmentalist, arrived in'San Francisco'on Friday afternoon and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge with $1 million more than when she…...
Congress moves to ban trans women from military academy sports
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (475+ words) A view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C.Graeme Sloan/SIPA USA/AP On Sunday, US lawmakers released the annual defense policy bill authorizing a record $901 billion in national defense spending in 2026. The bill was somehow $8 billion more than President…...