9+ hour, 28+ min ago  (152+ words) A new U. S. -wide cell phone network marketed to Christians is set to launch next week," MIT Technology Review reports. It blocks porn, which experts in network security say marks the first time a U. S. cell plan has used network-level blocking for…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (177+ words) Seth Masket: "Okay, what the hell's going on here? I haven't heard this many gay taunts since middle school. In the 80s." "Part of this is a relatively new trend in conservative politics, with many conservatives embracing a performative hyper-masculinity and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (385+ words) The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll 4-year-olds with gay or transgender parents can participate in a publicly funded state program," the New York Times reports. Every morning before the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (618+ words) The Education Department said Monday it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students," the AP reports. The decision means the department will no longer…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (829+ words) A large Pride flag was quietly removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan after a directive from the federal government, the latest step in the Trump administration's nationwide assault on diversity initiatives and the second time in less than…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (818+ words) The Department of Justice has instructed inspectors to stop evaluating prisons and jails using standards designed to protect transgender, intersex and gender-nonconforming people from sexual violence," NPR reports. If you've ever worked on a campaign, you know how fast someone…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (711+ words) The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates who feared the conservative court might be ready to revisit the…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago  (671+ words) The Supreme Court heard nearly two hours of oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais " a blockbuster case that could reshape how race can be considered in drawing congressional maps across the country. At issue is whether Louisiana's map, which includes a…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago  (733+ words) New York Times: "The review at the Food and Drug Administration began after President Trump listed aluminum in vaccines as harmful during a press briefing about the unproven link between Tylenol and autism." "Aluminum salts have been in vaccines since…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (670+ words) Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears and her conservative allies have gone all in on anti-trans messaging in the Virginia governor's race, launching more frequent attacks " and taking those attacks further " than Donald Trump's campaign did in 2024," NOTUS reports. It won't…...