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$360, 000 and Counting: School Districts Are Spending Big Bucks to Fight Anti-Trans Lawsuits
1+ week, 1+ day ago (998+ words) This story was produced in partnership with the Chicago Sun-Times, a nonprofit newspaper. Editor's note: This article includes mention of suicide and self-harm. If you are having thoughts of suicide or are concerned that someone you know may be, resources…...
It's Pride. Journalism and The LGBTQ Community Are Under Attack. Help Us Fight Back
1+ week, 6+ day ago (688+ words) Happy, happy Pride Month to everyone on here. Pride is absolutely a time to party'some of my fondest memories are of bopping around Toronto's village as a teenager. Yes, the drag queens and go-go dancers were fascinating" but I was…...
Canadian Porn Star Milo Miles Was Banned From the US for 10 Years. Now, He's Speaking Out [WATCH]
2+ week, 1+ day ago (793+ words) UNCLOSETED, with Spencer Macnaughton" is a new podcast by Uncloseted Media, an investigative LGBTQ-focused nonprofit news publication. Follow and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You Tube // Spotify // Apple Milo Miles, a Toronto-based adult film actor, was recently banned from…...
Days 366-500: Trump's Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues
3+ week, 1+ day ago (962+ words) Editor's note: Trump's 500th day in office is June 3. This article will be amended if he makes any additional LGBTQ-focused news before then. Roughly a dozen federal agents arrest Don Lemon, a gay, Black journalist, at a hotel in Los Angeles…...
'F*cking Ridiculous': Why a Gay Kentucky Middle Schooler's Graduation Speech Went Viral
3+ week, 6+ day ago (665+ words) This school is built on racism, sexism, and homophobia. I encourage everyone here today to stand up for yourself, even if it makes [a] scene. This school is fucking ridiculous," eighth-grader Daniel Mattingly said in his graduation speech on May…...
Focus on the Family's Complete Track Record of Anti-LGBTQ Hate
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1664+ words) James Dobson publishes Dare to Discipline, a book that recommends corporal punishment as a way to discipline poorly behaved children, writing: "Pain is a marvelous purifier. " It is not necessary to beat the child into submission; a little bit of…...
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow: We Need Media to Fight "Homophobic Bullshit"
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (780+ words) Canada, we are well-known to build equality, caring, and we stand up for each other, and that is so special," Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow told a room of over 100 prominent Canadian queer people and allies last Tuesday at Uncloseted Media's…...
For the Parents of Intersex Kids, Deciding how to Proceed Isn't Easy
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1592+ words) Editor's note: To protect Zebb's privacy, this story uses pseudonyms for him and his parents. In the fall of 2023, Cindy Howard was in a hospital bed recovering from a cesarean section. While the birth had gone smoothly, the pregnancy itself…...
Our Journalist Spoke to Four Trans Foster Kids Who All Attempted Suicide. Why? [WATCH]
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1137+ words) UNCLOSETED, with Spencer Macnaughton" is a new podcast by Uncloseted Media, an investigative LGBTQ-focused nonprofit news publication. Follow and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You Tube // Spotify // Apple LGBTQ kids make up a third of the American foster care…...
America's Broken Pipeline of Mental Healthcare for Trans Youth
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1769+ words) Editor's note: This article includes mention of suicide and contains details about those who have attempted to take their own lives. If you are having thoughts of suicide or are concerned that someone you know may be, resources are available…...