A Maryland man has been charged with threatening the Human Rights Campaign, referencing the Nashville school shooting, in which the shooter was said to be transgender. Read on » As an adjunct college professor teaching media, I asked my class once if they watched 60 Minutes. Only one hand went up in a class of 19. When I asked why, one student spoke up and said that the reporters were a bunch of out of touch old people. That kid was pretty prophetic. Read on » On the historic day of the arrest and arraignment of a former U.S. president on criminal charges, a circus-like atmosphere emerged outside the Manhattan courthouse Tuesday. Two of the most controversial members of Congress couldn't resist the opportunity to appear in front of a crush of journalists and anti-Trump protesters. Read on » North Dakota legislators have failed to override Gov. Doug Burgum’s veto of a bill that would have barred teachers from using students’ preferred pronouns, but meanwhile lawmakers are advancing a raft of other anti-transgender bills, including one that would criminalize the provision of gender-affirming care. Read on » Read on » Sony has dropped a new, multiverse-bending trailer for the upcoming animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and one shot features a surprise 'Protect Trans Kids' poster. Read on » As far-right extremists nationwide target LGBTQ-inclusive events, particularly those that feature drag queens at brunch or reading to kids as part of Drag Queen Story Hour, many in the LGBTQ+ community are standing up to defend themselves. In Texas, Veterans for Equality protects members of the community. Read on » Last week Colorado state Rep. Scott Bottoms joined a right-wing podcast host to claim people are members of the LGBTQ+ community because they were groomed, suffered from mental illness, or were victims of sexual abuse. Read on » Texas Republicans on Monday backtracked and voted in opposition to a measure they had previously supported. Instead of allowing transgender kids who already receive gender-affirming care, specifically medications like puberty blockers, to continue accessing their life-saving medical treatments after a new law that will outlaw care for all minors in the state goes into effect, state senators voted to deny kids their care. Read on »
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