The New York Police Department arrested a suspect in the stabbing death of 28-year-old O’Shae Sibley, local media and a local city council member report. Read on » A federal appeals court this week upheld a lower court’s orders allowing transgender youth in Indiana to use the school restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. Read on » Read on » Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will succeed Dr. Anthony Fauci as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and she will be the first member of the LGBTQ+ community to hold the post. Read on » The American Academy of Pediatrics on Thursday expressed its support again for gender-affirming health care for transgender minors. That is despite the fact that Republican legislators have been growing their hostility toward gender-affirming medical treatments and continue to spread misinformation about such care. Read on » Opera star David Daniels and his husband, Scott Walters, pleaded guilty Friday to the sexual assault of a young man in 2010. Read on » A lawsuit in Missouri claims that a transgender student was deprived of the right to use the girls’ restroom. She was verbally cautioned and subjected to out-of-school suspension for refusing to use the boys’ bathroom and verbally harassed by officials at Platte County High School, the lawsuit alleges. Read on » The man who sent more than 60 letters threatening violence to the Stonewall Inn and other LGBTQ+ individuals, allies, and affiliated businesses was denied a request for early release from prison. Read on » With the charges that U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith released this week, Donald Trump has now been charged with 78 counts of criminal conduct. He has pleaded not guilty to all of them, most recently in a Washington, D.C., federal courtroom Thursday to the charges involving efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Read on » Kokomo City has already made a name for itself. Read on » There’s a country music bop taking the internet and streaming services by storm because it’s got a catchy melody, but it’s the raunchy gay lyrics that make this song unique. Read on » By prohibiting Advanced Placement Psychology courses from including anything on sexuality, the College Board said Florida officials effectively will deny students access to the class. Read on » A school district in Mississippi has implemented a dress code that discriminates against transgender students. Read on » A British gay couple and their young child fleeing a fire while on vacation in Greece were denied shelter in a local house after the homeowner saw they were gay, forcing the family to stay in a hostel for those experiencing homelessness instead. Read on »
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