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House Republicans push bill forcing states to stop acknowledging trans people in schools
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (817+ words) The "don't say trans" measure would shift power from states to Washington by conditioning education funding on limits to transgender-related content. Republican Rep. Mary Miller, from Illinois, is trying to force states to get rid of transgender-related content in schools....
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1+ hour, 21+ min ago (291+ words) A TV judge is going viral for her response to a homophobic father who sued his gay son for conversion therapy costs. Judge Eboni K. Williams' moving speech to the young man has racked up millions of views. Plus: Boston University…...
20+ powerful historic images of queer & feminist resistance
10+ hour, 52+ min ago (436+ words) In this excerpt from Ni De Aqui, Ni De Alla: A Soul Suspended Between Two Worlds, memoirist Jorge Xolalpa shares his family's journey moving to the U. S. as undocumented immigrants. Judge Eboni K. Williams put the bigoted father on blast in a…...
Boston University removed Pride flags. Backlash forced its president to back off
18+ hour, 35+ min ago (1110+ words) President Melissa Gilliam called it a "pause," not a reversal, after backlash spread across campus. Boston University students and faculty rally outside the John and Kathryn Silber Administrative Center on April 2, 2026, calling on the university to reconsider a signage policy…...
Transgender Latina beaten outside Washington LGBTQ+ bar after helping man recalls attack
15+ hour, 8+ min ago (690+ words) She says she was helping a stranger when the encounter turned physical. Lillith Barraza Garcia was attacked outside an LGBTQ+ bar in Washington. Cameryn Lovett says she was responding to a student's anti-gay remarks when the district gave her an…...
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19+ hour, 42+ min ago (15+ words) Georgia educator says she was forced to resign after telling student she's gay'Advocate. com...
Ohio teacher sues over removal of "Hate Has No Home Here" poster
20+ hour, 28+ min ago (1074+ words) A teacher in Little Miami had the poster that celebrated diverse identities up for nearly four years before LGBTQ+ flags caused an uproar. A teacher in Ohio is suing for the removal of a sign that read "hate has no…...
Texas wants Bibles in public classrooms as another way to bully, harm, and exclude LGBTQ+ kids
15+ hour, 50+ min ago (1386+ words) What's framed as literacy is a roadmap to marginalize LGBTQ+ students and erode secular education, writes John Casey. Sara Gaitan, an HISD student, addresses the Houston ISD school board during a meeting at the Hattie Mae White Building in Houston…...
Idaho said no Pride flags permitted. Boise said watch this
17+ hour, 52+ min ago (781+ words) A new Republican state law restricts Pride flags, but the capital city is finding other ways to show it stands with LGBTQ+ residents. Boise City Hall installed a pro-LGBTQ+ art installation after the state government banned Pride flags. "The art…...
These anti-LGBTQ+ Georgia Republicans did drag themselves, unearthed photos show
22+ hour, 39+ min ago (882+ words) Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins. The GLAAD spokesperson added, "Recent attacks on family-friendly drag shows and performers are a baseless distraction from real action that will help families, like affordability and health care. Rep. Collins and Rep. Carter should…...