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Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Miller-Meeks tailgate

Saturday, September 7th, 2024

via The Gazette (Iowa)

Four protesters interrupted the event, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemning Miller-Meeks' support for Israel's war. They were removed from the event, with two being briefly detained. The annual political fundraiser celebrated Republican wins in the state.

LGBTQ+

Anti-trans violence is coming for cisgender women of color, advocates say

Saturday, August 31st, 2024

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

The anti-transgender hatred directed at Imane Khelif — and the narrow beliefs about femininity being projected onto her — are part of how anti-trans rhetoric fuels violence towards women of color, including cisgender women, experts told The 19th.

School Board – General, LGBTQ+

State Rep. Shawn Thierry switches to GOP, says Democratic Party has ‘lost its way’

Friday, August 30th, 2024

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

The Houston Democrat lost her seat amid backlash from primary voters over her support for a GOP bill barring transition-related care for minors.

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Three days at a safe place for LGBTQ kids in Texas: ‘I want to exist’

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)

For three days in June, LGBTQ children attended one of the few summer camps in Texas where they could, unapologetically, be themselves.

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Patchwork of new Title IX rules are in effect with no end in sight

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

via NM Political Report (New Mexico)

Thanks to court challenges by conservative groups and Republican-led states, six schools in New Mexico - three colleges and three K-12 - cannot implement Biden's Title IX rules to expand protections…

LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Far right spins NY abortion rights amendment as ploy to get trans kids in girls’ sports

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

via Gothamist (New York)

Supporters of the amendment worry its vague language has opened the door to misinformation.

Book Bans, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Some CT schools say they won’t meet law requiring free tampons in boys, girls, all-gender bathrooms

Sunday, August 25th, 2024

via New Haven Register (Connecticut)

Some schools are concerned about vandalism the likes of which Brookfield High School experienced when a boys tampon dispenser was destroyed.

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Drag queens take the stage to draw attention to LGBTQ+ threats, urge voter turnout

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)

The number of anti-trans bills introduced nationwide has increased every year for the last five years, according to Trans Legislative Tracker.

LGBTQ+

Not just Imane Khelif: 10 times transphobia took the spotlight from women athletes

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

via PennLive (Pennsylvania)

How transphobia and testosterone regulations in sports are hurting all women athletes

LGBTQ+

Free Market Friday: No, you’re not blind

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

via The Journal Record (Oklahoma)

A tactic increasingly used by the political left is to emphatically claim people shouldn't trust either their senses or common sense.

LGBTQ+

Letter: Get to work

Thursday, August 1st, 2024

via Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)

Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire and around our country have put forward waves of legislation that restrict trans teenagers' access to bathrooms, school sports and gender-affirming health care. Our governor recently signed legislation into law...

LGBTQ+

L.A. Times Wins Excellence in Newswriting Award from NLGJA

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

L.A. Times staff writers Kevin Rector, Howard Blume and Mackenzie Mays earned the excellence in newswriting award from the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists for their report on…

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The Teamsters saga: Power and politics and the day workers commanded the city’s streets

Sunday, July 28th, 2024

via Union Progress (Pennsylvania)

We've been thinking lately about our brothers and sisters in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The IBT is legendary. It represents a diverse collection of 1.4 million workers in both public…

LGBTQ+

UCI plays big role in national initiative to make health research more inclusive

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via OC Register (California)

The All of Us program not only includes vast information — even genetic — about nearly 1 million participants, but it also aims to build a participant pool that reflects the diversity of the countr…

LGBTQ+

Elon Musk’s estranged daughter calls out his ‘entirely fake’ claims about her childhood

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via Wisconsin State Journal (Wisconsin)

Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's estranged daughter, publicly refuted several recent anti-trans statements her Tesla CEO and X owner father has made about her.

LGBTQ+

Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via NBC Bay Area (California)

In an exclusive interview, Vivian Jenna Wilson said her father's recent statements, including that she is 'not a girl,' inspired her to speak out: 'I'm not just gonna let that slide.'

LGBTQ+

Why the trans community finds Elon Musk’s latest insults harder to ignore

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

via San Francisco Chronicle (California)

Queer and trans folk said that as much as they'd prefer to ignore Musk's words, his rhetoric is too popular and too dangerous to discount.

LGBTQ+

‘We’ve created medical refugees.’ LGBTQ+ health care workers fight for gender-affirming care amid rise in anti-trans laws

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via The Mercury News (California)

Yearly surveys of first-year medical students by the Assn. of American Medical Colleges show that the percentage identifying as transgender and gender nonconforming doubled from 0.7% in 2020 to 1.4…

LGBTQ+

‘We’ve created medical refugees.’ LGBTQ+…

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

Yearly surveys of first-year medical students by the Assn. of American Medical Colleges show that the percentage identifying as transgender and gender nonconforming doubled from 0.7% in 2020 to 1.4…

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