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Haters Sue To Overturn Dallas LGBTQ Rights Ordinances

The Associated Press reports: Two years after state lawmakers passed a sweeping law aimed at preventing Texas cities from adopting progressive policies, that law may finally get its first major test. Three Dallas residents sued the city in Denton County District Court Wednesday to strike down dozens of local ordinances they allege violate the law, dubbed the “Death Star” law by opponents. The law made it illegal for cities and counties to enact local laws that go further than certain broad areas of state law. Some 83 ordinances could be wiped out if a judge sides with the plaintiffs. Among them […]

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Texas Supreme Court: State Judges Can Refuse To Officiate Same-Sex Weddings Over “Religious Belief”

Houston Public Media reports: Texas judges who decline to perform a wedding ceremony based on a “sincerely held religious belief” do not violate the state’s rules on judicial impartiality, according to a comment the Texas Supreme Court added to the state’s judicial conduct code Friday. The high court’s comment on Oct. 24, effective immediately, could have statewide implications for gay marriage and potentially play a role in a federal lawsuit attempting to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized gay marriage. The rule change appears to answer a question of state law that the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals […]

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Florida teacher put on leave after requesting to use gender-neutral title

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A Florida teacher has been put on leave after requesting to use the gender-neutral title Mx at work. The teacher at Alachua County Public Schools has been placed on administrative leave after requesting that students and staff address them with the title Mx. Mx is a gender-neutral title pronounced as ‘mix’ which some trans, non-binary, gender non-confirming and cis people use as an alternative to gendered honourifics like Miss, Ms, Mrs or Mr. Mx does not indicate a person’s gender. The state’s attorney general James Uthmeier accused the teacher of violating Florida House Bill 1069, which was signed into law […]

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This 21-Year-Old Is Investigating Online Extremism and Anti-LGBTQ Hate

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As the internet becomes an increasingly powerful incubator for extremist ideas, young men are finding themselves drawn into online ecosystems that blur the lines between memes, masculinity and hate. Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than left-wing or Islamist extremists, and studiesindicate that right-wing extremist violence has been responsible for approximately 75% to 80% of U.S. domestic terrorism fatalities since 2001. In 2025, online radicalization has become more hidden and widespread, with extremists using encrypted apps, gaming communities and private chatrooms to recruit and groom young people. These platforms make it increasingly difficult to detect or intervene, allowing hate-filled and […]

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Harvard Medical School delays transgender health care course after conservative outlet questions fee waivers

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Harvard Medical School dropped a course off its schedule after a conservative media outlet questioned fee waivers for trans students. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate’s email newsletter. The online three-day class, “Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health: A Core Course for the Whole Care Team,” had originally been scheduled from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2, but The Harvard Crimson reported the Fenway Institute-developed course had been postponed. That came after the National Review contacted the university and questioned how it could legally waive $650 fees for transgender and gender-diverse participants. The outlet said rather than providing an answer to the query, […]

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The hidden story of how a gay immigrant started the nation’s first battle over same-sex marriage

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During a 1971 Cinco De Mayo event at the Los Angeles gay bar The Closet, Richard Adams (a Filipino-American citizen) met Tony Sullivan (an Australian immigrant). The two began dating and fell in love. But because Sullivan entered the U.S. under a tourist visa, he wasn’t legally allowed to stay long-term. So, in 1975, in Boulder, Colorado, the two men married. At the time, Boulder County Clerk Clela Rorex issued six same-sex marriage licenses with the local state attorney’s understanding that, because the state’s marriage law only specified “any two persons,” it didn’t explicitly forbid same-sex unions. State Attorney General J.D. […]

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Inaugural Black Queer Visionaries Summit Charts Path To Safety and Liberation for LGBTQ Southerners

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It may come as a surprise to people living outside of the U.S. South that the majority of LGBTQ Americans reside in this region. Ask any LGBTQ person living in the coastal U.S. their thoughts about the experiences of queer people living in deep red states like Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, and their reaction is likely to be a combination of fear and sympathy. Sure, some queer people flee the South for more politically and socially progressive states. Then some remain and commit themselves to creating a future that is welcoming and affirming of all people, especially Black queer folks who still […]

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He escaped anti-gay violence by coming to the US. Now he faces deportation for using the bathroom.

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An asylum-seeker who fled anti-LGBTQ+ persecution in Ecuador is now in ICE custody after being arrested as part of a controversial undercover operation targeting men who were allegedly cruising at New York City’s Penn Station. The man, identified only as Isrrael, told Gothamist this week that he believes federal Amtrak police targeted him because of his appearance and mannerisms. According to the outlet, which, along with nonprofit news website The City, first reported on the Amtrak Police Department’s sting operation last month, Isrrael was on his way to meet a real estate broker in July when he entered a Penn Station men’s room. In a […]

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Trump’s DOE will make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness

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Donald Trump‘s Department of Education has unveiled a new policy that will make workers of LGBTQ+ nonprofits ineligible for student loan forgiveness. The department will publish a rule tomorrow in the Federal Register that would allow the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, to disqualify government and nonprofit employers that do not align the Trump administration’s agenda from participating in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. While no specific organizations have yet been named publicly as ineligible for PSLF under the rule, LGBTQ+ organizations operating as 501(c)(3) nonprofits are likely to be targeted. Even large legal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union or Lambda Legal working […]

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He fled Iraq after he was jailed for being gay. Now Donald Trump is making his life hell.

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Throughout Ali’s childhood in Iraq, he was repeatedly bullied by students and teachers for what he described as his feminine behavior. During his pre-teen and teenage years, men sexually assaulted him, but he couldn’t report it to the police for fear that he’d be thrown into jail for years since Iraq has criminalized homosexuality. Ali was afraid to come out or talk about these assaults to his family. Although he wasn’t sure if his father knew he was gay, his dad knew other LGBTQ+ people from his travels abroad for work. His father used to tell him, “One day, we’re […]

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