Christopher Wiggins

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Maine Massacre Suspect’s Anti-Transgender, Extremist Views Emerge Amid Pleas For Gun Control

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The suspect in a Maine mass shooting, Robert Card, seems to have held extremist right-wing views, particularly against the transgender community according to social media accounts appearing to be from him. The massacre, which began on Wednesday evening shortly before 7 p.m., has left 18 dead and 13 injured, according to a briefing from the state’s Democratic governor, Janet Mills.  An arrest warrant has now been issued, charging Card, 40, with eight counts of murder, a figure expected to rise as more victims are identified. Card has retweeted far-right figures and their transphobic views, according to news sites Newsweekand Wired.  The X profile allegedly from Card […]

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Biden Champions LGBTQ+ Rights Amidst Global Challenges in Keynote Speech

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At the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner held at the Washington Convention Center on Saturday, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden passionately spoke in support of the LGBTQ+ community, emphasizing their continued commitment to combat discrimination and violence.  The occasion marked the fourth time Biden has spoken at the annual gala, but his first as president. The first lady spoke first. During her speech, she was met with chants of “Four more years!” from the audience. For more than one minute, the crowd cheered and chanted as the standing ovation continued.  Responding with gratitude, Jill Biden said, “Well, I can certainly say […]

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Meta Fails to Moderate Content from Anti-Trans Hate Group on Instagram, Watchdog Group Says

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A report released by Media Matters for America, the media watchdog group, on Tuesday, criticizes Instagram, for its alleged failure to effectively moderate content posted by the controversial anti-trans organization Gays Against Groomers.  The report, which The Advocate is reporting exclusively, highlights a series of instances where Gays Against Groomers is accused of spreading harmful rhetoric about LGBTQ+ people on the platform, clearly violating Instagram’s community guidelines against hate speech, harassment, and misinformation. One of the primary concerns raised by the report is the apparent inconsistency in Instagram’s enforcement of these content policies. While other prominent platforms, including PayPal and Google, have taken decisive action to ban Gays […]

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While LGBTQ+ Community Embraces Open Marriages, Straight Society Is Scandalized: Poll

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New Pew Research Center polling revealed a range of opinions about open marriages among Americans across various demographic groups, with the LGBTQ+ community accepting this relationship arrangement at significantly higher levels than other groups. According to the study, published Thursday, exactly half of respondents were either somewhat or entirely against open marriages, where both partners agree to pursue relationships or intimacy outside of the marriage. Thirty-seven percent of respondents considered these unions totally unacceptable, while 13 percent deemed them somewhat acceptable. Researchers also found that adults hold contrasting opinions about open marriages. Half of the respondents expressed disapproval, while 33 percent said they […]

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Transgender Woman Wins $125,000 After Settling Discrimination Suit with American Samoa

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A U.S. Justice Department lawsuit against the American Samoa Government (ASG) over allegations that the ASG unfairly treated a former employee because she was transgender has been settled. According to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, it is illegal to discriminate based on sex or gender identity at one’s workplace. In a consent decree approved by the court, ASG agreed to pay Simeonica Tuiteleleapaga $125,000 as compensation for the harassment she suffered at the hands of her supervisor during her employment at ASG, a DOJ press release said. In addition, the consent decree mandates that ASG implement comprehensive policies and procedures to address […]

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Gender-Affirming Care Access Improves Mental Health: Study

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The first randomized controlled study of its kind from Australia indicates that people with gender dysphoria who are able to access gender-affirming care and treatment are significantly more mentally well-adjusted and less suicidal when their access to care is delayed. The research was published in the American Medical Association’s open-access journal.  As part of the recently published study, 64 transgender and gender-diverse participants were randomly assigned either to receive testosterone treatment immediately or to be placed in a group that had to wait three months before receiving testosterone treatment. Those in the study were looking for masculinization.  Before the beginning of the study, both groups […]

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California Mom Blames Bullying for Gay Son’s Death

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The mother of a teenage boy who died by suicide in California is grieving publicly after his death. She says he was bullied relentlessly by kids who teased him because he was gay. In the aftermath of her son Salvador’s death, Eunice Rios posted a video on TikTok explaining her grief, San Diego NBC station KNSD reported. She said that she had hoped to shield her son from the bigotry of the world. Unfortunately, she thinks that the spitefulness of young bullies led to her son taking his life in August. “I support the gay community, always. Always. Love is love. But as […]

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California Library Gets Bomb Threat After Kicking Out Transphobic Group

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A caller used anti-LGBTQ hate speech to issue a bomb threat against a library in Davis, Calif., near Sacramento, on Monday. This forced the Mary L. Stephens Library and a nearby elementary school to evacuate.  The threat came the day after a right-wing group tried to have an event at the library that didn’t go as expected.  On Sunday, the Yolo County chapter of Moms for Liberty — an anti-civil rights, anti-LGBTQ+ organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated an anti-government extremist group — held an event attacking transgender athletes’ inclusion in sports. At the ‘Forum On Fair And Safe […]

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Queer Woman Sha’Carri Richardson Is Now Fastest Woman in the World

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In a glorious comeback after being banished from the Tokyo Olympics in 2022 for testing positive ahead of the games for THC, one of the active components of cannabis, out American runner Sha’Carri Richardson won the 100-meter world title at the World Athletics Championships in Hungary on Monday. Delighting crowds at the National Athletics Center in Budapest, Richardson ran a personal best time of 10.65 seconds, making her the fastest woman in the world. The achievement proved her personal mantra, “I’m not back. I’m better.” In the aftermath of the controversy surrounding her exit from the Tokyo games, the world champion said […]

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Minneapolis Mass Shooting Leaves Transgender Community Fearful of Further Violence

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The victim killed in a Friday shooting at a punk show in Minnesota has been identified. A gunman opened fire into a backyard venue, killing August Golden and striking six others. Minneapolis police are looking for two people who fled the area. It all happened at an outdoor music show in the backyard and garage of Nudieland, a residential performance space south of Minneapolis shortly after 10 p.m. “We believe one of the persons was being targeted by a shooter,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a press conference on Saturday. “We know two suspects ran from the scene. I can’t confirm there […]

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