Jacob Ogles

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Transgender runner sues NCAA, New York state university after being barred from tournament

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A transgender runner is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association and a New York state university for denying her a spot in a tournament. Sadie Schreiner, a runner on Rochester Institute of Technology’s track and field team during the 2023-2024 season, said she was turned away from the women’s 200-meter and 400-meter races at SUNY Geneseo’s Early Invitational in March. That was despite Schreiner having qualifying times to make her eligible to race. “As stated in the complaint, the track meet at issue was open to members of the public. SUNY Geneseo violated New York state law when it excluded Sadie because she is […]

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Florida businesses and governments take to walls and parking lots to replace rainbows DeSantis blasted away

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As Florida transportations continue a literal erasure of rainbow street art, local governments and businesses are seeking new ways to honor the LGBTQ+ population. In Delray Beach, where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration sandblasted an intersection after city officials refused to remove it themselves, City Commissioners this week brainstormed new tributes. According to a local CBS affiliate, that could include establishing an entire Pride Street, putting up murals on a city parking garage, or adding light projects on a water tower. In Orlando, where the DeSantis administration started his battle against street art by blacking out a crosswalk honoring victims of the Pulse shooting and arrestingpeople who chalked colors back in, […]

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The Heritage Foundation wants transgender people and allies designated as terrorists

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The architects of the Project 2025 agenda now want the federal government to monitor and label transgender people and those close to them as terrorists. The Heritage Foundation urged the FBI to add a new designation to its list of domestic violent extremist groups for Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism, falsely claiming violence from trans people and allies is increasing.  “TIVE is based on the belief that violence is justified against those who do not share radical views of transgender ideology. It has led to an increasing trend of TIVE domestic terrorist events across the country,” reads a release from the organization. Trans people make up less than a […]

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Texas Republicans assigned troopers to tail this out lawmaker. He dragged them to a gay bar

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Texas state troopers now follow Democratic lawmakers’ every move to ensure they vote on redistricting. So one out lawmaker led police to a Dallas drag room. Texas state Rep. Venton Jones, the Texas House Democratic Caucus whip and one of the few out lawmakers in the Lone Star State, met with fellow Democratic state Rep. Terry Meza at the Rose Room, a gay bar in Dallas’s Oak Lawn gayborhood, according to Chron. The lawmakers were there to meet with the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas, but their attendance meant dragging police escorts into the venue. “We are always happy to have Reps. Meza and @VentonJonesTX at meetings […]

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Another Florida city will defy state direction to erase Pride-themed crosswalks

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Delray Beach officials will change course and leave a Pride-themed intersection in place despite threats from Florida officials. The move comes weeks after the city and other Florida municipalities initially announced plans to remove the rainbow colors from the roadways. The Florida municipality’s city manager, Terrence Moore, initially said the road décor would be sandblasted off after the Florida Department of Transportation issued guidance calling such Pride-themed infrastructure a safety concern. The state directive followed U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy publicly asserting rainbow crosswalks were “dangerous.” But Delray Beach Commissioner Rob Long at the next meeting of the city board said such a removal […]

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Trump administration denies federal funding to Virginia schools that treat trans students with dignity

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The Trump administration will deny funding to Virginia school districts who refuse to bar trans students from restrooms matching their identity. The latest standoff follows five Virginia school districts declining to change inclusive policies allowing students to use bathrooms and locker rooms aligning with their identity. The districts — Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William — have maintained that federal law restricts discrimination against students based on gender identity, according to Washington, D.C’s NBC affiliate. But President Donald Trump in January signed an executive order targeting transgender students and banning any federal funding for schools that allow trans kids in facilities that best match […]

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Kansas police severely damage ‘Transgender House’ in standoff with murder suspect

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A famed “Transgender House” in Kansas suffered massive damage during a police standoff with a murder suspect. Images captured by local news show the landmark with shattered windows and broken entryways. The Topeka Police Department said the building, called the Mott House, was damaged after Carlos Slaughter, a homicide suspect, barricaded himself inside the house. The 51-year-old was wanted in connection to his wife’s death. Slaughter’s wife died after a house fire in Oklahoma City. Authorities found Kellie Slaughter with critical “injuries consistent with homicide,” and she was pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal. Topeka Police were informed Carlos […]

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Florida officials claim SCOTUS ruling allows them to deny trans adults health care

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Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tennessee could ban gender-affirming health care for minors, Florida officials argued the decision allows them to deny coverage to adults. In August, a federal judge ruled Florida cannot legally deny health care coverage for gender-affirming care to state employees. The state appealed that decision to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. After the June Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Skrmetti, which upheld a Tennessee law banning hormone therapy and puberty blockers only for transgender minors, appellate judges asked both sides in the Florida case if the verdict impacted arguments. Attorneys representing the state of Florida said the Skrmetti ruling opened the door to government […]

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Florida Republican official suspended for social posts mocking Pulse murder victims

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A Florida city suspended one of its council members over hateful social media posts, including one mocking victims of the Pulse shooting. Now, she has sued while alleging that some of the posts were doctored. The Groveland City Council last week suspended Councilwoman Judith Fike after nearly decade-old posts resurfaced, including one in which she wrote victims of the nearby Pulse mass shooting were killed more easily than if they had been hurled from buildings. According to The Orlando Sentinel, the post read: “‘Duh….why would the shooter target a gay club? My answer…Easier than marching them up steps to push off the roof..some […]

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600,000 same-sex couples have tied the knot since Obergefell ruling made marriage equality legal

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More than 591,000 same-sex couples tied the knot in the decade since the Obergefell v. Hodges decision made marriage equality the law of the land. That’s according to recently published research from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law that looks at the impact of the June 26, 2015, Supreme Court ruling. The academic institution figures that there are roughly 823,000 queer married couples in the U.S. today, double the number at the end of 2014, the last full year when states could bar same-sex unions. Before the court decision made clear that same-sex couples in every state had a constitutional right to wed a partner […]

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