LGBTQ Nation

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Lesbian couple brutally beaten by men who were harassing them on one woman’s birthday

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A lesbian couple in Halifax, Canada was assaulted by a group of men who were shouting homophobic slurs at them. Emma MacLean and her girlfriend, Tori, were walking down the street celebrating one of their birthdays when a group of men made a rude comment at MacLean, CTV News reports. “A group of men walking in the other direction and they made a comment to me,” said Emma MacLean. “My girlfriend, Tori, said, ‘Hey that’s my girlfriend.’ This response led to the men making explicitly homophobic remarks at the two, taunting them both. “They continued walking and then Tori followed them to […]

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Most lesbian & gay parents face negative comments about their families

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A new report by the U.K. youth charity Just Like Us has found that many schools still don’t talk openly about diverse families, resulting in what the group describes as social stigma, discrimination, and poor wellbeing for the children and parents of LGBTQ+ families. The new research independently surveyed 1,012 LGBTQ+ parents across the U.K. and interviewed families about their experiences. More than half (56%) of lesbian and gay parents face negative comments about their families, while forty-two percent of their kids have experienced remarks about having LGBTQ+ parents, according to the research. “Every parent wants to send their child to school […]

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Russian trans politician forced to detransition or get sent to psychiatric hospital

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Yulia Alyoshina, a transgender Russian politician, announced last month that they were detransitioning. In an interview published on Thursday with Novaya Gazeta Baltiya, they revealed that they were forced to undergo this detransition due to threats of being sent to a psychiatric hospital. Alyoshina, who will be referred to with they/them pronouns as it is not currently clear what English pronouns they currently prefer, had sought help from the Russian Supreme Court asking whether they had a right to exist as a transgender person. The court responded by saying it “doesn’t make decisions.” “I made posts on my Telegram channel in May and June because […]

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Protestors threatened to ruin this Idaho county’s first Pride, but the community came together

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When Tom Wheeler set out to help organize Canyon County, Idaho’s first Pride event, he envisioned a small picnic in a park in Nampa, where he volunteers at an LGBTQ+ drop-in center. It would be a small event open to everyone.  But Canyon County’s first Pride was not small and had 700 feet of six-foot-tall metal fencing and a police barricade. The event drew a crowd of thousands of people and featured food trucks, drag entertainers, and a stage.  It was also highly controversial, the mayor of Nampa said that Pride events conflicted with her beliefs, and residents of Nampa […]

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The American Library Association’s lesbian president is on a mission to protect LGBTQ+ librarians

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Emily Drabinski wants more people to pay attention to libraries. A career librarian and educator, Drabinski ran for president of the American Library Association (ALA) last year to help advance this goal. And what a year it has been.  Amid record-high book bans and numerous attempts to defund or shut down libraries across the country, Drabinski has been fighting to enhance access to books and information. And with the majority of bans targeting books with LGBTQ+ themes and characters, for her this fight is personal. “This is a year when libraries and readers and books have been challenged in many […]

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Ukraine just held its first Pride event in years despite Russia’s continued invasion

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On Sunday, LGBTQ+ Ukrainian military servicemembers held their first Pride event in three years, directly in front of the capital of Kyiv, Ukraine. Organizers described the struggles they overcame to hold these celebrations — pushing against war, anti-LGBTQ protestors, and even the rain to hold the festivities. “For security reasons, this year the number of participants was limited, as we did not publicize the time and location of the promotion,” KyivPride wrote in a post on X. “KyivPride last applied such restrictions back in 2015. Despite the fact that an action against the March took place nearby, KyivPride passed without […]

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Aly Kim & her friends have been celebrating Pride in Monterey for decades

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For Aly Kim of Monterey, California, Pride in the seaside town famous for John Steinbeck, Cannery Row, and nearby Pebble Beach in Carmel offered an added attraction in 2022: a reunion among friends more than 40 years in the making. Aly, JT, and Gwen got to know each other in 1980 before the Monterey Peninsula had a Pride celebration. The only gay bar in the area, After Dark, hosted Monterey’s first Pride event in 1993 — behind closed doors. Three years later, the LGBTQ+ community came out for a public celebration. “Monterey’s gay community leapt into the spotlight during Monterey’s Gay […]

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Doctor faces federal HIPAA charges for leaking trans kids’ medical records to rightwing activists

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Houston surgeon Eithan Haim has been indicted on four felony counts after he shared public documents revealing the private information of transgender patients – in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a federal law that protects patients’ medical privacy. Haim leaked internal documents from Texas Children’s Hospital in 2023 to conservative activist Christopher Rufo, alleging that the hospital had violated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) opinion, which called gender-affirming care “child abuse.” Haim claims that the hospital continued to provide care up until the passing of S.B. 14, a gender-affirming care ban. Related: “My client […]

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Out legislators unveil plan to stop “heartbreaking” abuse of LGBTQ+ elders nationwide

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Legislation to create a new task force to combat LGBTQ+ elder abuse has been introduced by out Rep. Angie Craig of (D-MN) and fellow Equality Caucus member Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ). Gottheimer announced the bill, dubbed the “Elder Pride Protection Act,” at an annual roundtable of North Jersey LGBTQ+ community organizations and advocates. “We know that elderly members of the LGBTQ+ community face abuse across our nation, but their voices aren’t being heard,” Gottheimer said Friday. “The reality is that organizations and government agencies aren’t tracking these heartbreaking attacks.” The bill would require the attorney general to establish a Department […]

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Trans man gets justice in workplace discrimination case after fighting for a decade

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that the federal Office of Personnel & Management (OPM) had discriminated against a transgender man who worked with the Federal Bureau of Prisons by denying him hormone replacement therapy. The ruling took over eight years. Marc Lawrence had his first experience with discrimination in 2013 and filed a complaint with the EEOC over a decade ago in May 2014.  Lawrence is currently a retiree, but he worked at the Federal Bureau of Prisons working for over almost 30 years. He received coverage through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, Blue Cross and Blue […]

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