Molly Sprayregen

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First-of-its kind trans immigrant support center opens permanent space after years without one

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A grassroots organization supporting transgender people from South Asia (often known as Hijrah or Kinnar) has opened a physical location in San Francisco after operating for 6 years without one. Parivar Bay Area opened its brick-and-mortar doors on October 20, during Diwali. The group’s founder, Indian immigrant Anjali Rimi, was brimming with emotion when she cut the ribbon.  “I’m feeling very grateful,” she told KQED. “We have tried many times to see if we can actually have a place where we can belong, we can be ourselves. And being in this physical space, it gives us that rooting.” “It also looks at […]

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Florida asks Supreme Court to take anti-trans mom’s case. But her case may be built on lies.

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a parental rights activist who dubiously claims her child’s middle school helped her child secretly transition. She has now petitioned the Supreme Court to take her case. Twenty-one additional state attorneys general have signed the brief in support of January Littlejohn, who, in 2022, sued the Leon County School District and staff members at Deer Lake Middle School for allowing her 13-year-old child to use they/them pronouns and go by the “masculine” nickname “J” without informing her. J began exploring their gender identity during the 2020-21 school year. At […]

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Out Attorney General issues stark warning to “cowardly” hospital eliminating trans health care

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Gay Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) has issued a warning to the University of Michigan after the school’s medical center announced Monday it will no longer provide gender-affirming care to patients under 19 due to threats from the federal government. “The announcement from the University of Michigan that they will no longer provide their transgender patients with all of the healthcare options available is shameful, dangerous, and potentially illegal,” Nessel said in a statement. “This cowardly acquiescence to political pressure from this president and his administration is not what patients have come to expect from an institution that has labeled itself, ‘the leaders […]

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HHS cancels $12 million sex-ed grant after California refuses to eliminate gender identity lessons

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The federal government has ended a major grant for California sex education over the state’s refusal to eliminate trans and gender identity content from course materials. A letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) states that “the funded programs and services include gender ideology, which is outside the scope of the statute.” The letter quotes California officials’ response to its initial request it remove the material, which declared the state would “not make any such modifications at this time.”  HHS also claims that “gender ideology” is “irrelevant to teaching abstinence […]

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Inclusive church turns hateful graffiti into Pride mural: “We make beautiful things out of the dust”

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After an LGBTQ+-inclusive church in Austin, Texas, was vandalized on Thursday, the community came together to transform the act of hate into something beautiful. The vandals tore down the Pride flag at Life in the City UMC and graffitied “Pride was the 1st sin” on the front of the building. Afterward, volunteers joined the church for a “creative restoration project” to transform the graffiti into a mural featuring two Progress Pride flags flanking the church doorway. “At Life in the City, we strive to welcome those on the outside to the inside of the circle because Jesus’ greatest commandment was […]

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Trump libel lawsuit over alleged Jeffrey Epstein letter will be heard by gay Obama-appointed judge

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A gay Obama-appointed judge will preside over Donald Trump’s libel lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal over claims the president once sent an NSFW birthday card and doodle to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.  Trump is suing for $10 billion after denying he ever wrote the letter, and now Judge Darrin Gayles, who became the first out gay Black man appointed as a federal judge, has been assigned to the case.  The Senate unanimously confirmed Gayles after he was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2014. Politico pointed out he earned such widespread support for being relatively bipartisan. Two Republican governors […]

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British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reading pass in symbolic gesture of repentance

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The British Library has announced it will posthumously reinstate gay poet and playwright Oscar Wilde’s reader pass after revoking it in 1895 due to his homosexuality.  Known at the time as the British Museum Reading Room, the venue banned Wilde after he was found guilty of “gross indecency” with men and sentenced to two years of hard labor. The symbolic pass will be presented to Wilde’s grandson, Merlin Holland, at an event on October 16, Wilde’s birthday. Asked how Wilde might react to the gesture, Holland told The Guardian, “He’d probably say ‘about time’ too.” Holland, who is also a Wilde scholar, said […]

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Converse celebrates 10 years of Pride collections with powerful “Proud to Be” campaign

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Converse has long been known for its fantastic Pride collections. The iconic shoe brand has celebrated Pride Month with rainbow footwear every year since 2015. This year, the company is celebrating its 10-year anniversary of showing its Pride. “Converse has always stood with the bold, the daring, and the unapologetic,” the website says. “For our 2025 ‘Proud to Be’ celebration, we’re not looking back, we’re lighting the way forward towards a future of love and joy for everyone.”  The brand also invited members of past Pride campaigns to write love letters to their future selves.  “I know that you are somewhere creating […]

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Tim Walz shames Dems who have abandoned trans people: “We need to be the party of human dignity.”

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As the Democratic party argues over whether standing up for trans people is bad for their brand, Minnesota Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz (D) has held strong in his support for the community. During an impassioned speech at the annual California Democratic Convention over the weekend, Walz made his stance perfectly clear: “I’m just going to say it, shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus for thinking they’re going to get elected,” he said.  “That child deserves our support. Don’t worry about the pollsters calling it distractions, because we need to be the […]

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Affirming haircuts are a human right: The stylist fighting tooth & nail to upend salon gender norms

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When customers book hair appointments at Chicago’s Logan Parlor, owner Jamie DiGrazia asks only two questions: How long is your hair, and how long do you want it to be? These questions may seem simple and even quite logical, but in fact, they are quietly revolutionary.  While it’s quite common for a person’s hair length and style to deviate from gender norms, it remains standard practice in the beauty industry for pricing menus to offer women’s cuts and men’s cuts. DiGrazia says the model is both inefficient for salons as well as unfair and unaffirming for customers.  “Everyone has the […]

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