Molly Sprayregen

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Out civil rights warrior Rue Landau is running to make history on the Philadelphia City Council

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At just 54 years old, Rue Landau is already a living, breathing piece of LGBTQ+ history.  As a member of ACT UP during the height of the AIDS epidemic, she fought on the frontlines for better access to health care for people with HIV and AIDS. In 2014, while serving as executive director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, Landau and her wife, Kerry, became the first same-sex couple in Pennsylvania to get a marriage license.  The leaders did not acknowledge why Sims wasn’t their top choice.  Now, Landau could further embed herself in the fabric of Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ+ […]

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Neo-Nazis distribute anti-trans & antisemitic flyers across Atlanta

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Residents have been left stunned after antisemitic and anti-trans flyers were recently distributed across multiple Atlanta neighborhoods. According to Fox 5, the flyers appear to have come from a group called the Goyim Defense League, which the Anti-Defamation League describes as “a loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism” whose “goal is to cast aspersions on Jews and spread antisemitic myths and conspiracy theories.” Doctors could get up to 10 years in prison under the new law. One of the flyers said Jews are behind “the rise in transgenderism” and included photos of trans leaders superimposed with Jewish stars. The flyer also […]

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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoes 4 anti-trans bills

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On Thursday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) vetoed a slate of anti-trans bills passed by the Republican-dominated legislature.  One bill seeks to ban trans people from using bathrooms and other public facilities that align with their gender identity, and another attempts to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth. A third would ban trans students from rooming with cis students on overnight school trips, and a fourth would require trans prisoners to be housed based on their sex assigned at birth.  She was accused of using “inappropriate and uncalled-for language” while defending trans youth. In a statement on her vetoes,  Kelly […]

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Indiana bans gender-affirming care for trans youth & requires them to detransition

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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed a ban on gender-affirming care into law – and the ACLU is already suing.  The law not only prohibits trans youth from both gender-affirming medication and surgery, but it also requires youth already undergoing care to detransition. The bill’s sponsor said student-athletes physicals would be used to determine if girls are cisgender. It wasn’t clear at first whether Holcomb would support the legislation. Earlier this week, he called the bill “clear as mud” and said he wanted to clarify some of the “vagueness” before deciding whether or not to sign ACLU National and the ACLU of […]

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Woman sues Oregon for denying her application to foster kids because she’s anti-LGBTQ+

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A Christian woman is suing the state of Oregon for denying her application to foster and adopt children after she said she would not affirm any LGBTQ+ kids placed in her home. Jessica Bates, a widow and a mother of five, alleges that the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) discriminated against her religion and violated her right to free speech by requiring that foster parents affirm LGBTQ+ youth.  The most anti-LGBTQ+ gay person in Congress joined the right’s Two Minute Hate of the trans influencer. The lawsuit says that Bates “alerted the Department that she will gladly love and accept any […]

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Biden administration appeals judge’s decision that insurance companies don’t have to cover PrEP

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The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is appealing a judge’s decision to nullify a section of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires insurance companies to cover the HIV prevention drug regimen PrEP.  Last week, U.S. District Juge Reed O’Connor struck down a section of the ACA requiring coverage of certain preventive health care services, which, in addition to PrEP, includes some cancer screenings, contraception, immunizations, and more. O’Connor’s decision leaves over 150 million people vulnerable to the added costs of this care.  A coordinated effort by right-wing media and lawmakers has decimated community-based programs addressing healthcare for LGBTQ+ people in Tennessee O’Connor’s […]

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Republicans have taken away access to gender-affirming care from 22% of trans youth

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Almost 23% of trans youth in the United States have lost access to gender-affirming care.  A new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) found that of the 300,000 trans youth ages 13 through 17, there are 66,600 living in states that have passed bans on this lifesaving care. And 84,700 more trans youth (28.2%) live in states that are currently considering bans.  The state is the fourth to pass a law prohibiting trans students from using bathrooms that match their gender identity.  According to the Movement Advancement Project, there are currently eight states that fully ban gender-affirming care for minors, along […]

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Out lawmaker files bill to ban hateful foster parents

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California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) has introduced a bill designed specifically to protect LGBTQ+ youth in foster care.  S.B. 407 seeks to require that the unique needs of LGBTQ+ youth are considered when assessing the fitness of home. Under the bill, homes in which potential foster parents are not supportive of LGBTQ+ identities would be considered ineligible to foster.  “My dad grew up watching you as Wonder Woman,” the trans woman wrote. “Unfortunately he isn’t as open minded as you.” “Every child deserves to be one hundred percent supported at home,” Wiener told the Los Angeles Blade. “S.B. 407 ensures that foster […]

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Rihanna’s new Fenty ad stars out newlyweds Miss Puerto Rico & Miss Argentina

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A new ad for Rihanna’s Fenty beauty brand features Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentin, newlyweds who fell in love while competing as Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico.  The ad is for Fenty eau de parfum and depicts the couple telling their love story while embracing, holding hands, and enjoying the scent.  They tell the story of how they met at a pageant in Thailand and immediately became inseparable.  “The details, like how we like our coffee, everything kept flowing,” they say.  They call theirs a story of “beautiful friendship” and add that it has been “magical” to find one […]

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Trans woman to stand trial after video accusing her of indecent exposure goes viral

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A trans woman is facing an upcoming trial in which she has been charged with five felony counts of indecent exposure for an incident that occurred at a Los Angeles spa.  A judge recently ruled that the trial of Darren Merager can move forward after multiple witnesses testified in a pre-trial hearing that in the summer of 2021 Merager made them uncomfortable while naked in the spa’s women’s locker room due to her exposed penis.  ADVERTISING Witnesses cannot agree on whether or not Merager’s penis was erect, but the possibility that an erection took place was enough for the judge […]

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