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The Trump administration is excluding The Trevor Project from the 988 service it helped create

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Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced plans to restore a specialized LGBTQ+ option for young people who use the national 988 crisis intervention hotline. But the organization that created and helped manage “Press 3,” The Trevor Project, may now be shut out of the revived service, ABC News reported Friday. “Press 3” was added to the intervention service in 2022 by The Trevor Project, which gave 988 callers the option to reach counselors specially trained to work with LGBTQ+ youth in crisis by entering the number 3. Users could also text “PRIDE” to access care or participate in online chats. Stay up to […]

Maine refuses to comply with DOJ subpoena for trans prisoner’s confidential records

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Maine is fighting a Justice Department subpoena seeking confidential prison records involving a transgender woman housed in a women’s correctional facility. The Maine Attorney General’s Office filed a motion Monday in federal court saying the state prison system cannot turn over the records without a judge’s order because Maine law treats inmate medical, administrative and investigative records as confidential, according to the Portland Press Herald. The records sought by the federal government include information related to Andrea Balcer, a transgender woman incarcerated at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your […]

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‘It’s coming from the top’: Trump’s EEOC abandons trans man’s workplace discrimination case

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Flint Del Sol thought the government might tell him no. He did not expect it to say the quiet part in writing. For nearly three years, Del Sol, an educator and author, had been pursuing a workplace discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against his former employer, a Southern California school district where he taught for more than a decade. As a transgender man, he says he filed the complaint after years of threats, scrutiny, and what he described as discriminatory treatment tied to his transition and his advocacy for LGBTQ+ students. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ […]

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Ohio pastor who called LGBTQ+ books a ‘health risk’ sentenced for child sex crimes

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Silas Shelton, a church pastor from Clinton County, Ohio, was sentenced to prison Monday for sex crimes against a child that occurred in 2019. He was arrested in October of last year and charged with multiple felonies. Supporters of both the victim and Shelton filled the courtroom, anxiously anticipating the judge’s ruling, as reported by local tri-state CBS affiliate WKRC. However, statements by Shelton’s supporters and his attorney claiming he was a good family man and a pillar of the community didn’t carry much weight with Judge Andrew McCoy, who ultimately imposed the maximum sentence. Stay up to date with the latest […]

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Pete Buttigieg was separated from his children after false CPS report targeted his family

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Pete Buttigieg said Friday that an anonymous child protective services allegation brought police and a Child Protective Services worker to his family’s home this week, forced his 4-year-old twins into forensic interviews, and left him briefly separated from them before authorities concluded the report was false. In a deeply personal Substack post titled “A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family,” the former transportation secretary described the incident as a “cruel, politically motivated hoax” that invaded his home, frightened his family, and pulled his children into the brutal machinery of American politics. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with […]

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Oregon Pride march canceled after organizers say police wouldn’t protect eventgoers

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Organizers of a Pride march in Oregon have canceled the event, citing concerns about violence, distrust of police, and what they described as a lack of support from law enforcement. Organizers of a Pride march in Oregon canceled amid concerns about violence and a lack of support from police. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. Eugene/Springfield Pride organizers announced a rally and march originally scheduled for Saturday will not go forward, though the group’s festival at the Lane Events Center will proceed. Organizers said they canceled the rally and […]

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Kansas anti-trans law forced her license to say male. Then a cop questioned it and she was charged

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Kansas has dropped charges against a transgender woman who faced jail time for driving with a license that she had been forced by state law to use. Kris Ripper, a trans woman, told Transitics that she was pulled over on May 5 while driving home from work in the rain after her car’s headlights automatically turned off. The officer, she said, questioned whether her license was real because it identified her as male. Ripper had changed the gender marker on her license March 25 to comply with Senate Bill 244, a draconian anti-trans law enacted in Kansas. But she later received a notice for failure to appear for an […]

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Gay Jewish lawmaker running to replace Nancy Pelosi chased from San Francisco Trans March

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California state Sen. Scott Wiener says he was harassed, threatened, and physically intimidated at San Francisco’s Trans March on Friday, forcing the out gay Jewish lawmaker to leave one of the country’s most important transgenderPride gatherings in a city that has long imagined itself as a refuge. Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco and is running for the congressional seat long held by retiring House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, said in a statement posted to Instagram that two incidents this week showed how easily political anger can curdle into something more menacing. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a […]

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Republican states join Trump FTC in lawsuit against world’s leading transgender health care group

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The Trump administration opened a new legal front against transgenderhealthcare on Wednesday, suing the world’s leading transgender health organization and accusing it of misleading families, doctors, and insurers about gender-affirming care for minors. The Federal Trade Commission, joined by the attorneys general of Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas, filed the lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health in federal court in Texas. The complaint alleges that WPATH made deceptive or unsubstantiated claims about the safety, effectiveness, medical necessity, and evidence base for puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries for young people. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five […]

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Gilbert Baker’s original Pride flag takes a trip to Ireland

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In 1978, artist and activist Gilbert Baker designed the original rainbow flag — which remains the basis for all modern variations of the famous Pride symbol. The first flag, hand-stitched and dyed by Gilbert and a handful of friends and volunteers, was unveiled at San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade that same year. Baker’s rainbow flag is now making a historic journey across the Atlantic Ocean, where it will be on loan to the city of Cork, Ireland, for four months. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five […]

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