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Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles bans trans folk from changing gender on ID

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The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles will no longer accept court orders or medical documentations recognising transgender residents’ gender changes, effectively banning trans people from changing their gender markers on state ID. The change was announced in a small post on the BMV’s website on 9 February and went into effect on 12 February, meaning people had just three days to act. In a statement released on 9 February, LGBTQ+ advocacy group Indiana Youth Group said: “Denying people the ability to update the gender marker on their identification is not only discriminatory; it is dangerous. In an increasingly hostile climate, […]

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When feminists feared the ‘lavender menace’ of lesbians — and how those lesbians fought back

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, second-wave feminism, a.k.a. women’s liberation, was gathering steam, but it still didn’t have widespread support. Many Americans wondered why feminists would protest the revered Miss America pageant, as they did in 1968. “Women’s lib” was a punch line for comedians, and TV shows often presented feminist characters in a negative light. Amid all this, some feminist leaders were worried that their movement would have an image problem because of the presence of … lesbians. Betty Friedan was one of the feminists particularly worried about lesbians. Friedan authored The Feminine Mystique, a 1963 book that revealed the dissatisfaction many […]

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TN Advances Bills To Legalize Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

Nashville’s NPR affiliate reports: Tennessee lawmakers have advanced a host of anti-LGBTQ bills that would run counter to U.S. Supreme Court precedent. Two measures, both proposed by Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Franklin, would challenge landmark cases that legalized same-sex marriage and established protections for discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, questioned the legality to going against Bostock v. Clayton County, which established that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Tom Lee, member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Pride Chamber, spoke against the bill, arguing that it could allow […]

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New York City Council advances resolution opposing Stonewall Pride flag removal

The New York City Council has advanced a resolution urging Congress to protect LGBTQ history at Stonewall National Monument after the Trump administration ordered Pride flags to be removed from the site. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. Resolution 269 passed the council’s cultural affairs committee 6-0 on Wednesday morning, and now awaits consideration from the full chamber. Lead sponsor Chi Ossé told The Advocate that the resolution marks a step toward combating President Donald Trump’s anti-LGBTQ agenda. “These attacks that we’re seeing on LGBTQ history [are] … […]

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The Trump Administration’s Takedown of a Pride Flag at Stonewall is One Small Beat of Its LGBTQ Erasure

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Last week, the Trump administration removed a large Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, which sits adjacent to The Stonewall Inn—the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. “Under government-wide guidance … only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions,” a spokesperson for the National Park Service told Gay City News. “Any changes to flag displays are made to ensure consistency with that guidance.” The news went viral and sparked outrage both online and in person: Bravo TV host and executive producer Andy Cohen wrote in the comments of an Uncloseted Media post: […]

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DOJ Investigates MI Schools Over “LGBTQ Content”

Lansing’s NBC affiliate reports: Three Michigan school districts, including Lansing, are under investigation by the Department of Justice for instructions and policies related to LGBTQ individuals. The DOJ announced Wednesday it is investigating the Lansing, Detroit Public, and Godfrey-Lee Public school districts to “determine whether have included sexual orientation and gender ideology (SOGI) content in any class for grades pre-K-12.” “This Department of Justice is fiercely committed to ending the growing trend of local school authorities embedding sexuality and gender ideology in every aspect of public education,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon. “Supreme Court precedent is clear: parents have […]

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Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump

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A library in rural Alaska needed help providing free Wi-Fi and getting kids to read. A children’s museum in Washington wanted to expand its Little Science Lab. And a World War I museum in Missouri had a raft of historic documents it needed to digitize. They received funding from a little-known federal agency before the Trump administration unsuccessfully tried to dismantle it last year. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle. But this time, it has unusually specific criteria. In cover letters accompanying the applications, the institute said it “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald […]

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Civil Rights Groups Sue Trump Over Flag At Stonewall

Gothamist reports: Civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration after the National Park Service removed the official Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village. The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges the removal violates multiple federal laws and policies governing historic preservation and management of national monuments. The suit, which was filed by the Gilbert Baker Foundation, Equality New York, Village Preservation and an individual plaintiff, asks a judge to vacate the removal decision and order the federal government to restore the official, NPS-sanctioned Pride flag. The […]

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Evil Homo: Daily Mail Catalogs “Downfall” Of Richard Grenell

The Daily Mail reports: Richard Grenell worked years to climb through MAGA’s cut-throat ranks, remarkably scrapping his way into leading the nation’s premiere intelligence apparatus in 2020. Six years later, at the peak of Donald Trump’s power, he finds himself running a theater – and now even that job is being put on ice. Grenell’s career trajectory took another sharp turn this month when Trump announced plans to shutter the Kennedy Center for a massive two-year construction project. Branded ‘a ruthlessly ambitious asshole,’ by two former colleagues, Grenell’s sharp elbows and short temper have finally caught up with him, as he’s been […]

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Trump excludes the only gay man and Black governors from White House dinner

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After announcing that he will only host Republicans during the annual presidential meeting with governors, Donald Trump has excluded the only out gay man and only Black governors from the following dinner event.  Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore have not been invited to the White House dinner with the National Governors Association, which Moore is a vice chair of. The decision comes seemingly for no reason — other than the obvious.  Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “It’s not lost on me that I’m the only Black governor […]

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