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Here’s how queer couples can protect their marriage under a new Trump administration

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Some same-sex couples are worried about the status of their marriages under a new Donald Trump administration. Legal and financial experts don’t see an immediate threat to marriage equality, but they recommend some safeguards to put in place. Trump has gone from supporting domestic partnerships for same-sex couples instead of equal marriage rights (in 2000, a common view at the time) to saying marriage should be left to the states to saying marriage equality is settled law.The kind of allies he has in Congress and those he’s appointing to his Cabinet and is likely to appoint to the Supreme Court if he has a chance aren’t exactly […]

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LGBTQ+ youth group sounds alarm over Linda McMahon nomination, foresees education rollbacks under Trump

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President-elect Donald Trump has been nominating controversial people to his second-term cabinet and it hasn’t been pretty. GLSEN, an organization that advocates for safe and inclusive schools for LGBTQ+ youth, has strongly criticized Trump’s nomination of former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon as secretary of education. The nomination, announced earlier this week, was met with widespread concern from LGBTQ+ advocates and educators who fear it signals a rollback of Title IX protections and other federal policies supporting marginalized students. In a press release, GLSEN executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers condemned the nomination, citing McMahon’s lack of educational experience and loyalty to Trump’s political agenda as deeply troubling. “Donald […]

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Tulsi Gabbard’s ties to anti-LGBTQ+ “cult” draw scrutiny after National Intelligence pick

Since being named President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is facing new scrutiny for her ties to an alleged cult. As The Daily Beast notes, Gabbard became the first practicing Hindu member of Congress when she was elected to represent Hawaii’s 2nd district in 2013. But she is also reportedly connected to a fringe off-shoot of the Hare Krishna movement known as the Science of Identity Foundation. As The New Yorkernoted in a 2017 profile, Gabbard’s parents “joined the circle of disciples” surrounding the group’s founder, Chris Butler, when the family moved to Hawaii in […]

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Lambda Legal Needs Your Support to Protect Our Community During the Second Trump Administration

Recently, we hosted a national call to share Lambda Legal’s Four-Point plan to confront what we expect from a second Trump Administration. If you missed it, you can watch the recording here. In short – Lambda Legal has been preparing for this possibility. We know how to fight this fight and we know how to win. While we may not win every fight, I promise you this: we will fight and we will fight hard. We have launched an Emergency Response Fund – and we urgently need to raise $1 million in new funds before December 31st to kick-start our efforts. Will you make a gift today? […]

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Texts threatening deportation and ‘re-education’ for gays stoke both fear and defiance

Latino teenagers in Georgia getting texts saying they are “set to be deported” by immigration authorities. A lesbian business owner receiving messages telling her she’s been assigned to an “LGB re-education camp” in Las Vegas. Immigrant families afraid to report the text messages to authorities. Members of the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities are being targeted with these kinds of disturbing text messages by people hiding behind anonymous phone numbers. Soon after Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, the FBI and the Department of Justice started receiving numerous reports of racist text messages being sent to Black Americans, telling them they had been selected to […]

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Keith Haring & Betty White get the “forever” treatment with new stamps

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The United States Postal Service shared good news on Friday with an announcement they’ll be honoring two LGBTQ+ icons with stamps in 2025: Keith Haring and Betty White. “This early glimpse into our 2025 stamp program demonstrates our commitment to providing a diverse range of subjects and designs for both philatelists and stamp enthusiasts,” said Lisa Bobb-Semple, Stamp Services director for USPS, where “diversity” will no doubt be under fire under the incoming administration. Enjoy it while it lasts — with a “forever” stamp. Keith Haring shot to fame in the 1980s with his iconic, graffiti-inspired drawings that became an instantly […]

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LGBTQ+ young adults are experiencing depression en masse

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A new study has found that LGBTQ+ higher education students are more than three times as likely to have depression than their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts. Published in the Journal of American College Health, the study examined data from almost 500,000 respondents to the annual Healthy Minds Study, which tracked mental health in full-time students ages 18 to 35 from 2007 to 2022. “Our findings highlight a growing mental health crisis among LGBTQIA+ students that demands immediate attention,” says David Pagliaccio of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. “Academic institutions need to take urgent and proactive steps to address these alarming rises in depression that […]

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Donald Trump’s deportation blitz is coming but advocates are ready to fight him

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President-elect Donald Trump has promised to begin his new term by starting “the largest deportation program in American history,” aiming to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. But Aaron Morris — executive director of Immigration Equality, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting LGBTQ+ immigrants through legal services and litigation — has said it’s already preparing to combat Trump’s plans. “Unfortunately, we have survived and thrived through a previous Trump administration, so there are certain expectations that we will have, and steps he will take, that will hurt both immigrant communities at large and also target LGBTQ immigrants,” Morris told Gay City News. “We are […]

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Democrats celebrate LGBTQ+ gains & promise to stand up for trans rights after rough election

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The 2024 election was a tough pill to swallow for Democrats, especially LGBTQ+ Americans. With former President Donald Trump back in the White House as of January 20, 2025, four years after he staged an insurrection against the U.S. government, the road ahead looks daunting. Yet, amid the dark days ahead, Democratic leaders are holding firm on their commitment to equality. In an election cycle that saw an increase in anti-trans attacks and increased LGBTQ+ representation, figures like gay New York U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres and lesbian Vermont U.S. Rep. Becca Balint are making it clear: the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, especially trans rights, is far from over. Fresh off […]

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Despite Republican rhetoric, marriage equality wins big at the ballot box

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Voters in California, Colorado, and Hawaii approved ballot measures amending their constitutions to remove language banning marriage equality by significant margins on Tuesday. In California, Proposition 3, Constitutional Right to Marriage, amends the California Constitution to remove language stating that marriage exists only between men and women. Prop. 3 leads by 61.1 percent to 38.9 percent, with over 95 percent of the estimated vote counted. In Colorado, Measure J removes the language “Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state” from the Colorado Constitution. Measure J passed with over 63 percent of the vote, Colorado […]

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