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Liberty Counsel Has Prepared to Take Down Gay Marriage for Years. Their Biggest Attack Is Now

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Last month, it was reported that the Supreme Court will formally consider a petition for a case calling on them to overturn their 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, the historic ruling that made gay marriage legal nationwide. The petition comes from former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who has made headlines and been embroiled in legal battles since she refused to sign marriage licenses for gay couples. While Davis has been fighting against gay marriage since it was made legal, her lawyers have been doing it for longer. Davis is being represented by Liberty Counsel, a far-right Christian legal group and Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-LGBTQ hate […]

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Anti-trans GOP candidate drops out after he was caught following nonbinary adult performer online

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A GOP candidate who was caught following a nonbinary adult performer online dropped out of the race for Wisconsin governor on Friday, about a week after a local paper reported on his online activity. “As a result of our politics today, I cannot focus on the issues I know will turn Wisconsin around. I have come to the conclusion I do not have a path to the nomination,” business owner Bill Berrien said in a statement, which attacked the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel for reporting the story. “It was a major attack piece and we confirmed opposition research started in January of this year, if […]

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Missouri LGBTQ+ center receives threat but will carry on with Pride event

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The GLO Center, an LGBTQ+ community center in Springfield, Missouri, closed for the day Monday after receiving a threat of violence, but it will go on with a Pride event Saturday as planned. Executive Director Aaron Schekorra found two bullets on the ground when he opened the center Monday. “Scratched on them — there’s a word on each of them. One of them says in all caps, ‘DIE,’ and the other one says a slur for queer people, and it starts with an f, that I’d rather not repeat on the radio,” he told public radio station KCUR. “We realized that these were left — they were […]

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Slovakia passes constitutional amendment banning “gender ideology” & gay adoption

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Following a playbook from Hungary and Russia’s leaders, Slovakia’s populist government on Friday passed an illiberal ragbag of measures in a constitutional amendment that defines sex as binary, bans adoption by same-sex couples, outlaws surrogacy, and asserts the E.U. member’s “national sovereignty in cultural and ethical matters.” Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose coalition of populist, leftist, and nationalist parties has faced mounting demonstrations in the country’s capital, Bratislava, promoted the amendment as a bulwark against liberal ideology that was “spreading like cancer” in the central European state. His populist-nationalist government argued the amendment was necessary to protect “traditional values.” Fico […]

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Texas Tech chancellor directs faculty to recognize only two genders in classroom instruction

The five public universities within the Texas Tech University System must “recognize only two human sexes” in their classroom instruction, according to a memo released Thursday by the system’s chancellor.  In the memo, Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell cited a Texas law enacted this month that requires government records to only reflect someone’s “immutable” birth sex as male or female; an executive order President Donald Trump signed in January declaring that the federal government will only recognize two, unchangeable sexes; and a letter from Gov. Greg Abbott that directed state agencies to follow Trump’s order. “Therefore, while recognizing the First Amendment rights of employees in their personal capacity, faculty […]

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Court sides with ACLU and queer performers over federal trans funding restrictions

The Trump Administration has lost yet another battle with one of its most formidable foes: the arts. The right has long self-identified as the protector of free speech, except when that speech has to do with race, gender, sexuality, queerness, science, (non-Christian) religion, and anything else the Trump regime deems seditious, such as being critical of the government. Four plaintiffs — Rhode Island Latino Arts, National Queer Theater, The Theater Offensive and Theatre Communications Group — sued federal officials following the signing of an executive order which directed the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to disfavor grant applications that “promote gender […]

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Positive Images Hosts Social Saturday October 11 at the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County

Social Saturday typically happens every second Saturday of the month from 12-2pm.  These events are family-focused and open to folks of all ages.  That’s where you come in – we want to see your beautifully queer family  at our next Social Saturday! Join us on Saturday October 11th from 12-2pm at the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County for a day filled with wonder, exploration, and LGBTQIA+ community. The first 25 community members who arrive will receive free entry, per the generosity of the Museum – simply say you are with the Positive Images’ Social Saturday.  All ages are welcome during Social Saturday, however […]

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MAP Partner Report Tells a New Story of LGBTQ Youth in Their Own Words

In many ways, LGBTQ youth are just like any other youth in America: they are creative, curious people trying to grow into confident, fulfilled adults. They live in every community across the country, and they simply want to be themselves, have fun, and be free to learn who they are and work towards their dreams. Like all young people, LGBTQ youth need safety, community, and support. However, as social stigma and discrimination against LGBTQ people, especially transgender and nonbinary people, remain high in the United States, LGBTQ youth often have experiences that make their lives harder. Today, the Movement Advancement […]

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Bodies of three trans women found ‘bullet-riddled’ in Pakistan’s largest city

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The bodies of three trans women have been found dumped on the side of the road in Karachi, Pakistan. The gruesome find was made in the Memon Goth area of the city, the largest in Pakistan, on Sunday (21 September). Police spokesman Javed Ahmed Abro told the AFP news agency that the bodies were “bullet-riddled”. All three victims were shot at close range. Syed Murad Ali Shah, the provincial chief minister for Sindh, the province in which Karachi is located, said: “Transgender persons are a vulnerable segment of society and we must all give them dignity and respect.” Meanwhile, activists in the region described the […]

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Phoenix man arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up LGBTQ+ bar over Charlie Kirk killing

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Phoenix police have detained a man accused of threatening to shoot people at a local LGBTQ+ bar as revenge for Charlie Kirk‘s death. Treven Michael Gokey, 49, was arrested Wednesday on two felony counts of making a terroristic threat and using a computer to threaten, according to the police report via AZ Family, and is currently being held in the Maricopa County jail on a $250,000 bond. Officers said that Gokey threatened a shooting at Cruisin’ 7th, allegedly telling them that “Charlie Kirk was a martyr” and he ”was a martyr for Charlie Kirk.” Gokey reportedly told police during a a welfare check […]

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