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Judge orders city council reinstate member who praised Pulse shooter for targeting gay people

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The Florida woman who was thrown off a small-town city council by her colleagues for racist and homophobic tweets has been reinstated by a local judge. Judi Fike was kicked off the Groveland City Council after her history of obscene and offensive social media posts was uncovered and published in a local paperahead of a city council primary. Fike was appointed to her seat last year and is running for a full term. She called publication of the story a timed “political attack” just weeks ahead of her August primary. Circuit Judge Dan Mosely issued a temporary injunction on the city, reinstating Fike […]

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Judge Halts Mississippi’s New Anti-DEI Education Law

Mississippi Today reports: A federal judge has temporarily paused enforcement of the state law that prohibits diversity, equity and inclusion programs from Mississippi public schools and universities. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate approved the request for a temporary restraining order sought by a coalition of civil rights and legal organizations on behalf of students, parents and educators. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mississippi Center for Justice are representing the plaintiffs, who filed the lawsuit alongside other groups on June 9 against the state’s education boards. The order is in effect for 14 days, and allows Wingate to extend it […]

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This Republican governor vetoed anti-LGBTQ+ book ban and bathroom bills

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New Hampshire Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte has gone against her party and vetoed two anti-LGBTQ+ bills and three other far-right ones. Ayotte vetoed the bills Tuesday, while signing 101 others into law. House Bill 324 would have barred schools from distributing books and other materials deemed “harmful to minors.” It was aimed primarily at sexual content and likely would have been used against books with LGBTQ+ characters and themes. It also would have required school districts to strengthen the process through which parents could challenge these materials. “Current state law appears to provide a mechanism for parents through their local school district to […]

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Colombian man found guilty of murdering LGBTQ+ couple whose bodies were dumped in suitcases

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A Columbian man, Yostin Andres Mosquera, has been found guilty of the gruesome double murder of a same-sex couple, Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth, whose remains were found dumped in suitcases last year.  On 15 July 2024 the Metropolitan Police said Yostin Andres Mosquera, 34, of Scotts Road, in Shepherd’s Bush, had been charged with the murders of 62-year-old Albert Alfonso and 71-year-old Paul Longworth. The couple’s remains were found in suitcases on Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol and in a West London flat. Alfonso, originally from France but who went on to become a British citizen, and Longworth lived together […]

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Trump libel lawsuit over alleged Jeffrey Epstein letter will be heard by gay Obama-appointed judge

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A gay Obama-appointed judge will preside over Donald Trump’s libel lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal over claims the president once sent an NSFW birthday card and doodle to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.  Trump is suing for $10 billion after denying he ever wrote the letter, and now Judge Darrin Gayles, who became the first out gay Black man appointed as a federal judge, has been assigned to the case.  The Senate unanimously confirmed Gayles after he was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2014. Politico pointed out he earned such widespread support for being relatively bipartisan. Two Republican governors […]

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Heroes of the Resistance: Post-Pride Summer Edition

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Welcome to the latest edition of GLAAD’s Heroes of the Resistance, where we compile heartwarming news about leaders and changemakers who are paving a pathway towards acceptance and inclusion despite a hostile climate for LGBTQ people.  The legislative session has come to an end in most states across the country and the proposal of extreme, anti-LGBTQ bills has ended alongside it. In Florida, advocates defeated every standalone anti-LGBTQ bill introduced in the 2025 session, including an anti-DEI measure, a proposal to ban discussions of LGBTQ people and topics in the workplace, and more. In Georgia, the legislative session concluded with […]

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These nonbinary legislators are revolutionizing state politics

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At least 1,334 LGBTQ+ people currently serve in elected office, but just a fraction, 63, identify as nonbinary, gender nonconforming or genderqueer. Eighteen of those representatives serve in state legislatures. That’s an achievement in growth over the past seven years, since the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute began tracking LGBTQ+ elected representation, but there’s still a long way to go.  According to the most recent data, nonbinary individuals represent around 11% of the LGBTQ+ community, making them heavily underrepresented among LGBTQ+ elected officials. Despite small numbers, their impact in politics is growing, especially at the state level, where their presence can shift […]

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Georgia Community Rallies to Reinstate Celebrated Librarian Fired Over Inclusive Book Display

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Blackshear, GA, native LaVonnia Moore found her purpose working in the Okefenokee and Three Rivers Regional Library Systems (TRRLS), quickly advancing from 10 hours a week as a part-time employee in 2010 to running her own branch as the Pierce County Library manager until she was unexpectedly ousted from her position on June 18, following an online campaign by the anti-LGBTQ conservative group Alliance for Faith and Family over a library book display that included “When Aidan Became A Brother,” a picture book by author Kyle Lukoff featuring a transgender character. The library patron-led display aligned with Georgia’s summer reading theme:“Color Our World.” […]

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Andry Hernández Romero, gay asylum seeker disappeared by Trump, part of prisoner swap

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Andry Hernández Romero, a gay makeup artist who sought asylum in the U.S. due to persecution in Venezuela but was deported to a prison in El Salvador, has been released as part of a prisoner swap — but he’s being sent back to Venezuela instead of the U.S. “We have confirmed that he is in Venezuela,” Immigrant Defenders Law Center President and CEO Lindsay Toczylowski told The Advocate. The organization is representing Hernández Romero in legal matters. Under a prisoner swap facilitated by the Trump administration, 10 U.S. citizens who had been held in Venezuela were released and more than 250 Venezuelan […]

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Tomorrow, LGBTQ Youth Will Lose a Lifeline. What Now?

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When Arden was 16, they called a suicide crisis hotline “thinking their life was over.” They were in an abusive relationship, regularly self-harming, and felt that nothing was helping. “It was terrifying,” they told Uncloseted Media. “If it weren’t for the hotline, I would have killed myself.” Since that day, Arden, now 24 years old and living in Brooklyn, has used various crisis helplines. When the 988 national suicide prevention hotline launched a “Press 3” option in 2022 for LGBTQ youth, they immediately started using the resource. Arden, who identifies as nonbinary, says the LGBTQ hotline workers “respected their identity” […]

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