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Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools

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A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, has ordered the Pentagon to restore nearly 600 books and reinstate lessons on race, gender, and identity in schoolsserving military families, ruling that the Trump administration’s restrictions on classroom content likely violated students’ First Amendment rights. In a 44-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles concluded that the Department of Defense Education Activity removed books and altered curricula in ways that suppressed certain viewpoints and deprived students of access to ideas about race and gender. She found that the department’s actions caused real harm and were likely motivated by viewpoint discrimination. The ruling requires the Pentagon to immediately return […]

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Japan’s Parliament Elects Far-Right Anti-LGBTQ PM

Politico reports: Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss in July. While she is the first woman serving as Japan’s prime minister, she is in no rush to promote gender equality or diversity. Takaichi is among Japanese politicians who have stonewalled measures for women’s advancement. Takaichi supports the imperial family’s male-only […]

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Boo! Oct 25 – Nov 1, SF’s YBCA “The Haunt: An Artistically-Twisted Haunted House” is a spooky, artist-made Halloween experience

This Halloween season, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) will host The Haunt: An Artistically-Twisted Haunted House for the very first time. Presented by Bat Witch Ghost and YBCA, the immersive Halloween experience runs Saturday, October 25 through Saturday, November 1, 2025, transforming YBCA’s Forum into a labyrinth of hand-crafted frights and whimsical scares. The Haunt blends the American tradition of the haunted house with the spirit of San Francisco’s DIY art scene. Visitors will journey through a maze built from salvaged materials and filled with artists’ works, before spilling out into a graveyard featuring a bar, a dance floor, original merch, […]

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How Moms for Liberty Took Over One Florida County

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Mink Tyner says some people call her a “helicopter parent” because of how protective she is over her kids. Despite this, she wasn’t concerned about bringing her daughter, then 14, to the Indian River County, Florida, school board meeting in August 2023, where they were discussing changes to the state’s curriculum relating to race and slavery. That’s why she was shocked when she saw community members at the podium reading excerpts of sexual content from books. “I hate lights out now because my D has a mind of its own,” one woman read. Then a man came up and read, “When Doris […]

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In Authoritarianism, Dictators Come for LGBTQ People First. Here’s Why

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“Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go,” protestors chanted in the middle of Times Square, among a sea of signs that read “love reigns not kings,” “gays against faux-king Trump,” “we stand with … our trans family” and “the future is coming.” On Saturday, independent analysts estimated that the No Kings March drew between 5 and 8 million people, and organizers say over 7 million people attended 2,700 events across all 50 states. The event, which was organized to push against the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S., was the largest single-day protest in America since 1970. Among the crowd […]

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Gay California State Sen. Scott Wiener to challenge Nancy Pelosi for her congressional seat

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California state Sen. Scott Wiener, one of the country’s most influential LGBTQ+lawmakers, is preparing to run for Congress. It’s a move that would set up a dramatic generational contest against Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987. As first reported by The San Francisco Standard and The New York Times, Wiener plans to launch his campaign formally later this month. Pelosi, 85, has not said whether she will seek reelection in 2026, but Wiener, 55, appears to be moving ahead regardless. Wiener’s candidacy has been years in the making. He filed paperwork for a congressional committee in 2023 and […]

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Police arrest 14 in West Hollywood raid, deny ICE involvement

Police arrested at least 14 people in West Hollywood’s rainbow district around late Friday night and early Saturday morning. WeHo Times, a local outlet, reports that the arrests were largely drug-related as part of a pre-planned undercover operation. The raid initially sparked fears of ICE involvement, which were debunked Saturday by the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station captain, Fanny Lapkin. “This operation was in response to community reports about pickpocketing, narcotic sales, and other criminal activity that may be occurring at establishments or by unpermitted street vendors,” Lapkin said in a statement to WeHo Times. “Several arrests were made in the Rainbow […]

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The kids aren’t alright: Depression and anxiety rates are skyrocketing among LGBTQ+ youth

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LGBTQ+ youth in the United States already had poor mental health — but it’s only gotten worse in the past two years. Mental health crises among LGBTQ+ youth have recently risen significantly, according to a new report from The Trevor Project, with anxiety symptoms climbing from 57 percent to 68 percent, depressive symptoms increasing from 48 percent to 54 percent, and suicidal ideation growing from 41 percent to 47 percent. While past-year suicide attempts declined from 11 percent to 7 percent, the rate remains higher than national estimates for cisgender heterosexual youth. “While many of the findings in this study are devastating, they […]

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This gay teacher was doxxed by MAGA for opposing fascism. He’s not backing down.

Anthony Nicodemo is no stranger to hate. When the high school basketball coach and social studies teacher came out in a groundbreaking 2013 interview, the threats got so bad that the school hired undercover cops to attend his games. But the influx of hate didn’t stop his advocacy. It didn’t stop him from becoming a regular contributor to Outsports or from posting videos celebrating Pride and inclusion. Hate didn’t stop him from speaking out as the MAGA movement gained traction and began to come for queer educators, and it didn’t stop him from loudly supporting trans kids. “I know how to handle it,” he told LGBTQ Nation. “I don’t get rattled.” […]

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NBC fires teams of journalists focused on marginalized communities, axing NBC Out & NBC BLK staff

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NBC News has laid off about 150 employees, roughly 7 percent of its newsroom, and dissolved its dedicated editorial teams covering Black, Latino, Asian American, and LGBTQ+ communities, according to The Wrap. The Advocateconfirmed the firings through a source who was affected by the cuts. The move is part of a reorganization that separates MSNBC from NBC News under a new entity called Versant. Executives described the decision as an efficiency measure to eliminate overlap and streamline operations across NBCUniversal’s news division. But it also dismantles the network’s identity-based teams: NBC BLK, NBC Latino, NBC Asian America, and NBC Out. NBC News confirmed that while some roles were […]

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