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Chick-fil-A’s troubled relationship with the LGBTQ+ community

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Chick-fil-A is one of the top 10 largest fast-food chains in the U.S. with a widely loved offering of chicken sandwiches and an estimated 2022 revenue of $6.4 billion, according to Zippia.com. However, the company has also had a long history of supporting anti-LGBTQ+ causes. Here’s an overview of its queerphobic actions and how social pressure has caused the company to shift its attention away from anti-LGBTQ+ efforts in recent years. A history of Chick-fil-A’s controversial actions Since 2003, the WinShape Foundation, a charity co-founded by Chick-fil-A’s now-deceased founder S. Truett Cathy and his wife Jeanette Cathy, has donated over $1 […]

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Who will fight for those left behind? Why these LGBTQ+ activists won’t leave Florida

As an undercover Colombian anti-drug agent during Pablo Escobar’s reign, Andrea Montanez has learned a thing or two about hiding her identity.  Of course, this was before she identified as trans or transitioned, which wouldn’t occur until after she sought refuge in Florida 24 years ago. You could say she has feared for her life on multiple fronts, but Montanez has never stopped worrying about her queerness putting her in danger.  When asked who is more capable of evil, the most infamous kingpin in history or Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), she laughs at the loaded question.  “I think Ron Desantis is […]

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Two Oregon Mayors Resign After Anti-LGBTQ Posts

Oregon Public Radio reports: Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer [photo] resigned Monday, three days after OPB revealed he has been posting offensive content in a private Facebook group for current and former law enforcement officers. Sawyer notified City Manager Spencer Nebel and City Council President Jan Kaplan of his resignation in an email just before 9 a.m. “I am sorry – in its simplest and sincerest form,” the email opens. Since at least 2016, Sawyer has shared memes and posts denigrating women, immigrants, non-English speakers and the LGBTQ+ community in 39,000-member Facebook group. Many of Sawyer’s most recent posts specifically targeted the […]

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Kappa Kappa Gamma Sisters Sue After Sorority Allows Trans Woman to Join

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Six women suing the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma for allowing a transgender sister to join its University of Wyoming chapter have responded to the sorority’s assertion that the lawsuit was frivolous. In a response filed Wednesday, Jaylyn Westenbroek, Hannah Holtmeier, Allison Coghan, Grace Choate, Madeline Ramar, and Megan Kosar criticized Artemis Langford, the first transgender member of Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Wyoming chapter.  “It is unclear why — when a large man pushes his way into an all-female space — the women who object are the bullies,” attorneys for the six, Cassie Craven and John Knepper, contend in one of several filings, Cowboy State Daily reports. […]

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More than half of LGBTQ+ users are leaving social media due to safety concerns, survey finds

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More than half of LGBTQ+ social media users are turning their backs on mainstream platforms over toxicity and safety concerns, a new report indicates. Communia – the world’s first social media platform for women and marginalised genders – published its “exposé on women’s and marginalised genders’ social media experiences” report on Monday (10 July).  The research, which was conducted between 20-22 June 2023, surveyed 2,058 women and marginalised genders – including 237 LGBTQ+ people – in the UK who are current or past users of social media.  The survey saw almost two in three (60 per cent) of LGBTQ+ respondents state that […]

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Wisconsin school district can’t restrict bathrooms for trans student, judge says

A federal judge has blocked a Wisconsin school district from requiring transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match the sex they were assigned at birth while a lawsuit plays out against the school. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman said Thursday that the Mukwonago Area School District must allow a transgender student to use facilities that align with their gender identity, temporarily blocking a policy approved last month by the school board, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The order comes in a lawsuit brought anonymously by an 11-year-old transgender student and her mother. The judge ruled that the school’s policy […]

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Families with trans kids are increasingly forced to travel out of state for health care

On an early morning in June, Flower Nichols and her mother set off on an expedition to Chicago from their home in Indianapolis. The family was determined to make it feel like an adventure in the city, though that wasn’t the primary purpose of the trip. The following afternoon, Flower and Jennilyn Nichols would see a doctor at the University of Chicago to learn whether they could keep Flower, 11, on puberty blockers. They began to search for medical providers outside of Indiana after April 5, when Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a law banning transgender minors from accessing puberty blockers and […]

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Kansas AG sues for the right to force trans people to use the wrong gender markers on IDs

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) has filed a lawsuit to force the state government to discriminate against trans people on their driver’s licenses and birth certificates.  The suit asks the court to demand the Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles comply with S.B. 180, a sweeping new anti-trans law that, among other things, bans trans people from updating the gender marker on their birth certificates and driver’s licenses.  This is Kobach’s latest move in an ongoing battle between himself and the state’s Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.  In April, Kelly vetoed S.B. 180, but the state’s Republican-led legislature overrode her veto […]

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The Supreme Court opened a dangerous can of worms after granting the right to discriminate

What can we infer from those religions that justify the discriminatory treatment of other human beings? In terms of LGBTQ+ equality, I simply cannot comprehend the clear and undeniable contradiction between a religion’s expressed claims, in various forms, to love one’s neighbor as oneself, and how it is better to give than to receive, combined with, for example: ·       a baker’s refusal to bake a confectionery delight ·       a photographer’s refusal to preserve joyous moments ·       a caterer’s refusal to cook the pleasures of delectable sustenance ·       a florist’s refusal to arrange the beauties from the garden ·       a jeweler’s refusal of a band connecting […]

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The queer tennis players smashing down barriers as Wimbledon 2023 gets underway

Wimbledon 2023 is officially underway – weather permitting – but despite the All England Club’s all-white rule, there are a handful of out gay players offering some vital rainbow LGBTQ+ representation at tennis’s most prestigious tournament. Since the days of trailblazing gay Grand Slam champions Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, women’s tennis has long provided some of the biggest LGBTQ+ names in sport – and there are currently several players Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tour carrying that torch for a new generation. However, the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) isn’t currently just lagging behind, it’s yet to even […]

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