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Will Pete Buttigieg run for Senate now that Debbie Stabenow is retiring?

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With Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announcing that she will not seek reelection in 2024, the internet is abuzz with speculation that out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg could run and become the first out gay male U.S. senator. “Inspired by a new generation of leaders, I have decided to pass the torch in the U.S. Senate. I am announcing today that I will not seek re-election and will leave the U.S. Senate at the end of my term on January 3, 2025,” Stabenow said in a statement. Stabenow has served in the Senate since she won her first Senate election […]

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Oklahoma Anti-Trans Bill Cites “Millstone” Scripture

The Mary Sue reports: State Senator David Bullard’s Senate Bill 129, also called the Millstone Act of 2023, says “a physician or other healthcare professional shall not provide gender transition procedures to any individual under twenty-six (26) years of age.” The bill would ban providers from referring trans adults to health care professionals, and any healthcare provider that offers “gender transition procedures” to trans adults from 18 to 25 would face a felony charge. Doctors, nurses, and clinicians are, of course, also barred from offering trans care to teens. Trans adults under 26 would either be unable to transition medically or have […]

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Texas Lawmaker Introduces Worse Version of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law

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On Tuesday, while the U.S. House of Representatives was in disarray due to Republicaninfighting, a lawmaker in Texas introduced his version of a “don’t say gay” law. State Rep. Jared Patterson’s bill, HB 1155, requires schools to disclose all information related to students’ mental health information to parents, which exposes children to being forced out of the closet by school officials and adds language to the state’s education code that would restrict the instruction of topics on sexual orientation and gender identity. “A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or district or charter school employee may not provide or allow a third party to provide […]

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FL Man Charged With Anti-Gay Mass Shooting Threat

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: A Winter Park man who admitted posting an image of a semi-automatic rifle with threats to kill gay people in a mass shooting at Florida State University was arrested by the FBI. Sean Michael Albert, 19, was arrested Tuesday on a federal charge of making an interstate communication to threaten to injure another person, according to court records. During a hearing Wednesday in federal court in Orlando, U.S. Magistrate Judge Embry Kidd ordered him to be detained until trial. The criminal complaint says that on Dec. 16, the FBI in Orlando got a tip about a threat made […]

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Supporting LGBTQ culture in senior living communities

For seven years now, I’ve had the privilege of working at Ingleside, a not-for-profit organization that provides management and leadership for three Life Plan Communities in the D.C. area. As the Accreditation and Quality Improvement Manager for Ingleside, one of my driving goals is to ensure that all of Ingleside’s life plan communities continue to be inclusive, welcoming environments that cultivate respect for all people, including those who are part of the LGBTQ+ community.  As a gay man working in the aging services industry myself, this is a worthwhile cause that’s near and dear to my heart. While recent years […]

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India inches closer to becoming next country to legalise same-sex marriage

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The Indian Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in favour of same-sex marriage this week. As part of a set of petitions issued by two same-sex couples, the New Delhi court will hear arguments for the recognition of same-sex marriage on Friday (6 January). The lead petition, filed by gay couple Supriyo Chakraborty and Abhay Dange, has argued that denying LGBTQ+ citizens the right to marry is an affront to their right to equality. Currently, India does not officially recognise same-sex marriage, but allows couples to engage in an “unregistered cohabitation.” Advertisement Remove ads This effectively means that same-sex couples aren’t […]

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Gay Democrat Robert Garcia explains why he’ll be sworn into Congress on a Superman comic

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Robert Garcia, soon to be the first gay, immigrant US congressman, will take his oath of office on three unique items. The California Democrat will be sworn in to Congress as soon as a new House speaker is elected, and when doing so, will hold “underneath the Constitution… three items that mean a lot to me personally”. “A photo of my parents, who I lost to COVID, my citizenship certificate, and an original Superman #1 from the [Library of Congress],” he tweeted on Tuesday (3 January). The comic book holds a special place in Garcia’s heart. “Congressman Garcia learned to read and […]

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Christian manufacturing company denies trans woman health care because of “honoring God” mission

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A transgender woman in New Hampshire has filed a discrimination complaint against her employer for denying her healthcare coverage for gender-affirming care. Lillian Bernier, 31, has been an employee of New Hampshire-based manufacturing company Turbocam since 2019. She began transitioning in 2020. According to the complaint, filed on December 16 with the New Hampshire Human Rights Commission and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the company’s self-funded health coverage plan says that no benefits will be paid for “gender dysphoria treatment, including but not limited to, counseling, gender reassignment surgery or hormone therapy, and related preoperative and postoperative procedures, which, as […]

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Federal court rules against trans student’s right to use the correct bathroom

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Florida has reversed a lower court ruling that granted access to boys’ restrooms for a trans student in the state. The 7-4 decision said the student’s civil rights were not violated under either the Equal Protection Clause or Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The vote was split for and against between Republican and Democratic appointees. The Eleventh Circuit’s decision is a break with the Fourth and Seventh Circuit Courts, which found in favor of trans students in similar cases presenting the same issues. In 2017, Drew Adams, […]

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs extends protections to LGBTQ+ state employees and contractors

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Arizona’s newly elected Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) signed an executive order extending employment protections to state employees and contractors who are LGBTQ+. As the Human Rights Campaign reports, the executive order, signed on Hobbs’s first day in office Tuesday, directs the state’s Department of Administration to update hiring, promotion, and compensation policies for all state agencies to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and include provisions in all new state contracts to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The executive order goes beyond what is already required under state and federal laws banning employment discrimination […]

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