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Joe Biden made queer history twice this week
PLUS: LGBTQ+ activists are gettin’ fired up and getting down!
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This Christian minister made a case against same-sex marriage in the 90s. He just apologized.
“I want to repent of what I wrote before,” he said, referring to his 1996 book that denounced homosexuality.
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Joe Biden makes history by confirming 12th LGBTQ+ judge, the most of any presidency
This trumps Biden and Obama’s previously tied record at 11 LGBTQ+ judges.
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Trans inmate wins right to gender-affirming surgery despite state law banning it
The judge ruled that gender-affirming care is medically necessary.
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Thousands of trans protestors hold a dance party outside the Heritage Foundation
Marchers held signs that said “Gender liberation for all,” “our bodies, our futures,” and “why are you so obsessed with our bodies?!”
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Joe Biden: Gay people tend to have more courage than most people
“It’s not what your sexual preference is, it’s what your intellectual capacity is and what your courage is,” the president said.
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Conversion therapist sued to be able to convert LGBTQ+ kids. A federal court just said “no.”
She said she has a “free speech” right to try to turn kids straight. The judges said she doesn’t.
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Boston finally gets its own lesbian bar
Dani’s Queer Bar just opened its doors as a space for “Queer, Sapphic Women, Trans and Non-Binary members of the LGBTQ+ Community.”
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School board defies state law & lets trans girl play soccer. Her teammates are “very excited.”
She said the decision was “relieving most of all, to just not have to sit out, and to be able to help my team.”
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What are the most common trans people’s names? See if your name is on the list.
The UK study found that only about a third of trans people keep the same first letter of their first name when choosing a new name.