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The LGBTQ+ community mourns O’Shae Sibley in memorials across New York City
“My god. My god. They have to stop doing this,” said one speaker. “We Black, beautiful gorgeous jewels are the most important things in this world.”
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The FDA loosens blood donation rules, allowing more gay & bi donors
However, some feel the guidelines still exclude and add stigma to too many gay and bi donors.
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GOP official wants to require teens be accompanied by their parents at the public library
He’s worried about “graphic sexually explicit materials” at the library.
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Florida caves & allows AP Psychology class in humiliating defeat for DeSantis administration
Florida tried to get LGBTQ+ topics removed from AP Psychology but the testing company stood strong.
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Suspect arrested in connection to fatal stabbing of gay man who was dancing to Beyoncé
He’s being charged with murder as a hate crime.
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Cinnabon employees strike over alleged demand to remove all Pride decorations
“If any store [is] displaying a Pride Flag, it is to be taken down IMMEDIATELY!” one store’s franchisee allegedly wrote employees.
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Gay couple abandoned in wildfires because someone thought they’re not a “real family”
“If we had been a man and woman then we would have been given a [shelter],” Sean Palmer said.
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Texas county bans libraries from providing LGBTQ+ books to minors
“Young people deserve to see themselves reflected in the books they read…. [so they] can foster empathy, tolerance, and connection.”
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Leading doctors’ group unanimously backs gender-affirming care for trans minors
The American Academy of Pediatrics will also launch a systemic review of medical research to ensure it is the proper treatment.
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Out Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo to replace Dr. Anthony Fauci at NIAID
She is the first out LGBTQ+ person in the role.
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Ron DeSantis administration bans AP Psychology class over LGBTQ+ topics
DeSantis has accused the organization that administers AP testing of “indoctrination.”
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ACLU & local queen sues Texas over “stunningly broad” drag ban
Drag artist Brigitte Bandit and other plaintiffs say that censoring drag is censoring free speech.
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USAID releases its first-ever “LGBTQI+-inclusive” plan for foreign aid
The policy is a blueprint for USAID to champion LGBTQ+ and intersex rights around the world.
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Transphobe dropped by her doctor after comparing his trans flag to “a Nazi flag”
She is looking to take legal action after the doctor dropped her for “ongoing” anti-LGBTQ+ remarks.
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Indictment reveals anti-LGBTQ+ lawyer John Eastman as Trump’s co-conspirator
He supports criminalizing homosexuality and said LGBTQ+ activism promotes pedophilia.
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Federal appeals court upholds trans rights in Indiana school bathroom case
One trans boy with a colon condition had an “accident” after his school made him use a unisex bathroom.
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Senate Democrats introduce legislation to help trans people get accurate credit scores
The Name Accuracy in Credit Reporting Act would require credit reporting agencies to stop using consumers’ deadnames.
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Judge rules in favor of trans students after parents’ rights group sues for the right to misgender
The judge basically criticized the right’s entire “parent’s rights” movement.
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Oklahoma Gov. signs executive order defining male & female as sex assigned at birth
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt’s order is his latest attack on transgender rights.
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Suspect identified in death of gay man who was stabbed for voguing at Brooklyn gas station
NYC Mayor Eric Adams and out leaders have also responded to the tragic murder.























