Read on » The U.S. Senate has passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act without any of the anti-LGBTQ+ or anti-abortion provisions in the House version, setting up a major battle. Read on » A federal judge in Montana has temporarily blocked the state law banning drag queen story hours and restricting other drag performances. Read on » During a House subcommittee hearing Thursday, Rep. Robert Garcia, a gay California Democrat, mocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an anti-LGBT+ Georgia Republican firebrand, after she interrupted him to have the committee chairman remind him of decorum rules. He pointed to her presentation of signs last week that were sexually explicit as an example of her hypocrisy. Read on » Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis stood up strongly for her transgender daughter in an interview that aired Friday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Read on » A man visiting a Petco in Ohio with his dog gave an incredible rant when he discovered that the store offered a gender-neutral restroom. He shouted at the employees before leaving the store in a rage. Read on » Politicians on the right are attacking transgender kids, and these youth are paying the price. This is dangerous, cruel, and unacceptable. As the Representative for NW Oregon, a leader on the House Education Committee, and Vice Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, I will not let these attacks stand. Read on » Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Bud Light and many other beers, is laying off about 380 workers amid declining sales. Read on » By Rebekah Riess Read on » About 100 transgender men are entering the Miss Italy pageant to protest its exclusion of trans women. Read on » Wisconsin Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, who once had an outburst at a library over a display of LGBTQ+ books, has found himself embroiled in another scandal involving his demeanor after he berated a group of children at the U.S. Capitol during a profanity-filled rant. Read on »
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