The Mike Johnson hits keep on coming — in early October, the soon-to-be speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives took part in a “prayer call” in which he said American culture was “dark and depraved,” partly because so many young people identify as “something other than straight.” Read on »
Two transgender boys have sued the University of Missouri over its denial of gender-affirming care. Read on »
In what is shaping up to be a defining moment for the U.S. House of Representatives, members are preparing for an unprecedented third vote on the expulsion of gay New York Rep. George Santos. Read on »
An upstate New York man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the 2022 death of transgender woman Ahsid Hemingway-Powell, also known as Chanelika Y’Ella Dior Hemingway. Read on »
Florida state GOP Rep. Fabian Basabe wants media covering an investigation clearing him of sexual harassment accusations against male staffers. But he doesn’t want to be known as an LGBTQ lawmaker. Read on »
Former Chicago police sergeant James B. Sajdak pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor civil rights violation related to the 2019 sexual assault of a transgender woman, Tyshee Featherstone. Read on »
The lifeless body of a transgender woman missing in South Carolina was found this week, and her family is disputing initial police reports that no foul play was involved in her death. Read on »
Rustin is all about history. The Netflix biopic centers the story of Bayard Rustin, a key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. During Rustin’s lifetime, his vital contributions to the Civil Rights Movement were underplayed and erased due to his sexuality. But the film, directed by George C. Wolfe and starring Colman Domingo, beautifully restores Rustin’s place in the history books as a Black leader who was also proudly and openly gay. Today, Rustin is also making history as the first major studio film to have a director, star, and writer who are all Black queer men. Julian Breece (When They See Us) wrote Rustin’s story and cowrote the screenplay alongside Dustin Lance Black (Milk). Breece spent years working on the project, conducting hours of interviews with loved ones and Rustin’s surviving partner, Walter Naegle. Ahead, he shares his insights into his process and the relevance of Rustin’s story today. Read on »
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t allow Florida to enforce its drag ban. Read on »
Activist and drag queen Marsha P. Johnson might be one of the most often discussed and well-known LGBTQ+ rights activists of the 20th century, but more than three decades after her body was dredged from the Hudson River, there are still no leads on how her life was cut short. Read on »
Out of the more than 300 transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming deaths due to fatal violence reported by the Human Rights Campaign since 2013, about a third are still unsolved.
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