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The district policy might be in compliance with federal law, but the administration investigated them anyway.

Media, activists need to do more to challenge stereotypes

“Republicans in Washington are trying to control people’s lives,” the governor said.

Ariana Grande has clapped back after the Trump administration used one of her songs – again – to soundtrack an attention-seeking anti-trans TikTok video

TL;DR: The news media’s growing reliance on web analytics, engagement and page views to set the news agenda poses a uniquely significant threat to LGBTQIA+ journalism and its ability to fight for equality. It has already impacted brands such as PinkNews, them, and more, but a number of new outlets are using community-rooted models to fill the gap.

Purity Culture 2.0. is here, and it has a new message.

The Human Rights Campaign announced Thursday that it estimates 25.6 million LGBTQ+ adults live in the U.S., a significant increase from previous estimates of the nation’s sexual orientation and gender identity minority.

It’s 12% of all U.S. adults, according to the LGBTQ+ civil rights nonprofit. Its estimate also found that over 7% of U.S. adults are bisexual and 3.27% of U.S. adults are lesbian or gay.

In a video from 19 August, captioned “this might be the most controversial move ever by Disney”, a voiceover says that Disney has announced in an “official statement” the beloved mascot is “undergoing gender transition surgery to become Moxie Mouse”. It goes on to claim that the move is being made in the name of “inclusivity, diversity and understanding”, saying: “It will help reduce the stigma around transgenderism, especially with kids.”

Three intelligence veterans say the agency’s dismantling of LGBTQ+ programs threatens national security and reverses decades of hard-won progress.

Indiana’s law banning transgender youth from girls school sports has emerged as a potential wedge issue in the race for secretary of state — despite the office having no role in the topic.

Republican nominee Max Engling and his campaign jumped on comments from Lincoln Party candidate Greg Ballard saying he regarded the law adopted in 2022 as “unnecessary.” Engling characterizes the former Republican Indianapolis mayor’s position as out of touch with conservatives.

Ballard calls Engling’s reaction a distracting “purity test,” while Democratic candidate Beau Bayh says he supports the current law and that the dustup is over a “nonissue.”

“There’s a long history of using ballot initiatives to target gay people,” said Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights. “There’s always been a very powerful political overlap between exploiting anti-LGBT bias and using that to fuel ballot initiatives and to use well-funded campaigns to sow fear. It’s a really sordid history. The other community that’s been targeted this way are immigrants, but there’s very few groups that you can so openly target. It’s hard to imagine ballot initiatives targeting other potentially politically vulnerable groups, but sadly we’re living through a moment where it’s acceptable to do that to transgender people. It really causes a lot of harm and [spreads] false information about transgender people, demonizing transgender people in a way that feels very dangerous.”