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Trans tennis players in Las Vegas build their own league after being sidelined
46+ min ago (701+ words) Last October, the U.S. Tennis Association quietly banned transgender women from competing in events. Tennis players in Las Vegas have launched a trans-inclusive league. Queers on Gears offers a safe space for people to learn how to defend themselves with firearms....
Ohio queer motorcycle gang responds to anti-LGBTQ+ laws by teaching how to fire guns
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (715+ words) Queers on Gears offers a safe space for people to learn how to defend themselves with firearms. People are turning to guns to protect themselves as anti-LGBTQ+ laws spread. Last October, the U.S. Tennis Association quietly banned transgender women from competing…...
Georgia court upholds firing of teacher who read LGBTQ+ book to class
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (603+ words) An appeals court ruled a school district acted within its rights in terminating Katie Rinderle after she read a gender-inclusive children's book to her fifth-grade class. A teacher in Georgia will remain fired after an appeals court supported her termination....
Gay drag artist murdered in Virginia shooting
9+ hour, 3+ min ago (918+ words) Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-McCray was well known in the Petersburg community. A transgender woman was shot in a Petersburg, Virginia, neighborhood. Christopher Wiggins is politics & news editor at The Advocate, where he leads national coverage at the intersection of public policy,…...
Tennessee Republican 'honorifics' bill is personal for the trans teacher at its center
3+ hour ago (1371+ words) The educator says being cited as inspiration for the proposal has brought harassment, fear, and unwanted attention. Max Bearden is a transgender teacher in Tennessee who teaches children with special needs. Christopher Wiggins is politics & news editor at The Advocate,…...
Senior Trump officials seem to have no idea what ICE agents are supposed to be doing at airports
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (757+ words) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and border official Tom Homan offered sharply different accounts of what ICE agents would do, even as the administration deploys them. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol Dulles International Airport on March 24, 2026, in Dulles, Virginia....
Meet the LGBTQ+ disabililty activist who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (650+ words) Activist and adventurer Spencer West talks his upcoming autobiography and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro on his hands. Trans Idahoans say the bill forces a choice between arrest and personal safety. Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-McCray's death highlights how misgendering and broader patterns of…...
Idaho Senate takes up bill to jail trans people for using public bathrooms
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (765+ words) Trans Idahoans say the bill forces a choice between arrest and personal safety. Idaho Republicans want to make it a felony for transgender people to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. Christopher Wiggins is politics & news editor…...
Black transgender woman shot to death in Virginia misgendered in police & press reports
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (877+ words) Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-McCray's death highlights how misgendering and broader patterns of violence can obscure killings of transgender people. A transgender woman was shot in a Petersburg, Virginia, neighborhood. Christopher Wiggins is politics & news editor at The Advocate, where he leads…...
Dallas destroys rainbow crosswalks under Texas mandate
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (969+ words) Crews erased LGBTQ+ Pride and Black Lives Matter street symbols to comply with a Texas Department of Transportation mandate. A cyclist bikes past the rainbow crosswalks on Cedar Springs and Throckmorton St in Oak Lawn on May 1, 2020. The city had…...