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GLAAD’s Social Media Safety Index Unveils How Tech Companies Intentionally Rolled Back Safety Policies For LGBTQ People
Platforms receive critically low ratings, following major policy rollbacks from Meta and YouTube By GLAAD May 13, 2025 Today, GLAAD has announced the findings of its fifth annual Social Media Safety Index (SMSI), an annual report on LGBTQ safety, privacy, and expression online. The in-depth report analyzes six major social media platforms — TikTok, YouTube, X, and Meta’s…
Concern after HHS report advocates for therapy for trans kids over gender-affirming care
Experts say gender-affirming care is safe and improves youth mental health. By Mary Kekatos May 2, 2025, 5:07 AM The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released what it called a “comprehensive review” of transgender care for children and teens on Thursday, calling for broader use of psychotherapy for young people with gender dysphoria rather…
Tennessee Lets Doctors Deny Treatment on Moral Grounds
Critics warn the “Medical Ethics Defense Act” will jeopardize care for LGBTQ patients, HIV prevention, and reproductive services. By John Riley on May 6, 2025 Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, a Republican, has signed a bill into law to allow healthcare providers the right to refuse to perform or pay for a procedure or prescription that runs counter…
NC House and Senate panels pass bills giving parents a right to reject child’s trans identity
Under the “Parents Protection Act,” caretakers cannot be determined abusive or neglectful based solely on their refusal to recognize a trans child’s gender identity or denial of gender-affirming care. By: Brandon Kingdollar – May 7, 2025 5:00 am Committees in both chambers of the North Carolina legislature approved measures Tuesday that would bar state courts and agencies from…
Texas students say K-12 DEI ban and other anti-LGBTQ+ bills threaten their safety, voice and mental health
Students are concerned the legislation could silence supportive teachers, dismantle safe spaces, lead to overenforcement and prevent honest conversations about identity. By Sofia Sorochinskaia April 29, 2025 5 AM Central When Marshall Romero came out as a trans male in 2021, he didn’t think his identity would become a political issue. But in the years since,…
Attorney General threatens doctors with 10 years in prison for providing gender-affirming care
She said she would prosecute it as “female genital mutilation,” not explaining how that would work. By Alex Bollinger Friday, April 25, 2025 Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has a long history of opposing LGBTQ+ rights, issued a memo to the Department of Justice (DOJ) telling employees to investigate and prosecute cases of minors accessing gender-affirming…
Trump DOJ Erases Trans People from Crime Data Surveys
The Justice Department has removed questions about gender identity from the National Crime Victimization Survey, the Survey on Sexual Victimization, and the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails. Ethan Corey May 05, 2025 Trans people are more than four times as likely to experience violent crime. Behind bars, incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12…
Same-Sex Marriage Is the Law of the Land. Some States Are Debating It Anyway.
By Amy Harmon April 21, 2025 at 1:28 pm It has been more than a decade since same-sex marriage dominated the national political discourse. Public opinion turned rapidly toward acceptance well before the Supreme Court established same-sex marriage as a national right in 2015. By 2021, a Gallup poll showed that most Americans, including a majority…
Trump passport policy targeting transgender people likely unconstitutional, judge rules
By Nate Raymond April 21, 20254:12 AM CDT Summary BOSTON, April 18 (Reuters) – A federal judge held on Friday that the Trump administration’s policy of refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identities is likely unconstitutional, but she declined to block it nationwide. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in…