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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The move is another setback for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has made culture war issues a major part of his role. By Jack Detsch, Paul McLeary and Kyle Cheney 04/24/2025 11:42 AM EDT The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO, an embarrassing setback to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s…

Alabama Republicans also passed legislation banning Pride flags in schools, and prohibiting staff from using students’ chosen names and pronouns. Ryan Adamczeski April 18 2025 3:38 PM EST The Alabama state House of Representatives passed three anti-LGBTQ+ laws on the same day. Republicans approved the bills Thursday, which included an expansion of the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law to encompass…