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Gay man from Chechnya who was tortured in a police station finally escaped Russia
He was outed by a group of local extortionists and held in a police station basement.
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The Pride flag is back after a small town reverses its controversial ban
One city councilor even resigned in protest over the original ban. Now all communities can fly their flags in the town.
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Almost 300 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have already been filed across the country in 2024
It’s more than half the total number proposed in 2023 – and that’s only the first two weeks of January
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Ron DeSantis administration bans diversity programs in colleges
Promoting diversity is “discrimination,” according to Ron DeSantis.
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Bill O’Reilly is outraged that the book ban law he supports caused his own books to be banned
“I can’t look up the definition of ‘ironic,’ because Florida banned dictionaries.”
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Texas’s anti-LGBTQ+ book ban law blocked by federal court
The law requires book sellers to rate sexual content in books… or else.
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Transphobic legislator introduces bill to force kids to work full-time on farms
Child labor good. Child transitioning bad.
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Deranged right-winger threatened to slaughter LGBTQ+ activists. He’s going away for a long time.
“You deserve to be shot and hung in the streets,” he messaged one state lawmaker.
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Two major trans rights organizations are merging to fight hate with “double the power”
The leaders of each org decided “something cataclysmic” is needed to fight today’s GOP.
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Moms for Liberty cofounder trolled with Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” at school board meeting
She kissed a girl and she liked it.