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New Jersey passes groundbreaking LGBTQ “Senior Bill of Rights”
Anti-LGBTQ discrimination will be banned in senior care facilities, in what could be the next frontier in LGBTQ rights.
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Republican wants to allow youth a “reasonable accommodation” to avoid trans people
A bathroom bill filed in Tennessee would allow students to file a written request for a transgender-free “accommodation.”
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Biden administration declares anti-LGBTQ credit discrimination illegal
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that sex-based protections include LGBTQ people now that Joe Biden is in office.
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Alabama Republican busted looking at trans adult pics online after voting against trans rights
State Sen. Tom Whatley used his work account to show his appreciation of a “faerie princess.”
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South Dakota passes an anti-trans sports bill on International Women’s Day
The Republican governor claimed they’re “defending women’s sports!” But the bill does nothing to address real gender disparities in athletics.
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Construction halted on Marsha P. Johnson park after family & Black trans activists object
They say no one was consulted before the park was closed and the state started construction on a design no one likes.
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Trans inmate raped twice after being repeatedly housed with convicted rapists
The incarcerated trans woman had medical documents asking that she not be housed with cisgender inmates, similar to the prison policy already in place. She was placed with not one, but two convicted rapists.
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Police & media in North Carolina repeatedly insult transgender murder victim in reports
Jenna Franks once told her sister, “if anything ever happens to me, just know that it was not an accident.” So why aren’t locals doing their best to help catch her killer?
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This activist places billboards around Atlanta telling people “Black Trans Lives Matter”
Alex Santiago says “I just feel like … nobody cares” about violence against Black trans people in his own city. So he’s out to address that.
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Several major mainstream news outlets receive failing grades for LGBTQ coverage
Media advocacy organization GLAAD failed the New York Times, CBS, CNN and other news sites for unbalanced coverage of the Equality Act.