Ron DeSantis Signs Four Bills Into Law Restricting LGBTQ+ Rights in Florida
The bills include an expansion of "don't say gay," a ban on gender-affirming care, restrictions on bathroom use, and restrictions on drag shows.
May 17, 2023
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Florida Republican lawmaker proposes law erasing transgender identities
Beyond the discriminatory nature of the bill, LGBTQ+ advocates say the legislation threatens the ability to even document violence against the community.
January 6, 2024
Montana Governor, Who Has Nonbinary Child, Signs Law Defining Sex as Binary
It's one of three anti-LGBTQ+ bills the Republican governor signed.
May 23, 2023
Video: Transgender activists stage die-in at Florida driver's license offices across the state
It comes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration criminalizes changing one's gender on an I.D.
February 9, 2024
Florida criminalizes changing gender on driver’s licenses in latest attack on LGBTQ+ rights
A letter from the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles cites the state's statute prohibiting fake IDs, which makes use of a fictitious ID a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years of prison or probation and a $5,000 fine, to bar the changes.
January 30, 2024
Trans activists march on Florida capital as erasure bill dies
At a rally on the steps outside the building on Wednesday, LGBTQ leaders and progressive lawmakers slammed legislation threatening to erase trans identities.
March 1, 2024
South Dakota Moves to Ban Discussion of Trans Identity in Schools
The House of Representatives voted to make the term "gender dysphoria" illegal in elementary schools -- it's just the latest assault on trans people in South Dakota.
February 13, 2019
'The Advocates' Podcast: Jasika Nicole On LGBTQ Actors Playing Queer
Scandal and Fringe actress Jasika Nicole opens up about being out and getting passed over for queer roles. She also chats about balancing advocacy and anxiety.
August 7, 2018
Anti-LGBTQ Group's Effort to Imprison Trans Women With Men Is on Hold
The Alliance Defending Freedom is biding its time, hoping a Supreme Court ruling will enable further anti-trans discrimination.
November 8, 2019
Understanding the Women Behind The Matrix, Sense8, and Bound
This author examines the Wachowski sisters, the most influential trans filmmakers in Hollywood.
November 13, 2018
LGBTQ+ Activists, Allies Raise Funds for Black Trans Lives
Obama, Biden, Taylor Swift, Hayley Kiyoko, Katy Perry, and more joined forces for this year's Stonewall Day.
June 26, 2020
The Gay Erasure in Timothée Chalamet's 'Beautiful Boy' Is Deadly
By cutting out a key experience from a meth addict's life, the film does more harm than good.
October 23, 2018
Why ‘pregnant people’ and other gender-inclusive phrases should be acceptable
“You can’t just wave it away and say, ‘Oh, these are made up terms so they’re no good,’” one linguist said. “All language is made up, and it’s made up because we have a need to say things.”
May 8, 2024
Bisexual People Were Erased From Coverage of the SCOTUS Ruling
Monday's decision didn't just benefit gay, lesbian, and transgender people.
June 21, 2020
California Court Strikes Down Part of Law Protecting LGBTQ+ Seniors
The 2017 law prohibited employees at care facilities from using anything other than a resident's self-identifying gender and pronouns.
July 20, 2021
Op-ed: One Little Word Means the World
The word 'bisexual,' from President Obama's lips to America's ears.
January 29, 2015
Congresswoman to Anti-Trans Professor: 'You're a Bigot'
U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren confronted a witness who compared being transgender to thinking one is a Russian princess.
May 26, 2016
Montana Sends Drag Ban and LGBTQ+ Erasure Bill to Governor
The Human Rights Campaign is calling on Gov. Greg Gianforte to veto these and other anti-LGBTQ+ measures.
May 5, 2023
We Saw the Backlash Coming, But Have You Noticed All of It?
The response to marriage equality is being channeled into "religious freedom" bills and other underhanded acts of animus.
April 1, 2016
Michfest Has a Few Demands Of Its Own
With another festival come and gone, Michfest founder and organizer Lisa Vogel laid out a list of 'demands' she'd like her critics to meet.
August 19, 2014
Let The Making of a King Introduce You to the World of Drag Kings
It's time for drag kings to finally get the spotlight in this honest and compelling documentary.
September 27, 2016