- CANADIAN PRIDE EVENTS BAN ANTI-TRANSGENDER POLITICIANS. - THE VOICE’ HAD IT’S FIRST OUT OF THE CLOSET LGBTQ WINNER. - THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ON MONDAY DECLINED TO HEAR A LAWSUIT AGAINST MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS GUIDELINES THAT ALLOW SCHOOLS TO CREATE PLANS IN SUPPORT OF TRANSGENDER OR GENDER NONCONFIRMING STUDENTS WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT. - A BILL TO SUPPORT LGBTQ SENIORS IN RURAL AREAS
WAS REINTRODUCED. THE ELDER PRIDE ACT
WOULD STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY AND ABILITY
OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING LOCATED IN RURAL COMMUNITIES TO BETTER SERVE AND SUPPORT LGBTQ SENIORS WHO REQUIRE AFFIRMING CARE, SERVICES, AND SUPPORTS THAT ARE OFTEN UNDERFUNDED AND SCARCE IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. - A JURY HAS AWARDED MORE THAN $1.1 MILLION TO AN IDAHO DRAG PERFORMER WHO ACCUSED A FAR-RIGHT BLOGGER OF DEFAMING HIM WHEN SHE FALSELY CLAIMED THAT HE EXPOSED HIMSELF TO A CROWD, INCLUDING CHILDREN, IN 2022; - NBA GREAT DWYANE WADE HAS LAUNCHED TRANSLATABLE, A NONPROFIT ONLINE COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING TRANSGENDER YOUTH. - 20 YEARS AGO, BETH STROUD WAS DEFROCKED AS A UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PASTOR AFTER TELLING HER PHILADELPHIA CONGREGATION THAT SHE WAS IN A COMMITTED SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIP. LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AFTER THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH REPEALED ITS ANTI-LGBTQ BANS, SHE WAS REINSTATED. THE BAD:; - GLAAD RELEASED ITS FOURTH ANNUAL SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY INDEX AND GAVE VIRTUALLY EVERY MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY A FAILING GRADE AS IT SURVEYED LGBTQ SAFETY, PRIVACY, AND EXPRESSION ONLINE. YOUTUBE, X,AND FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND THREADS RECEIVED FAILING F GRADES ON THE SMSI PLATFORM SCORECARD FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR. TIKTOK MANAGED TO GET A D+. - IN BOLIVIA, THE COLLECTIVE LA PESADA SUBVERSIVA FACED AN ONSLAUGHT OF DIGITAL VIOLENCE AFTER SHOWCASING THEIR LGBTQ ARTWORK. - SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER HAS SIGNED INTO LAW A BAN ON GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR TRANSGENDER MINORS.
