As a child in Peoria, Illinois, in the 1980s, Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez couldn't hide his disappointment when he unwrapped what he had hoped would be an Easy-Bake Oven – finding basketball equipment instead. Like many young queers in the making, he had yet to find words for his feelings. And with a family that belonged to the evangelical Assemblies of God church, it didn't take long for the inkling to turn to shame. Keep Reading →
Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-AZ, speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 12, 2025.
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U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva is calling out congressional Republicans for denying funds for an Arizona library that hosted two drag events in 2019 and 2024. Keep Reading →
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will announce that Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz will be the new commissioner of the Department ofRecords and Information Services.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is appointing a Black lesbian archivist and librarian on Wednesday to lead one of the city’s most consequential but often overlooked agencies, elevating a longtime advocate for information access at a moment when battles over public records, history, and identity are intensifying nationwide. Keep Reading →
Republican Rep. Mary Miller, from Illinois, is trying to force states to get rid of transgender-related content in schools.
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When Congress returns to session next week, Republicans in the House of Representatives are expected to move forward on a bill that would give the federal government unprecedented power to pressure public schools into removing books and materials that acknowledge the existence of transgender people. Keep Reading →
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wants to know why a tarp continues to obstruct the building after Donald Trump's name was removed from the iconic memorial.
Shy Sotomayor speaks about her nine-year online relationship with the husband of former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who drove an anti-trans agenda.