Mississippi Elects Fabian Nelson as First Out LGBTQ+ State Legislator
Nelson had won the Democratic primary and had no opposition in Tuesday's general election. But now his election to the Mississippi House is official.
November 07 2023 11:54 PM
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Nelson had won the Democratic primary and had no opposition in Tuesday's general election. But now his election to the Mississippi House is official.
Prosecutors say Sheldon Timothy Herrington killed Jimmie “Jay” Lee to keep their relationship a secret.
The election could mean LGBTQ+ firsts in Virginia, New Jersey, and Mississippi, along with important progress elsewhere.
Amid the surge of anti-trans bills in America, this Mississippi family is still trying to raise trans kids in a faith that tends to have a strict binary view of gender.
Fabian Nelson won the Democratic primary for his Mississippi House district and has no opposition in the general election.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the guilty men “shamefully betrayed the oath they swore” to uphold the law.
The district has made headlines for its transphobic policies before.
That's raised concern among LGBTQ+ advocates at Delta State.
The word “groomer” has lost all meaning since right-wing extremists began using it as a false smear against the LGBTQ+ community.
They claim the store’s Pride gear was sexualizing kids.
She had filed a legal motion to allow her to wear a dress to the ceremony.
While bucking some stereotypes, the study emphasizes the need for LGBTQ+ safe spaces in southern states.
Also, she said, his campaign for a district attorney position had assistance from George Soros, the far right's public enemy number one.
State legislators are trying to distract from systemic problems by scapegoating children, parents, and doctors.
Jimmie "Jay" Lee was well known in the college town of Oxford for his drag performances.
Martasia Richmond and Shawmayne Giselle Marie McClam are the latest casualties of this epidemic of violence.
More than 100 community members came out for a vigil Friday to honor the 24-year-old's life.
While in the Mississippi state legislature, Robert Foster drafted the state's death penalty law in 2017 that now allows for executions by gas chamber, electrocution, and firing squad.
Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee objected to "homosexual materials" because they went against his Christian beliefs, the library system's director says.
Groves is at least the 39th trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming person to die by violence in the U.S. this year.