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X-Ray of bullet in Kyle McFarlane's spine (L); Kyle McFarlane with his dog (R)

Florida man partially paralyzed after neighbor allegedly shot him and used anti-LGBTQ+ slurs

A man in Florida was left partially paralyzed after an incident his friends call "a violent crime perpetrated by a hate-filled neighbor."

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The 10 states that have passed pro-LGBTQ+ bills — or defeated the most anti-LGBTQ+ ones — in 2025

Liberal states stand out for passage of supportive laws, while the sheer volume of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation introduced in some conservative ones means many bills died there.

Mattapan Boston transit stop

5 suspects charged in Boston for attack on gay couple with baseball bat

The attack has not been charged as a hate crime, despite the couple's account that they were targeted because they are gay.

Candace Owens during a taping of her show in Nashville Tennessee 2022

Candace Owens denied entry into Australia over fear she'd incite 'violent or radical action'

Candace Owens still won't be able to enter Australia and now must cover the government's legal costs after losing her appeal.

FBI Evidence Response Team agent behind police tape inspects mass shooting suspect truck outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints in Grand Blanc Michigan

When shooters are MAGA and anti-LGBTQ+, the right suddenly loses its appetite for conspiracy theories

Opinion: A trans roommate becomes a national scandal, but MAGA shooters barely make the news, writes John Casey.

Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters press conference transgender people

7 of Ryan Walters's most heinous anti-LGBTQ+ quotes

The homophobic, transphobic Oklahoma schools superintendent is leaving to take a position fighting teachers' unions. Here are some of his "greatest hits."

Ryan Walters leaves his post as Oklahoma State Superintendent

The fall of Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters and the questions around his resignation

Opinion: Walters deserves what he’s getting: obscurity, irrelevance, and hopefully a long, silent fade into nothingness, writes John Casey.

Ryan Walters

Ryan Walters wants Turning Point chapters in Oklahoma high schools — or will he resign before it happens?

Some news outlets are reporting that the far-right superintendent of public instruction may resign as early as this week.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox

Utah Gov. Cox is 'calmed' by Kirk's words, but a generation has been indoctrinated by his rhetoric of hate

Opinion: Kirk’s false mythology will be carried forward by young people who grew up on his rhetoric, emboldened by a president who thrives on division, writes John Casey.

E.J. Antoni

Trump's pick to run Bureau of Labor Statistics has history of anti-LGBTQ+, misogynist tweets

E.J. Antoni has posted that being gay "is a disorientation," insulted Kamala Harris, and accused prominent people of pedophilia.

drag artist Sible Sible Stackhouse known to their friends as Vayne

Pennsylvania man charged with beating and choking drag artist outside bar

The strangulation of a Pennsylvania drag artist isn't being charged as a hate crime. Here's why.

gay queer hate crime memorial outside stonewall inn NYC

FBI report: Despite overall crime drop, anti-LGBTQ+ violence remains alarmingly high

There is "a national emergency hiding in plain sight," says Kelley Robinson of the Human Rights Campaign.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith shares post from church that called for death to gays; his team walks it back

Nevertheless, Beckwith has a history of horrific comments about LGBTQ+ people.

TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart preaching at Flora Blanca Stadium in March 1987 and in tearfully asking for God forgiveness as he resigns from his ministry due to allegations of sexual misconduct in February 1998

Who was Jimmy Swaggart, the late, anti-LGBTQ+, disgraced televangelist?

Swaggart, who was involved in scandals with female sex workers, was as homophobic as any of his ilk, once saying he'd kill a gay man who looked at him with romantic intentions.