This gay grandpa was fined $16k for protesting trans youth suicides, and he would 'do it again'
James Lantz tells The Advocate about his arrest for gluing his hand to a Capitol railing while protesting trans youth suicides.
July 11, 2025
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Pennsylvania fines gay grandpa with stage 4 cancer $16k for protesting trans youth suicide
James Lantz glued his hand to a railing inside the Vermont Senate after lawmakers refused to meet with him about trans youth suicides.
July 9, 2025
This new LGBTQ+ thrift store in Pennsylvania offers judgement-free fashion
A thrift store in Lancaster County recently opened, giving LGBTQ+ people the opportunity to explore their identities while being "encouraged and built up."
January 29, 2024
High School LGBTQ+ Club Gets Heat for Hosting Drag Show
The Hempfield School District in Lancaster County, Pa., is investigating the matter after some parents said the show was inappropriate.
May 2, 2022
Pennsylvania Drag Queen Story Hour canceled amid bomb concerns
A planned library event in Lancaster became the latest target of right-wing extremists who forced its cancellation through threats of violence.
March 26, 2024
Florida Candidate: Lynch Doctors for Gender-Affirming Care
Doctors who provide this care to minors "should be hanging from the nearest tree," school board candidate Alisabeth Janai Lancaster said.
July 21, 2022
Mennonites Prepare to Ordain First Openly Gay Minister
A Mennonite church in Colorado hopes to ordain an openly gay minister.
February 3, 2014
Nebraska Same-Sex Couple Seeking Divorce
The problem, though, is that the state doesn't recognize their marriage, performed in Iowa in 2009.
April 1, 2014
Nebraskans Ask State Supreme Court to Overturn Abortion, Trans Care Restrictions
The regulations were combined into one bill, which opponents say violates the state constitution's requirement for all bills to be single-subject.
August 20, 2023
Man Arrested For Making Terroristic Threats Against LGBTQ+ Community
The twice-convicted sex offender allegedly threatened the Nebraska LGBTQ+ community for shunning him.
December 13, 2022
Nebraska Sued Over Law Restricting Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care
The suit from Planned Parenthood says the law combines two separate subjects in violation of the state's constitution.
May 30, 2023
Suit Challenges Nebraska's Refusal to Recognize Same-Sex Parents
Two women, formerly a couple, are suing because the state wouldn't list both of them on their sons' birth certificates.
October 5, 2021
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds anti-trans care, anti-abortion law
The law bans most abortions after 12 weeks and restricts gender-affirming care for trans people under 19.
July 26, 2024
Mixed Results for LGBTQ+ Pols in Pennsylvania Primary — Plus a First
State Reps. Malcolm Kenyatta and Brian Sims didn't win bids for higher office, but Kenyatta will stay in the legislature and may be joined by the state's first nonbinary lawmaker.
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May 18, 2022
Book Bans Undermine the Rights of Young LGBTQ+ People
To mark Banned Book Week, PEN America offers thoughts about how banned books deny all youth the affirming and empathetic vision that literature sparks.
September 23, 2022
Meet the transgender Marine Corps vet running for Congress in Pennsylvania
“They want us to get stuck on pronouns. I want to get stuck on bringing grocery prices down,” Sarah Klimm said.
September 30, 2025
10-Year-Old Boy Likely Beaten to Death Recently Came Out as Gay
Covered in cigarette burns, Anthony Avalos was found dead of a head injury last week in southern California.
June 26, 2018
Mother Charged With Murder of Boy Who Came Out as Gay
The mother of Anthony Avalos is arrested, two days after her boyfriend was.
June 29, 2018
Trans Adult Sentenced to Juvenile Facility for Sexual Assault of Minor
The trans woman admitted to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl when she was 17. Because she committed the crime underage, she now won't have to serve time with other adults.
January 28, 2022
Arrest Made in Murder of 10-Year-Old Gay Child
Anthony Avalos had recently come out as gay before he was covered in cigarette burns and beaten to death.
June 28, 2018