Tennessee schools at risk after governor signs misgendering bill
Critics said the new law should have been named the Bullying LGBTQ+ Students Act.
May 13, 2025
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Michigan adds sexual orientation and gender identity to hate crime law despite 'far-right fiction'
House Bills 5400 and 5401 amended the definition and sentencing guidelines of the state's 1988 “ethnic intimidation” statute for the first time in over 36 years.
January 27, 2025
Transgender woman sues Hooters for discrimination, says workers denied her a job and harassed her
Brandy Livingston claims that Hooters workers denied her job application based on her appearance and harassed her for using the bathroom.
October 31, 2024
Elon Musk moves SpaceX and X to Texas because California is too supporting of trans youth
"This is the final straw," Musk wrote on X, reacting to California's recent law banning the forced outing of LGBTQ+ youth in schools.
July 17, 2024
Anti-LGBTQ+ laws lead to 'public health crisis' with higher suicide rates among queer youth
Ninety percent of LGBTQ+ youth said their well-being has been negatively impacted by recent politics, according to a new survey from The Trevor Project.
May 1, 2024
Libs of TikTok, other right-wingers lose it after X reinstates bans on misgendering, deadnaming trans people
Advocacy groups say the quiet policy change and weak enforcement mechanisms leave a lot to be desired for the safety of users on the platform formerly called Twitter.
March 1, 2024
A small-town cafe said it would use a queer magazine as 'kindling.' The community hit back
The publisher of SUS magazine and several community members are speaking out after a hateful incident at a Sisters Coffee Company cafe.
February 2, 2024
Texas man sentenced for shooting trans woman while on bond for murder
John Lee Smith III was out on bond for shooting the father of the children of his then-girlfriend when he shot and nearly killed the transgender victim.
May 2, 2025
NBC anchor misgenders trans Rep.-elect Sarah McBride on TV. Here’s what newsrooms should do when that happens
“Mistakes happen on the air and in everyday conversation, and the best course is to apologize, correct, and move on, then work to not repeat it,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate.
November 25, 2024
Black trans woman Honee Daniels killed in hit-and-run in Rochester, N.Y.
Daniels was a pedestrian, and the driver who hit her left the scene.
October 7, 2024
Jóvenes de la Generación Z LGBTQ+ no se sienten seguros en la escuela: “Un lugar de temor en lugar de un lugar de aprendizaje”.
El 52 por ciento de los estudiantes de la Generación Z LGBTQ+ han experimentado acoso escolar debido a su identidad, y el 13 por ciento informó que fueron acosados por maestros o personal administrativo.
August 23, 2024
J.K. Rowling stoops even lower, mocks hate-crime law & dares police to arrest her
Oh, and the British Prime Minister defended her behavior.
April 2, 2024
Virginia lieutenant governor offers awkward 'apology' after misgendering trans lawmaker Danica Roem
Winsome Earle-Sears said she meant no offense but that she herself suffered disrespect after she called Roem "sir."
February 26, 2024
Mexican President Obrador apologizes for misgendering trans woman lawmaker
Obrador also called Salma Luévano a “man dressed like a woman.”
January 10, 2024
Transgender teen can't legally change name until age 21, Mississippi Supreme Court rules
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that a 16-year-old trans boy cannot legally change his name even with the support of both his parents.
April 18, 2025
Ervianna 'Baydee' Johnson, Black trans woman, found dead in North Carolina
Police are investigating her death as a homicide.
April 4, 2025
No, Elon Musk's trans daughter Vivian Wilson isn't 'dead' — but he's dead to her
Vivian Wilson is once again calling out her biological father for claiming she's "dead" just because she transitioned.
November 8, 2024
Elon Musk’s comments about his trans daughter prove why she doesn’t speak to him
Musk claimed that his transgender daughter is "dead" to him, simply because she transitioned.
July 23, 2024
LGBTQ+ Gen Z youth don't feel safe at school: 'A place of dread rather than a place of learning'
52 percent of LGBTQ+ Gen Z students have experienced bullying because of their identity, with 13 percent reporting that they were bullied by teachers or administrative staff.
June 28, 2024
X’s anti-trans policy reversal draws ire and concerns from LGBTQ+ advocates and Twitter users
Elon Musk reversed the company’s reversal on prohibiting deadnaming and misgendering users, clarifying that it only applied in some places.
March 5, 2024
Meta has guidelines to protect against anti-trans content. GLAAD says the company is ignoring them
The social media company has failed to protect LGBTQ+ users from bigoted harassment, GLAAD says.