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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.

Griner: Baylor Coach Enforced Closet Policy

Officials at the Baptist university once asked Griner to remove a tweet referring to her sexual orientation.

Study: LGBT-Affirming Schools Yield Lower Suicide Rates

A new study shows that both LGBT and straight students benefit greatly from GSAs and schools that enforce their antidiscrimination policies.

22 GOP Attorneys General Sue USDA Over LGBTQ+ Non-Discrimination

The Republican attorneys general are suing the Biden-Harris administration for enforcing antidiscrimination policies in its school lunch program.

Federal judge blocks Trump admin's gender-restrictive passport policy

The State Department can't enforce the policy denying gender marker changes or the X marker while a lawsuit against it proceeds, the judge ruled.

Spoutible joins Discord & Post to safeguard LGBTQ+ users, forbids misgendering and deadnaming

The social media platform announced a comprehensive policy update focused on protecting transgender individuals, enforcing strict measures against misgendering and deadnaming.

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.

UNC Has No Idea How to Enforce Bathroom Laws

The university announced it will abide by the state's anti-LGBT law, requiring trans students to use bathrooms that don't match their gender identity. But how will that policy be enforced? 

Federal judge forces Trump administration to disclose all plans to implement trans military ban

The judge directed the federal government to notify both the court and plaintiffs if the Department of Defense issues any policy or guidance enforcing the challenged executive orders impacting transgender service members.

Meta disables far-right Republican's Instagram after months of antigay, slur-filled posts

“It is unfortunate that it took Meta months, and multiple high-profile posts with anti-LGBTQ slurs and hate, to finally make good on fully enforcing its own hate speech policies for accounts like this,” GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate, responding to Valentina Gomez's account being disabled.

Protests erupt across U.S. at hospitals complying with Trump's under-19 anti-trans executive order

Demonstrators argue that hospitals should stand as a bulwark against Trump and should care for all of their patients, rather than comply without a fight.

School Suspends Students For Long Hair — Judge Intervenes

Magnolia Independent School District is being sued over a policy requiring short hair for boys but not girls.

No More Unfulfilled Promises: Biden Must Show Up for LGBTQ+ Immigrants

This administration can't just half-heartedly fix what Trump broke; it must do better for undocumented people.

How bathroom bans on federal property would impact trans Americans

A proposed bill in Congress would ban trans people from bathrooms in museums, national parks and other federal property. How would it be enforced, and what are the consequences?

Let's Not Pretend: Walmart Is Still Hostile to LGBT Workers

The Human Rights Campaign finally acknowledged the retail giant is not treating its employees -- including LGBT employees -- humanely. Jerame Davis says HRC should have made this point much sooner.

Discord Now Explicitly Bans Misgendering and Deadnaming Transgender People on the Platform

Looks like transphobes aren't going to be spewing their hate on Discord anytime soon.

GLAAD: Social Media Platforms Are Failing to Keep LGBTQ+ Users Safe

GLAAD's second annual Social Media Safety index finds five major platforms wanting.

The FDAs Lesser Known Insult is a Ban on Gay Sperm Donors

The FDA not only bans gay and bi men from giving blood, they actively discourage them from donating sperm. Will the agency ever change its ways?

Harvard will cooperate with U.S. military

Reversing a decision made last year, Harvard Law School will fully cooperate with Pentagon recruiters this fall as it awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of a law requiring schools to open their doors to the military.

Spotify Removes Offensive Imagery But Keeps Transphobic Song Despite Outcry

GLAAD raised the alarm while Apple Music remains unchanged amid this hate speech controversy.