Alabama House passes 'Don't Say Gay,' drag ban, and Ten Commandments bills all at once
Alabama Republicans also passed legislation banning Pride flags in schools, and prohibiting staff from using students' chosen names and pronouns.
April 18, 2025
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Florida high school teacher loses job for using student's preferred name
Melissa Calhoun is believed to be the first teacher to be fired for using a student's preferred name.
April 10, 2025
GOP proposes bill that would punish supporting trans youth through new names and haircuts
A bill in Arkansas would allow lawsuits against people who use trans kids' preferred names or give them gender nonconforming haircuts.
March 19, 2025
Transgender Students Could Be Outed by Florida School District's Plan
Students in Lee County who want to be identified by their preferred name and pronouns will have to have a form signed by their parents.
July 29, 2022
Dad Persuades Indiana HS to Not Deadname His Trans Teen at Graduation
Administrators at Homestead High School in Fort Wayne have agreed to call trans teen Wyatt by his preferred name.Â
May 10, 2019
Teacher Objects to Using Trans Students' Chosen Names, Loses Job
An Indiana teacher who had religious objections to using the preferred names says he was fired; the district says he resigned.
June 9, 2018
Teacher Who Sued School District After Deadnaming Student Gets $95K
A Kansas court ruled that a school must pay a teacher $95,000 after she was suspended for refusing to call a student by their preferred pronouns and name.
September 1, 2022
Indiana High School Plans to Deadname Trans Teen at His Graduation
The dad of a trans teen has addressed a petition to Fort Wayne's Homestead High School principal to demand they call his son by his preferred name.Â
May 8, 2019
Sponsor of Arkansas Anti-Trans Bill Says Kids Might Identify as Cats
Rep. Mary Bentley's bill would let teachers ignore students' preferred names and pronouns, and she says the state should do more in case a youth identifies "as a cat, as a furry."
April 9, 2021
Teacher Free to Misgender & Out Students Following Trump Judge Ruling
Kansas math teacher Pamela Ricard sued the school district, claiming that the policy of using students' preferred pronouns violated her "religious freedom."
May 19, 2022
Florida school districts still try to protect LGBTQ+ students despite ‘don’t say gay’ law
In response to restrictive state laws, districts including Leon County are adopting guidelines to support LGBTQ+ students.
January 6, 2024
Ted Cruz Introduces Bill Limiting Pronouns and Names Despite Going by His Own Chosen Name
Advocates criticized the breathtaking hypocrisy of Cruz’s Safeguarding Honest Speech Act for its potential harm to the LGBTQ+ community and pointed out the irony in his own name choice.
November 29, 2023
Supreme Court Ruling on Trans Immigrant Celebrated for Correct Pronoun Use
The court has apparently set a kind of precedent.
May 13, 2023
A Trump-Appointed Judge Refuses to Stop Misgendering a Defendant
Stuart Kyle Duncan has long been an enemy of LGBTQ people -- he's now taken his seething animus to the federal bench.
January 24, 2020
N.J. Paper Won't Correct Story of Trans Woman's Murder
GLAAD said it contacted the New Jersey Star-Ledger's reporter about her incorrect pronoun usage, but the writer refused to correct the story.
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September 28, 2013
Monkeypox: WHO Settles on New Name for the Virus
Scientists and health experts wanted to rename "monkeypox" to combat the homophobic and racist stigma attached to the virus.
November 29, 2022
Betsy DeVos Greeted by Genderqueer Student Wearing Trans Pride Flag
The 14-year-old proved that some heroes do wear capes.
May 30, 2018
Texas Officials Accuse Mother of Trans Daughter of Abuse
Parents of Luna Younger have been engaged in bitter court battle, but a jury delivered the mother a victory.
October 25, 2019
Eddie Izzard Shares New Feminine Name in Revealing Podcast Interview
The trans comedian has wanted to use the name since she was 10 years old.
March 7, 2023
Peace Prize Winner Chelsea Manning Doesn't Consider Herself a Pacifist
Meanwhile, Fox News continues to refer to Chelsea as a man, using her given name, despite her August announcement that she's a transgender woman.
October 10, 2013