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Georgia mom of trans & nonbinary kids recounts 'traumatic' removal from school board meeting

Lena Kotler-Wallace tells The Advocate about her forceful removal from a school board meeting after defending her autistic, transgender, and nonbinary children.

Georgia mother of trans and nonbinary children forcibly removed from school board meeting

"I'm not resisting and this is what fascists do!" Lena Kotler said as police officers carried her.

Massachusetts Sues Neo-Nazis After They Target Drag Queen Story Hours

Attorney General Andrea Campbell sues NSC-131, a neo-Nazi group, citing civil rights violations and public safety disruptions at drag queen events and migrant shelters.

How ACT UP Shook the Straight Power Structure

Sarah Schulman has written the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and AIDS activism in the U.S.

Op-ed: Forgiving My Father, Finding Peace for Us Both

The author of Street Child: A Memoir was left homeless but eventually came to forgive his dad after serious soul-searching and self-reflection.

Visions of Solidarity: Lesbian writers on how we save the world from fascism

New books by Sarah Schulman and the late Urvashi Vaid offer a blueprint for a common movement to fight against American authoritarianism and the rise of fascism worldwide.

Obama Calls for End to Discriminatory Parenting Laws

President Obama makes LGBT history again by advocating foster and adoptive parents be chosen without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity.

Op-ed: The High Stakes of Bad History

A book chronicling the movement toward marriage equality seems to be rewriting history.

Neo-Nazis Parade Around Florida Chanting ‘Jews Will Not Replace Us’

Some of the neo-Nazis took their hatred on the road to the Sunshine State from Ohio, Wisconsin and Maine.

Meet the 2013 Point Scholars: Living Proof It Does Get Better

Remember these names -- they're the next generation of LGBT leaders.

Gender-Affirming Care Bans Often Modeled by Anti-LGBTQ+ Groups: Report

Their language is identical or similar to that endorsed by the Family Research Council and a newer group called Do No Harm.

Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Glenn Youngkin Elected Virginia Governor

Youngkin delivered a somewhat surprising defeat to Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who called Youngkin the "most homophobic" candidate ever in Virginia.

DeSantis Demands Information on Gender-Affirming Care Provided by Schools

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to target the LGBTQ+ community.

Through Line of Critical Race, 'Don’t Say Gay,' & Great Replacement

The line of bigotry, hatred, and carnage bends like a swastika and is covered with a white hood.

‘Don’t Say Gay’ Legislation Filed in Georgia General Assembly

The legislation targets LGBTQ+ topics as well as "critical race theory." 

Texas A&M's LGBTQ Studies minor and 4-H club targeted by Republican lawmakers

Republican politicians are targeting the school’s LGBTQ Studies minor and other programs over the inclusion of queer and Black perspectives.

Pope Revokes Homophobic Cardinal's Vatican Salary, Subsidized Apartment

Cardinal Raymond Burke has critiqued Pope Francis's stances on LGBTQ+ issues and more.

No, We Can’t Just Move on From the Trump Years

Republicans want us to forget about the last 48 months of terror. For the sake of the nation, we cannot.

Watch Lesbian Rep. Becca Balint Call Out Homophobe Marjorie Taylor Greene on House Floor

Balint cites Greene's numerous anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, racist, and otherwise bigoted comments as well as her promotion of conspiracy theories in her censure resolution.