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 09 2025 12:04 PM
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James Lantz glued his hand to a railing inside the Vermont Senate after lawmakers refused to meet with him about trans youth suicides.
The bill expands medical education and access to gender-affirming care in rural communities.
“I won’t sit and watch him lie,” Vermont Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balint said.
Instead of consoling a grieving nation, the president has tried to score political points by falsely blaming diversity efforts for the tragedy.
”I have to say something,” the Vermont congresswoman said about calling attention to the president’s bizarre behavior.
“Queer people, trans people, people of color are waking up today feeling in danger,” U.S. Rep. Becca Balint said. “We need to have a full-throated declaration that we are going to be there with them.”
“I think people don’t understand the emotional and psychological toll it takes on us as openly gay members of Congress that we are in those committee hearings when people are saying horrible things about us,” Balint says.
The proposed law would safeguard one of the most fundamental rights and responsibilities of American citizens.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, who was previously a state representative, said that "when you have marginalized people at the table, decisions change because you remember humanity matters."
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.
Legislation was introduced to establish a dedicated museum within the Smithsonian Institution, which garnered broad support from the Congressional Equality Caucus.
House Republicans are continuing their party’s culture war against the LGBTQ+ community.
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Using the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, two LGBTQ+ members of Congress have joined forces to hold up funds to the African country.
Organizers hope to raise funds for a summer camp for LGBTQ+ kids.
It comes after the school refused to play a team with a trans girl on it.
Mid Vermont Christian School withdrew from a state basketball tournament rather than face a team with a trans player.
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