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Trump 47’s First 100 Days Focused, and Failed, in Implementing Unprecedented LGBTQ Targeting

GLAAD — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:55:01 +0000

Before returning to the White House 100 days ago, Donald Trump was already the president with the most anti-LGBTQ actions to his name in United States history. His first administration was marred by: arguing and losing at the U.S. Supreme Court for the right to discriminate against LGBTQ employees; signing laws that undercut anti-discriminatory protections [...]

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How Targeting PrEP Could Negatively Impact Preventive Healthcare for Millions of Americans

Tony Morrison — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:00:27 +0000

On Monday, April 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., a case that could strip away a critical piece of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which mandates insurance companies cover preventive healthcare services at no out-of-pocket cost. Braidwood Management, Inc. originally initiated the case stating [...]

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Missouri AG’s Lawsuit Aims to Undo Protections for LGBTQ Youth, Defends Harmful Practice of Conversion Therapy, as Local LGBTQ Advocates Respond

Tony Morrison — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:15:28 +0000

In a shameless and alarming move, Missouri Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, this week filed a lawsuit to reverse the protective bans on conversion therapy in Kansas City and Jackson County. This legal battle threatens to expose LGBTQ youth in the state to discredited, dangerous practices that have long been debunked by medical professionals and mental health [...]

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Chris Mosier: “Trans athletes play sports for the same reasons as anybody else. For our love of the game.”

GLAAD — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:35:41 +0000

Chris Mosier is an out transgender athlete, and a trailblazer, and he’s speaking out about President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girl’s school-sponsored sports. Mosier told CNN, “Sports has just been the entry point to other areas of discrimination against our community, including health care [...]

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Busy Philipps Calls Out Trump’s Latest Anti-Trans Executive Order: “It doesn’t protect us. It hurts all of us.”

Allison Bloom, Communications Consultant — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:13:16 +0000

On Tuesday, February 5th, President Trump announced another executive order baselessly targeting transgender people. This inaccurate, discriminatory order aims to ban trans women and girls from competing in women’s and girls’ sports. This comes just days after the administration’s slew of inaccurate, discriminatory directives and executive orders that aim to restrict funding for schools that are LGBTQ-inclusive, deny access to gender affirming care, [...]

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GLAAD, TRANSGENDER SERVICE ADVOCATES RESPOND TO DISCRIMINATORY EXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY

Angela Dallara — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:10:18 +0000

GLAAD: “The Trump administration’s inaccurate statements and rhetoric targeting transgender people are not based on facts. LGBTQ Americans have been here before, ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and Trump’s previous trans military ban. Research and military experts have made it loud and clear that targeting service members because of who they are is blatantly discriminatory [...]

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“2.5 ANTI-LGBTQ INCIDENTS EVERY DAY OF 2024” – GLAAD’S ALERT DESK RELEASES NEW DATA ON RISING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE AND EXTREMISM

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:17:15 +0000

(New York, NY — January 14, 2025) GLAAD, the world’s leading LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is releasing new metrics on anti-LGBTQ hate in 2024 from the ALERT Desk, our anti-LGBTQ extremism reporting tracker. In 2024, the ALERT Desk tracked at least 918 anti-LGBTQ incidents across the US – the equivalent of 2.5 incidents every day. [...]

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GLAAD RESPONDS TO META’S LATEST ANTI-LGBTQ CHANGES TO CONTENT POLICY AND DEI THAT WILL HARM USERS

Leanna Garfield — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 23:21:12 +0000

GLAAD: “Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are now not only permitting and encouraging, but engaging in anti-LGBTQ hate speech … Meta is now an anti-LGBTQ company.” January 10, 2024 — GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization is responding to Meta’s unprecedented set of draconian changes to its corporate [...]

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GLAAD RESPONSE: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM

Leanna Garfield — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:02:56 +0000

Meta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta’s platforms unsafe places for users and advertisers alike.” January 7, 2024 — GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, [...]

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Congress Sends National Defense Authorization Act With Dangerous Anti-Transgender Provision to President Biden’s Desk

Angela Dallara — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:28:32 +0000

Despite vigorous opposition from LGBTQ military families and civil rights organizations, the U.S. Senate yesterday passed and sent the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to President Biden’s desk with a dangerous provision that discriminates against military families raising transgender youth, supporting a version of the bill that previously passed in the U.S. House. The provision [...]

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