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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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Georgia Governor Signs Anti-LGBTQ Law Restricting Transgender Students from Sports, Despite Zero Trans Athletes Participating in State

GLAAD — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 21:26:04 +0000

On April 28, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed The Riley Gaines Act, effectively banning the participation of transgender student-athletes from participating in sports and from using the correct restroom and locker room that aligns with their gender. The new law, which was championed by conservative state lawmakers as a top priority at the start of [...]

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GLAAD AND GEORGIA EQUALITY RESPOND TO GEORGIA’S NEW LAW RESTRICTING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS FROM SPORTS, DESPITE ZERO TRANS ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN GEORGIA

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:44:05 +0000

GLAAD: “All students, regardless of gender identity, should have access to play school sports in a safe environment where they can learn and thrive. With the passage of this discriminatory legislation, Georgia lawmakers have unfairly and baselessly made it more difficult for transgender students to experience the same lessons sports offers all youth, and they [...]

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‘PBS NewsHour’ Presented with 36th GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Live TV Journalism Segment

GLAAD — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:47:07 +0000

At the 36th GLAAD Media Awards, GLAAD honored journalists who cover LGBTQ people and issues with nuance, empathy, and perspective. This year’s news awards feature LGBTQ people from the halls of Congress to every day leaders and changemakers. PBS NewsHour won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Live TV Journalism Segment for their post-election interview [...]

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META OVERSIGHT BOARD ALLOWS ANTI-TRANS HATE FROM OTHERS, BUT TELLS META TO REMOVE ITS OWN

Heidi Spillum, Web Producer — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:00:45 +0000

Oversight Board’s decision rules that two anti-trans posts are allowed, but tells Meta to remove anti-trans language from updated hate speech policy “As Meta continues to adopt right-wing postures that foment hate and bigotry against historically marginalized groups, the company should expect that many users, creators, and advertisers will find other places to spend their [...]

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Heroes of the Resistance: Standing Up for LGBTQ Rights in Employment, the First Amendment, Health Care, Marriage Equality, and More.

GLAAD — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:47:30 +0000

Much has happened this week in positive changemaking for the LGBTQ community at this time of challenge and uncertainty. Heroes in government, law, and in faith communities, are standing up to enormous pressure by the Trump administration and those emboldened by anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Standing Up for LGBTQ Protections in Employment At the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]

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Research Explores How Trans Technologies are Removing Barriers to Access and Visibility

Jae Moore — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:23:38 +0000

Trans Technologies, a new book from MIT Press and written by University of Michigan researcher and faculty member Oliver L. Haimson, Ph.D. explores the creative and novel ways technologies are being utilized to address the inequalities the transgender community faces, highlight and correct misinformation, and grow safety, acceptance, equitability, and visibility. “Trans technologies,” as Haimson [...]

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‘If not us, then who?:’ Disabled Queer Couple Reshapes Reality TV in New TLC Show ‘Jay and Pamela’

Tre'vell Anderson — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:57:17 +0000

As motorized wheelchair users who share a rare brittle bone disorder, Jay Manuel and Pamela Chavez are used to strangers gawking. Moving throughout a world that can only be described as inhospitable to folks with disabilities comes with a kind of attention that is often uncomfortable and offensive. But when the opportunity to do a [...]

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John Oliver Calls Out the Right Wing’s “Absolute Fixation” with Trans Athletes on “Last Week Tonight”

Allison Bloom, Communications Consultant — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:49:55 +0000

Last night, longtime ally John Oliver dedicated an entire episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight to calling out the right wing’s “absolute fixation” on transgender athletes. He started the show noting that, “Even as the market crashed in the wake of Trump’s tariffs, Fox News spent a lot of time on this…” He then cut [...]

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Meet the 2025 Judges Powering Queer|Art’s Grants for Black Trans Women Visual Artists and Lesbian Filmmakers

Tymia Ballard, Communities of Color Junior Associate — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:00:08 +0000

In an arts landscape where BIPOC, trans, and queer creatives still fight for equitable recognition, Queer|Art continues to push for it. With the announcement of its 2025 judges for the Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists and the Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant, the organization is once again centering those most marginalized [...]

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