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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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Education À La Carte: Legal and Anti-Censorship Experts, Authors, and Students on the Stakes of the Supreme Court Book Ban Case Mahmoud v. Taylor

Jae Moore — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:45:43 +0000

Today, April 22, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case brought by six parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, seeking to opt out their children from the presence of LGBTQ-inclusive books in public education. “This case is about whether public school education can be a la carte, allowing parents to pick and choose [...]

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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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WATCH: “60 Minutes” Covers the Story of Gay Venezuelan Asylum Seeker With No Criminal Record Detained in El Salvador’s ‘Mega-Prison’

Allison Bloom, Communications Consultant — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:45:27 +0000

In his first 100 days in office, President Trump’s administration has deported or detained nearly 48,000 migrants in the United States. Of these individuals, many are legal residents and asylum seekers. Part of Trump’s crusade in his second term is to “eradicate” members of a Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua. In doing this, [...]

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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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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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Annual Celebration of Libraries and Library Workers Arrives Amid Funding Threats to Learning and Enrichment

Jae Moore — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:29:17 +0000

April 6-12 marks National Library Week, the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual celebration of libraries, library workers, and the role they play “in transforming lives and strengthening our communities.” With a theme of “Drawn to the Library,” this year’s event encourages readers to “chart [their] next literary adventure” at the library, recognize the contributions of [...]

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