Trans activists climb 250-foot construction crane to protest anti-trans laws & police
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by John Russell
22m ago
Two transgender women were arrested Wednesday after they climbed a crane at an Atlanta construction site to protest the city’s controversial “Cop City.” A statement from the Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City campaigns posted on X said the women were also highlighting recent violence against trans people in Atlanta and anti-trans legislation currently making its way through the Georgia legislature. Related: Desperate Georgia GOP rams last-minute anti-trans bills through legislature Failed legislation found its way back into a hateful omnibus package. According to a joint Instagram ..read more
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GOP organizer allegedly paid half a million to a man he fondled to drop his sexual assault lawsuit
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by Alex Bollinger
22m ago
American Conservative Union (ACU) chair Matt Schlapp paid $480,000 to Carlton Huffman, the man who accused him of sexually assaulting him in a car over a year ago, to get Huffman to drop his lawsuit, according to CNN’s sources. “I am only legally allowed to say five words, and that is ‘We have resolved our differences,’” Huffman told CNN when reached for comment about what the unnamed sources said. “Those are the only five words that I’m legally allowed to say.” Related: Powerful conservative officials allegedly knew about Matt Schlapp’s gay sexual misconduct The head of a homophobic conve ..read more
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Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted as a “scolding hypocrite” for calling Mike Johnson a fake Christian
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by Molly Sprayregen
2h ago
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been called the ultimate hypocrite for accusing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of not being a real Christian. Greene is livid at Johnson for bringing a massive government spending bill to a vote since the bill did not contain a myriad of far-right provisions that House Republicans attempted to insert. The bill includes earmarks for programs and organizations that support LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights. The bill passed both houses of Congress and was signed by President Joe Biden on Saturday – narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. Related: GOP candidat ..read more
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Desperate Georgia GOP rams last-minute anti-trans bills through legislature
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by Greg Owen
2h ago
In a last-ditch effort to pass anti-trans legislation previously declared dead in the Georgia legislature, conservative lawmakers are bundling a greatest-hits list of discriminatory proposals into two hateful omnibus packages. Originally a bill addressing high school athletes’ mental health, the amended H.B. 1104 now includes provisions, according to trans journalist Erin Reed, that would ban transgender students from playing on teams aligned with their gender identity; ban transgender students from bathrooms aligned with their gender identity; opt parents into notification for every book a s ..read more
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The New York Times didn’t quote trans people in articles about trans issues 60% of the time
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by Mira Lazine
18h ago
In a report published on Tuesday, Media Matters and GLAAD revealed that the New York Times failed to get comment from a transgender person in 66% of its stories regarding anti-transgender legislation, pointing to a lack of transgender voices in stories about topics that directly involve transgender people. The report further detailed that in 18% of its stories on anti-trans legislation, the New York Times presented anti-trans misinformation without clarifying the facts, such as during an instance when the news website quoted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) that gender-affirming care is equivale ..read more
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Anti-LGBTQ+ Christians stop traffic & destroy rainbow crosswalk
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by Greg Owen
19h ago
A church group in New Zealand made a big show of stopping traffic on a major thoroughfare on Monday and painting over a rainbow crosswalk after the city refused to bow to their threats and cancel a drag event. Pastor for the evangelical Destiny Church, Brian Tamaki, issued an ultimatum to the mayor of Gisborne warning her to cancel a planned drag storytime at the local library by 5 p.m. Related: Town votes to ban Pride crosswalks. Its only rainbow crosswalk will be removed. Vote followed petition for “neutrality” in public spaces. When she refused, church members stopped traffic behind ..read more
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GOP candidate for governor called teachers “demons” for teaching about “filthy” LGBTQ+ people
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by Molly Sprayregen
20h ago
A 2021 video shows staunchly anti-LGBTQ+ GOP candidate Mark Robinson referring to LGBTQ+ people as “filthy” and calling teachers who speak to students about LGBTQ+ issues “demons.” Robinson – the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor and the state’s current lieutenant governor – was reportedly speaking at a 2021 Independence Day event held by Conservative Coalition North Carolina. Related: Man parades rainbow-painted donkey through GOP campaign rally in bizarre attack on trans people “I thought to myself, that is not a rainbow unicorn.” “I’m a little more concerned with what’s ..read more
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Hate influencer Chaya Raichik thinks Pete Buttigieg can’t do his job because he loves his husband
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by Alex Bollinger
22h ago
After a 95,000-ton cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore yesterday, many on the right decided to blame out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, often attacking him for being gay, despite how he had nothing to do with the disaster. So anti-LGBTQ+ hate influencer Chaya Raichik – who goes by LibsofTikTok online – had to join in. Related: Hate influencer Chaya Raichik left sputtering when asked why she hates trans people so much “Chaya Raichik is currently the most mad that she has ever been in her life.” “Guys don’t worry,” she wrote. “Mayor Pete is on his way to Bal ..read more
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Kristen Stewart gave Seth Meyers a “lesbian makeover” at a gay bar
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by Bil Browning
22h ago
When Kristen Stewart and Seth Meyers went day drinking at a New York City gay bar, things quickly spiraled into mayhem and laughter. As day drinking normally ends. Chelsea sports bar Boxers NYC is one of the most popular bars in the area, but it closed down briefly for one of Meyer’s “Day Drinking With…” segments to give the two drunken celebs some privacy. Related: Kristen Stewart destroys right-wingers who freaked out over her jockstrap photo in just two words She made several astute observations about what sparked so much anger, but in the end she expertly boiled down how she felt about ..read more
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LGBTQ+ women are often discouraged from running for office. They’re doing it anyway.
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by Molly Sprayregen
23h ago
When queer Washington state Sen. Emily Randall (D) decided to run in the most competitive legislative district in her state, folks told her again and again that she was “too much.” “I was born and raised in my district – but political consultants and insiders told me that because I am queer, because I am Latina, because I worked for reproductive freedom at Planned Parenthood – I couldn’t win a tough election in a swing district,” she told LGBTQ Nation. Related: Sen. Dallas Harris is a martial arts master who co-founded Nevada’s LGBTQ+ caucus Here’s why she would rather fight Nikki Haley in ..read more
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