Idaho to pay $321K in transgender-birth certificate case
(Photo by Sebastian Bergmann, from Wikimedia Commons) BOISE, Idaho (AP) | Idaho lawmakers who made it more difficult for transgender people to change the sex listed on their birth certificates despite...
View ArticleCalifornia governor signs refuge bill for trans kids and their families into law
Blade file photo of California Gov. Gavin Newsom signing legislation. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor) California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to provide refuge for transgender kids and...
View ArticleIdaho House passes ban on gender-affirming medical care
BOISE, Idaho (AP) | A bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors overwhelmingly passed the Idaho House, despite warnings from opponents who said it would likely increase suicide rates...
View ArticleRuPaul: ‘Drag queens are the Marines of the queer movement’
RuPaul. (Screenshot/Instagram) RuPaul, a 12-time, Emmy Award-winning drag queen, television personality, actor, musician and model called out conservative Republicans and extremists who are engaged in...
View ArticleWhite House press secretary again condemns anti-LGBTQ+ ‘legislative bullying’
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke out again on April 6 against the spate of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in legislatures across the country, calling this “one of the worst weeks […] The post...
View ArticleIndiana, Idaho governors sign bans on gender-affirming care
Photo via Bigstock. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) | Republican governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors, making those states the latest to restrict...
View ArticleGroups lobby for political mapmakers to take LGBTQ+ community into account
Redistricting and updated political maps are at the heart of American democracy. Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau tells lawmakers the demographics of their constituents, and likely, how they’ll...
View ArticleOregon man sentenced for LGBTQ+ hate crimes in Idaho
Matthew Lehigh (Photo via Ada County Sheriff’s Office) BOISE, Idaho. (AP) | An Oregon man who pleaded guilty in connection with LGBTQ+ hate crimes, including trying to hit people with […] The post...
View ArticleIdaho committee passes LGBTQ+ book ban on MLK Day
LA Blade File photo by Michael K. Lavers Erin Reed | BOISE, Idaho – On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, most legislatures across the United States were closed for business. […] The post Idaho committee...
View ArticleFederal appeals court upholds block on Idaho trans care ban
James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Courthouse San Francisco (Photo Credit: US Courts/GSA) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. | The Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower […]...
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