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LGBTQ Agenda: Community fights back in Utah, Florida against drag restrictions

June 6, 2023

The LGBTQ community isn't taking increasing threats to drag lying down — filing suits against a Utah city and the state of Florida arguing their anti-drag moves violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

DeSantis' anti-LGBTQ laws run afoul of 1st Amendment, attorneys say

by John Ferrannini
May 31, 2023

Attorneys are questioning the constitutionality of some of the anti-LGBTQ laws signed by Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just before he launched his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination.

LGBTQ Agenda: Ongoing suit threatens PrEP coverage as patient groups fight for copay assistance

by John Ferrannini
May 16, 2023

Patient groups have filed a statement with a federal court supporting a lawsuit seeking to overturn copay accumulator schemes; however, this suit comes as access to life-saving preventative HIV care faces an existential threat from a separate case.

Families fleeing Florida, Texas amid anti-LGBTQ legislation, nonprofit head says

by John Ferrannini
May 12, 2023

Families fleeing states passing anti-LGBTQ legislation can get microgrants from one nonprofit, whose leader said people are "leaving everything they know and almost in a dark-of-night situation."

Reactions mixed as FDA further opens up blood donation to gay, bi men

by John Ferrannini
May 11, 2023

The United States Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it finalized new blood donation guidance will allow gay and bisexual men in sexually monogamous relationships to donate blood — but not if they are on PrEP.

New mpox cluster in Chicago prompts concern

by Liz Highleyman
May 11, 2023

Health officials in Chicago have reported a new cluster of 13 mpox cases among gay men, raising concern about a possible resurgence this summer, which unofficially kicks off during the upcoming International Mr. Leather contest over Memorial Day weekend.

LGBTQ Agenda: Queer youth mental health worsened by discrimination, violence according to survey

by John Ferrannini
May 9, 2023

Discrimination, physical harm, and conversion therapy correspond to suicide risk, the results of a Trevor Project survey of tens of thousands of LGBTQ young people show.

LGBTQ Agenda: Feds charge Ohio man with arson in attempt to burn LGBTQ-affirming church

by John Ferrannini
May 2, 2023

An Ohio man is in federal custody, charged with using Molotov cocktails in an attempt to burn an LGBTQ-affirming church to the ground March 25.

Justice Department sues Tenn. over law banning health care for transgender youth

by Washington Blade
Apr 27, 2023

The Justice Department on April 26 filed a complaint challenging Tennessee's Senate Bill 1, a recently enacted law that denies necessary medical care to youth based solely on who they are.

Biden announces reelection bid

by Cynthia Laird
Apr 25, 2023

Coming four years to the day after he announced his 2020 presidential campaign, President Joe Biden on April 25 formally launched his 2024 reelection effort.

Analysis: Abortion access suits have implications for LGBTQs

by Lisa Keen
Apr 24, 2023

The escalating clash over the availability of a federal Food and Drug Administration-approved medication to terminate an early-stage pregnancy has significant implications for many LGBTQ people.

Political Notes: Gay CA House candidate Marshall again seeks to unseat GOPer Obernolte

by Matthew S. Bajko
Apr 24, 2023

Derek Marshall is once again challenging Congressmember Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) for his House seat in the High Desert east of Los Angeles, having lost to him last November.

LGBTQ Agenda: HRC, Equality Florida hold online forum as DeSantis administration issues new anti-LGBTQ policies

by John Ferrannini
Apr 19, 2023

The Human Rights Campaign joined Equality Florida Wednesday in a forum Wednesday about the unprecedented assault on LGBTQ rights in the Sunshine State

Former SF Fetish Wear founder Robert Todd Fulton dies

by Cynthia Laird
Apr 18, 2023

Robert Todd Fulton, an event promoter and fetish wear website founder also known by his professional name, Scott Morris, died April 14 at his home in Cathedral City, California.

LGBTQ Agenda: Equality Florida issues travel advisory against visiting, moving to Sunshine State

by John Ferrannini
Apr 18, 2023

There may not be as many queer visitors to Disney World or other attractions in Florida after the statewide LGBTQ rights organization took the unprecedented step of issuing a travel advisory for the state in light of recent hard-right policies.

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