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Suspect charged in shooting of Black transgender teenager in Alabama
3 days, 6 hours ago

Suspect charged in shooting of Black transgender teenager in Alabama

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The mother of a Black teenager who was fatally shot in Alabama this week said she believes her daughter was killed because of her transgender identity. Alabama is one of nine states that don’t recognize sexual orientation, gender or gender identity in the legal classification of a hate crime, according to the Department of Justice. “Cameron’s death …

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Trump's cabinet picks already have a playbook they could choose to follow. This is what the Project 2025 manifesto proposes
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump's cabinet picks already have a playbook they could choose to follow. This is what the Project 2025 manifesto proposes

ABC  

If you followed the US presidential campaign trail this year, chances are you've heard of Project 2025. Key policies include: Page 6: Providing federal and state support to alternative options to abortion, especially adoption Providing federal and state support to alternative options to abortion, especially adoption Page 455: Ramping up abortion surveillance Ramping up abortion surveillance Page 473: Reverse interpretations …

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Justice DY Chandrachud's Judgments On Socio-Economic Justice, Gender Equality, Reproductive Rights, Child Welfare & Disability Rights
1 month, 1 week ago

Justice DY Chandrachud's Judgments On Socio-Economic Justice, Gender Equality, Reproductive Rights, Child Welfare & Disability Rights

Live Law  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Bachpan Bachao Andolan vs Union Of India : In this case, an Article 32 petition was filed by Bachpan Bacho Andolan seeking mandamus to the Union of India to formulate and implement a national action plan for children on the issue of drugs, alcohol and substance abuse amongst children, the Supreme Court directed that the …

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Justice DY Chandrachud's Judgments On Socio-Economic Justice, Gender Equality, Reproductive Rights, Child Welfare & Disability Rights
1 month, 1 week ago

Justice DY Chandrachud's Judgments On Socio-Economic Justice, Gender Equality, Reproductive Rights, Child Welfare & Disability Rights

Live Law  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Bachpan Bachao Andolan vs Union Of India : In this case, an Article 32 petition was filed by Bachpan Bacho Andolan seeking mandamus to the Union of India to formulate and implement a national action plan for children on the issue of drugs, alcohol and substance abuse amongst children, the Supreme Court directed that the …

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Huntington Beach sues to block state law on trans student privacy
3 months ago

Huntington Beach sues to block state law on trans student privacy

LA Times  

Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark said in a statement that California’s trans student privacy law “puts children at risk” and “is an unconstitutional invasion of the parent/child relationship by the state.” Huntington Beach is once again battling with California, filing a lawsuit this week that seeks to block a new state law that prohibits school officials from requiring …

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Australia's census to include sexual orientation, gender questions for first time
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia's census to include sexual orientation, gender questions for first time

The Hindu  

Australia will include questions on sexual orientation and gender in its census for the first time, after more than a week of controversy over the centre-left Labor government's earlier decision to exclude them. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday the 2026 census would include sexual orientation and gender, although he declined to specify the questions and said the Australian Bureau …

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Jim Chalmers confirms census will include questions on sexual orientation and gender
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Jim Chalmers confirms census will include questions on sexual orientation and gender

ABC  

Questions on both sexual orientation and gender will feature in Australia's next census, as the federal government seeks to repair the fallout from earlier efforts to abandon questions about LGBTIQ+ identity. Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed on the ABC's Insiders that the next census will include a new topic, which will canvass sexual orientation and gender, with the Australian Bureau of …

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After a change of heart, some LGBTQI+ people will be included in the census — but not all
3 months, 3 weeks ago

After a change of heart, some LGBTQI+ people will be included in the census — but not all

ABC  

The Labor government says it will now look to include data on sexual orientation in the 2026 census after a community outcry and political revolt over the exclusion of LGBTQI+ Australians. Annette Bromdal, an associate professor at the University of Southern Queensland, said the census in its current form is "quite outdated" and needed to be amended to get accurate …

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Questions on sexuality and gender have been cut from the 2026 census. Why are LGBTQIA+ people saying it's an omission?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Questions on sexuality and gender have been cut from the 2026 census. Why are LGBTQIA+ people saying it's an omission?

ABC  

It comes around every five years and gives the nation an idea of who we are — but next time it rolls around in 2026, the census won't ask about who we love or how we identify. An outcry when the 2021 census did not include questions identifying LGBTQIA+ people prompted leading advocacy organisation Equality Australia and community member April …

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Supreme Court leaves LGBTQ+ students without crucial civil rights protections ahead of school year
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court leaves LGBTQ+ students without crucial civil rights protections ahead of school year

Salon  

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold injunctions on the Biden administration's latest education regulations in 10 states and hundreds of schools and university campuses nationwide leaves transgender, pregnant and harassed students without crucial civil rights protections as the new school year approaches, experts told Salon. At a June RAGA summer conference in West Virginia, speakers on a panel concerning Supreme …

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Supreme Court blocks Biden’s new antidiscrimination rules for transgender students in red states
4 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court blocks Biden’s new antidiscrimination rules for transgender students in red states

LA Times  

The Supreme Court has refused to lift court orders in 26 conservative states that blocked Education Department rules extending anti-discrimination protections to transgender students. The Supreme Court said Friday it has turned down an appeal from the Biden administration and refused to lift court orders in 26 conservative states that blocked new Education Department rules extending antidiscrimination protections to transgender …

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Trans students’ rights suffer another blow as appeals court refuses to lift block on new Title IX protections
5 months ago

Trans students’ rights suffer another blow as appeals court refuses to lift block on new Title IX protections

The Independent  

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LGBTQIA+ Individuals Experience Familial Rejection, Crucial To Recognize Family As 'Sites Of Violence' And Grant Protection: Kerala High Court
5 months, 4 weeks ago

LGBTQIA+ Individuals Experience Familial Rejection, Crucial To Recognize Family As 'Sites Of Violence' And Grant Protection: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently observed that families can often become sites of violence and control for LGBTQIA+ individuals who they need protection from rather than guardianship. The Court observed that LGBTQIA+ persons face defiance in society and are subjected to stigma, violence and discrimination from an early age due to societal beliefs and cultural norms. The Court interacted with …

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British man ‘tortured by Qatari authorities after arrest in Grindr set-up faces deportation without justice’
6 months ago

British man ‘tortured by Qatari authorities after arrest in Grindr set-up faces deportation without justice’

The Independent  

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Cancer risks are far higher for LGBTQ folks. Here's how health justice groups are fighting back
6 months ago

Cancer risks are far higher for LGBTQ folks. Here's how health justice groups are fighting back

Salon  

Discrimination, and the chronic stress it causes, have been identified as key drivers of heightened cancer risks among LGBTQ+ communities in a pioneering new report from the American Cancer Society. The ACS reports that 40% of all cancers among the general population are attributable to "modifiable risk factors" — including tobacco and alcohol use, along with unhealthy diets and excess …

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Why is Ireland’s hate crime bill attracting so much hate of its own?
6 months, 1 week ago

Why is Ireland’s hate crime bill attracting so much hate of its own?

Al Jazeera  

Critics say the bill could have a ‘chilling’ effect on the freedom of speech and stifle debate about important issues. Responding to the figures, senior policy officer for the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Luna Lara Liboni, said hate crimes and hostility towards some vulnerable communities are “a growing reality in Ireland”. “These numbers should serve as a wake-up call …

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America is again stuck in darkness. Queer people of color have always known the way out
6 months, 2 weeks ago

America is again stuck in darkness. Queer people of color have always known the way out

LA Times  

When I was 33 years old, I realized I was a coward. He adopted the motto “Gay is good” — a spin on “Black is beautiful” — and took the advice of Black activists such as Cecil Williams of San Francisco’s Glide Memorial Church, who urged queer people to have “pride.” Mostly, Kameny raged about how a supposed cure for …

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Louisiana may soon require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana may soon require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments

Associated Press  

— Louisiana could soon become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom — in another expansion of religion into day-to-day life by a Republican-dominated legislature. It mandates that a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” be required in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities. …

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JK Rowling vows to defend 'lower-profile women' if they're pursued by police for 'simply calling a man a man' - after cops refused to arrest author for her trans tweets amid backlash at Scotland's new
8 months, 3 weeks ago

JK Rowling vows to defend 'lower-profile women' if they're pursued by police for 'simply calling a man a man' - after cops refused to arrest author for her trans tweets amid backlash at Scotland's new

Daily Mail  

JK Rowling says she hopes all women will be treated equally by Scotland's new controversial hate crime laws – after police decided not to take any action against her over tweets she made about transgender people. She is not facing action from Police Scotland over tweets she shared about trans women Rowling said the assessment by Police Scotland should 'reassure' …

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JK Rowling's defiant trans tweets are NOT criminal: Police refuse to arrest author amid furious backlash at new SNP 'hate crime' laws - as she says she 'hopes every woman who wants to speak up for imp
8 months, 3 weeks ago

JK Rowling's defiant trans tweets are NOT criminal: Police refuse to arrest author amid furious backlash at new SNP 'hate crime' laws - as she says she 'hopes every woman who wants to speak up for imp

Daily Mail  

Rowling says of police response: 'I hope every woman in Scotland is reassured' Police Scotland have confirmed no action is to be taken against JK Rowling after she challenged new hate legislation north of the border with a flurry of gender critical posts on X, formerly Twitter. JK Rowling has unleashed her furor at Scotland's new hate crime law which …

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‘Don’t Say Gay’ law would be expanded to all public school grades in Alabama under proposal
9 months ago

‘Don’t Say Gay’ law would be expanded to all public school grades in Alabama under proposal

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Teacher-led discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity would be banned in public schools and displaying Pride flags in classrooms would be prohibited under legislation lawmakers advanced in Alabama on Wednesday. Alabama’s law currently prohibits instruction and teacher-led discussions on gender identity or sexual orientation in a manner that is “not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate” from …

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Things to know about developments impacting LGBTQ+ rights across the US
9 months, 1 week ago

Things to know about developments impacting LGBTQ+ rights across the US

Associated Press  

A legal settlement in Florida, legislative action in Arkansas and a lawsuit in Georgia this week made waves in an ongoing national battle over the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans. FLORIDA AGREES STUDENTS, TEACHERS CAN SAY ‘GAY’ Florida this week settled a legal challenge to its 2022 law that bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools, a …

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LGBTQ bill lawsuit: Florida teachers can discuss sexuality, gender identity in some classroom settings, legal settlement clarifies
9 months, 1 week ago

LGBTQ bill lawsuit: Florida teachers can discuss sexuality, gender identity in some classroom settings, legal settlement clarifies

CNN  

CNN — Florida education officials and a group of LGBTQ advocates and families have reached a legal settlement that clarifies the scope of a statute referred to by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, spelling out that students and teachers are allowed to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms, as long as it is not part of …

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Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill settlement
9 months, 1 week ago

Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill settlement

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The settlement clarifies what is allowed in Florida classrooms following passage two years …

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