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[…] campaign aims to showcase positive stories from the diverse transmasculine community and increase access to safe, verified resources through the InReach App. For Transgender Day of Visibility and beyond, GLAAD and InReach are amplifying the call to share stories to illuminate possible futures for transmasculine people. The campaign comes during a rise in anti-trans legislation […]

With us now in the beginning of Pride Month, new stories and media showcasing LGBTQ Pride in various communities and cultures is everywhere and being celebrated. But with June also being Caribbean American Heritage Month, this month becomes extra special for author and filmmaker Max-Arthur Mantle. Filmmaker VISIBLE, Max-Arthur Mantle Max-Arthur Mantle is a […]

[…] by Acadia National Park (@acadianps) LGBTQ employees at NPS had sounded the alarm about discriminatory and conflicting memos restricting uniforms at special events in the days right before Pride month. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland clarified the policy to allow employees to participate in uniform representing their respective bureau. The National Parks Service then posted […]

[…] as it was one of the first AAA games in the first-person shooter genre to have a prominent queer character. Overwatch 2’s Pride Month events have quickly become a beloved addition for its LGBTQ community, and we can’t wait to see what Blizzard has in store for future years. Warframe Photo credits: Digital Extremes […]

[…] with the full human toll of the anti-trans legislative assault,” said Ari Drennen, LGBTQ Program Director at Media Matters. “Trans people are more than theoretical curiosities to be debated from afar. Each and every anti-trans bill affects living, breathing people whose voices deserve to be heard and whose stories deserve to be told.”  In […]

[…] March 15 – Oklahoma-based LGBTQ and 2STGNC+ organizations are responding to the release of a report by the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office regarding the death of Nex Benedict. Nex was a 16-year-old of Choctaw heritage who identified as trans masculine and non-binary, and used he/him or they/them pronouns according to loved ones. Nex died […]

[…] time to attacking 2SLGBTQ+ (Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer+) students and school staff. Walters even produced a video last year baselessly accusing trans students of being threats at school. The reality is, Walters is the threat–to trans students, and to all students in Oklahoma. His record is reprehensible, and he must be […]

“It is haunting to hear Nex Benedict, in their own words, describe how school and state leaders failed, at every level of leadership, to keep them safe from bullying and harm. Less than 24 hours later, Nex would collapse and die. The release of the chilling 9-1-1 call by Nex’s mother, Sue Benedict, school […]