by Beth Holmes | Dec 13, 2023 | Civil Rights, Entertainment, Gender, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT
The First Amendment isn’t disposable, says a new ruling from a Texas judge against anti-drag laws. In a major win for the LGBTQ+ community, a federal judge in Texas has shut down S.B.12, a controversial law taking aim at drag performers. U.S. District Judge...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 15, 2023 | Civil Rights, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Religion, Transgender
The Supreme Court is facing a critical showdown about state bans on “conversion therapy,” a widely discredited practice of attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. While this practice is already banned for minors in...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 25, 2023 | Civil Rights, Entertainment, Gender, Human Rights, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
A Texas drag law has been struck down a second time by the same federal judge, this time possibly for good. Senate Bill 12 has featured on this blog before. It was signed by Governor Greg Abbott in June, and expanded existing state law to attempt to criminalize drag...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 6, 2023 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gender, Human Rights, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Transgender
The First Amendment protects drag shows, performers tell a federal judge in Texas just days before the state’s new law would ban them. Senate Bill 12, which will go into effect on Friday unless it’s blocked, would have defined any “male performer...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 23, 2023 | Civil Rights, Gender, Human Rights, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Transgender adults worry about finding housing and community as they age, in these unfriendly times. Thirty-three out of fifty states have introduced anti-trans legislation in the past year, from laws concerning who can access gender-affirming care to who can use...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 14, 2023 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gender, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Transgender
How many people are affected by the recent waves of GOP-led anti-LGBTQ+ legislation? The data is not usually part of their lawmaking. In the past three years at least 21 states have passed laws targeting gender-affirming care for transgender people, or making it...
