LGBT News

A recap of what’s legal as of today in DeSantis’s Florida: In public facilities, including prisons and schools, a new requirement will go into place requiring designated bathrooms for men and women, and individuals will be required to utilize facilities based on their gender as assigned at birth. It has no exceptions even for those who have fully transitioned through …

New Orleans’ CBS affiliate reports: Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed three anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed by the Louisiana legislature, his office announced in a press release Friday. House Bill 466, which would have restricted the discussion of gender and sexuality in public school classrooms House Bill 81, which would have required school employees to use the names and pronouns of …

Mediaite reports: Ron DeSantis’ Republican presidential campaign posted a deranged ad on Friday that attacked former President Donald Trump and Pride Month using clips from American Psycho and The Wolf of Wall Street. “To wrap up ‘Pride Month,’ let’s hear from the politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate it…” tweeted the DeSantis War Room, attached to …

From the Democratic National Committee: Today, on the last day of Pride month, the conservative Supreme Court issued yet another radical and out of touch opinion that chips away at civil rights laws that protect all Americans, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and religion, from discrimination in public accommodations. Open to the public means open to the public. …

Via press release from the White House: In America, no person should face discrimination simply because of who they are or who they love. The Supreme Court’s disappointing decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis undermines that basic truth, and painfully it comes during Pride month when millions of Americans across the country join together to celebrate the contributions, resilience, …

Baltimore’s CBS News affiliate reports: Twin brothers Blake Krenzer, 19, and Brandon Krenzer, 19, of Gambrills have been charged for alleged involvement in the vandalism of the Black Lives Matter and Pride signs at the Ark & Dove Presbyterian Church. Officers responded to the Odenton church on the morning of June 14, where they found the vandalized signs. An investigation …

Courthouse News reports: A Nebraska state senator is suing a conservative political action committee for defamation after it called her a groomer on Twitter. According to the complaint filed in Douglas County District Court on Wednesday, the Nebraska Freedom Coalition called state Senator Megan Hunt a “groomer” in a Tweet published March 22, which included childhood photos of her now …

The Miami Herald reports: Multiple federal court decisions have frozen key portions of Ron DeSantis’ campaign against LGBTQ rights in recent weeks, complicating the Florida governor’s efforts to present himself as a conservative champion with a track record of winning cultural battles over LGBTQ causes. In the last week alone, the DeSantis administration faced setbacks in three legal battles over …

CTV News reports: A triple stabbing during a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo is believed to have been a hate-motivated attack, police said Thursday as they laid multiple charges against a 24-year-old former student. The Wednesday attack injured three people and shocked the university campus located about 100 kilometres west of Toronto. Geovanny Villalba-Aleman [photo], a recently …

The Associated Press reports: LGBTQ+ rights activists and couples in Nepal on Thursday were celebrating an interim order issued by the country’s Supreme Court enabling the registration of same-sex marriages for the first time. The Supreme Court issued the order on Wednesday allowing for the temporary registration of marriages for same-sex and non-traditional couples. It was not clear when the …

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: Two protesters offended by a Pride exhibit at the Rancho Peñasquitos Library have checked out nearly all the books in the display and vowed to keep them until the library eliminates what they call “inappropriate content” for children. The anti-gay protest is the latest example of a growing national backlash against Pride exhibits, which experts …

From the editorial board of the Orlando Sentinel: Orlando’s first gay nightclub, The Palace Club, opened the same year as the Stonewall riots. When Disney’s Magic Kingdom opened its gates, the City Beautiful took on added allure as a safer — though still not safe — space for non-heterosexual Americans to love and live their lives. It still took decades …

Michigan Live reports: Bills banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors in Michigan passed the state legislature, Tuesday, June 27 and are headed for the desk of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Once signed by Whitmer, Michigan will join the 21 states, plus the District of Columbia, which have already enacted bans on administering conversion therapy to minors. “Michigan’s LGBTQ+ youth should be …

Bloomberg News reports: Starbucks Corp. plans to issue “clearer centralized guidelines” for in-store visual displays and decorations following a union’s allegations that managers banned Pride-themed decor, which the company disputes. “We have heard from our partners that you want to be creative in how our stores are represented and that you see visual creativity in stores as part of who …

Hartford’s CBS affiliate reports: Police are looking into a potential hate crime after two people disrupted a church service that was celebrating Pride Month. It happened Sunday at a church in Enfield. Pastor Greg Gray of the Enfield Congregational United Church of Christ was in the middle of a sermon during a Pride service at the church when two men …

NBC News reports: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has asked a federal judge to allow state officials to bar people from changing their birth certificates, a move aimed at enforcing a sweeping statewide anti-trans law that is due to go into effect next week. If the judge allows the request, people in Kansas would be barred from making such changes. …

ABC News reports: The suspect in a mass shooting at LGBTQ bar Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that left five people dead accepted a plea deal Monday. Anderson Lee Aldrich has pleaded guilty to five counts of murder in the first degree, 46 counts of attempted murder in the first degree. Aldrich will receive five consecutive life sentences without …

Ringside News reports: As many people are aware by now, Anthony Bowens is a proud member of the LGBTQ community and has been very transparent about that fact since day one. He stands as a symbol of hope and admiration for anyone in the community. During AEW Rampage this week, a segment featuring The Acclaimed and QTV took place. This …

The New York Times reports: Jubilant marchers are set to fill the streets of Manhattan on Sunday for the New York City Pride March, but the shadow of gathering storm clouds — both literal and metaphorical — was unmistakable. The march, which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riot widely viewed as spurring the modern L.G.B.T.Q. rights movement, is the largest of …

The Associated Press reports: NHL teams won’t wear special jerseys for pregame warmups during themed nights next season, the result of a handful of players refusing to use rainbow-colored Pride jerseys this past season and causing unwelcome distractions. The league’s Board of Governors agreed that the refusals overshadowed teams’ efforts in hosting Pride nights that in some cases included auctioning …