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National Deaf QTPOC LGBTQ-led nonprofit based in San Francisco, CA.
β€œOne of the biggest unresolved questions hanging over the case is whether transgender people should be treated as a protected group under the Constitution, similar to how the law treats discrimination based on sex or race. The stakes are enormous."
7 takeaways from Supreme Court arguments about bans on trans women and girls in sports
Here's what went down at the Supreme Court as the justices decide on two anti-trans state sports laws.
www.advocate.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"Genocide experts are sounding the alarm to warn that the U.S. is in the early stages of a larger campaign to 'literally, physically' destroy transgender people as a specific gender group."
The US is in early stages of an anti-trans genocide, experts say - LGBTQ Nation
One expert called the situation β€œterrifying.”
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
January 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
β€œWe honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.” --Becca Good
Wife of Minneapolis woman killed by ICE speaks out for the first time
β€œWe had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said about the shooting.
www.advocate.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
"Renee Nicole Good was many things β€” a wife, mother, poet, singer, devoted Christian, and 'extremely compassionate' human being β€” but she was not a 'domestic terrorist.'"
Who was Renee Nicole Good? Remembering the Minneapolis poet and mother killed by ICE
Here's everything we know so far about Renee Nicole Good, who was killed Wednesday by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
www.advocate.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
β€œHiding under the guise of national security, these supposed anti-domestic terrorism moves are more likely to be used against trans activists and immigration advocates.”
Pam Bondi wants the government to create cash bounties for turning in trans equality activists - LGBTQ Nation
Bondi wants the FBI to ignore right-wing terror attacks and target anti-fascists and trans people instead.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
β€œSome queer people flee the South for more politically and socially progressive states. But others remain and commit themselves to creating a future that is welcoming and affirming of all people, especially Black queer folks who still choose to call the South home.”
"Lord have mercy, they won't stop us from dancing": The Black queer activists uniting joy & change - LGBTQ Nation
The inaugural Black Queer Visionaries Summit was "not about reacting to struggle, but rather a proactive and intentional gathering."
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"Cis white LGBTQ+ people often see their queerness as absolving them of responsibility to show up authentically for trans people and queer people of color."
Restoring the rainbow: How cis white gay folks must show up for trans & queer people of colorΒ  - LGBTQ Nation
The LGBTQ+ community has never been united. Professor Kaila Adia Story explains what needs to change.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We believe survivors. Today and every day.

Know you are seen and deeply loved. πŸ’œ
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"The memo follows Trump's January executive order denying the existence of transgender people, which banned any facility that receives federal funding from accommodating trans people based on their gender identities. This included banning trans women inmates from being housed in women's facilities."
Trump DOJ rolls back policies protecting LGBTQ+ inmates from sexual violence
Trump's DOJ will no longer enforce safety standards for LGBTQ+ inmates in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
www.advocate.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
For 30 years, DQRC has been a vital lifeline and community pillar for Deaf Queer & Trans communities.

To continue the critical work we do, we need your support. Please consider making a donation today.

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December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Did you know?

When the world turned its back on the AIDS pandemic, it was primarily Lesbians that stepped up and took care of our infected Gay and Bisexual siblings.

#WorldAIDSDay #LesbiansAreBaddasses #QueerHistory
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Today is World AIDS Day.

Please join us in taking time to pause and reflect on the importance of this day and to remember the many Deaf and signing loved ones, friends, and community members that were taken too soon from us by the AIDS pandemic.

deafaids.info
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Meet Landon Gonzales, a deaf, gay, Latinx, and Jewish actor and model studying Art and Media Design and ASL at Gallaudet. His new poem explores our relationship with time. Thank you for your beautiful work, Landon. πŸ’œ
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Keep resisting. πŸ’œ
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
"In a victory for trans youth and their families, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from accessing private medical records of kids who sought gender-affirming care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)."
Judge sides with trans kids in "complete rebuke" of DOJ's demand for private medical records - LGBTQ Nation
The judge wrote he was "not persuaded in the least" by the DOJ's rationale for needing the information.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
More info and registration link in the Alt.
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"The movement that began as a vigil on a cold Nov night must now become a worldwide uprising of memory that rejects colonial limits and imagines a liberated future where every trans person is honored in life, not only in loss. Because solidarity that stops at borders is not solidarity at all."
TDOR must honor trans lives beyond our borders. Anything less is colonial violence. - LGBTQ Nation
Solidarity that stops at borders is not solidarity at all.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM