@basycle.bsky.social
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Ald. Jessie Fuentes’ office just released a statement she was handcuffed and threatened arrest amid ongoing ICE activity in Humboldt Park.
Tear gas was also used on passersby at a Home Depot an at Rico Fresh, her office says.
I’m on my way to an emergency press conference now.
Tear gas was also used on passersby at a Home Depot an at Rico Fresh, her office says.
I’m on my way to an emergency press conference now.
October 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Ald. Jessie Fuentes’ office just released a statement she was handcuffed and threatened arrest amid ongoing ICE activity in Humboldt Park.
Tear gas was also used on passersby at a Home Depot an at Rico Fresh, her office says.
I’m on my way to an emergency press conference now.
Tear gas was also used on passersby at a Home Depot an at Rico Fresh, her office says.
I’m on my way to an emergency press conference now.
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"The facts show trans people and all marginalized Americans are at disproportionate risk of gun violence." - @darianoutloud.bsky.social
www.advocate.com/voices/alaba...
www.advocate.com/voices/alaba...
Alabama politicians could choose not to scapegoat trans people, but that would be humane
Opinion: In a state that prides itself on embodying the love of Christ, asking political leaders to exemplify Christ-like behavior shouldn’t be a lot to ask, Darian Aaron writes.
www.advocate.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"The facts show trans people and all marginalized Americans are at disproportionate risk of gun violence." - @darianoutloud.bsky.social
www.advocate.com/voices/alaba...
www.advocate.com/voices/alaba...
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Federal courts are rejecting efforts to strip the rights of LGBTQ people. (1/4)
September 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Federal courts are rejecting efforts to strip the rights of LGBTQ people. (1/4)
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LGBTQ leaders in Washington, DC, and in states deploying their National Guard to a militarized DC, speak out about the dangers to LGBTQ people in DC and to public safety at home.
Read what they have to say here:
glaad.org/bring-them-h...
Read what they have to say here:
glaad.org/bring-them-h...
Bring Them Home: Deploying Our State National Guard for Political Purposes Endangers Public Safety | GLAAD
LGBTQ leaders in Washington, DC, and in states deploying their National Guard to a militarized DC, speak out about the dangers to LGBTQ people in DC and to public safety at home. Dwayne Steward, Equal...
glaad.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
LGBTQ leaders in Washington, DC, and in states deploying their National Guard to a militarized DC, speak out about the dangers to LGBTQ people in DC and to public safety at home.
Read what they have to say here:
glaad.org/bring-them-h...
Read what they have to say here:
glaad.org/bring-them-h...
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Dr. Demetre Daskalakis' entire resignation letter is an urgent warning for every American: "I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.” (2/2)
August 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis' entire resignation letter is an urgent warning for every American: "I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people.” (2/2)
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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Disability justice co-founder and activist Stacey Park Milbern is the latest pioneering woman to be on the quarter. Milbern, who was also queer and Korean-American, is the first woman in a wheelchair on U.S. currency, and the first person whose wheelchair is shown.
19thnews.org/2025/08/stac...
19thnews.org/2025/08/stac...
What it means to have a woman in a wheelchair featured on U.S. currency
The late disability justice co-founder and activist Stacey Park Milbern is the first woman in a wheelchair featured on U.S. currency and the first person whose wheelchair is actually shown.
19thnews.org
August 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Disability justice co-founder and activist Stacey Park Milbern is the latest pioneering woman to be on the quarter. Milbern, who was also queer and Korean-American, is the first woman in a wheelchair on U.S. currency, and the first person whose wheelchair is shown.
19thnews.org/2025/08/stac...
19thnews.org/2025/08/stac...
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"The US government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely...
"A coalition of Americans *didn’t let them*"
Great @cwnewser.bsky.social story on the movement to free Andry Hernández Romero:
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
"A coalition of Americans *didn’t let them*"
Great @cwnewser.bsky.social story on the movement to free Andry Hernández Romero:
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole
The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.
www.advocate.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"The US government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely...
"A coalition of Americans *didn’t let them*"
Great @cwnewser.bsky.social story on the movement to free Andry Hernández Romero:
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
"A coalition of Americans *didn’t let them*"
Great @cwnewser.bsky.social story on the movement to free Andry Hernández Romero:
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
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“He had crown tattoos on his wrists that said ‘mom’ and ‘dad,’” GLAAD's Monica Trasandes said. “That is not a gang member. It’s ridiculous. The cruelty, the shamelessness, the un-American-ness of it all, it outraged people. And people acted.”
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
Inside the movement that freed gay makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero from a hellhole
The U.S. government under Trump tried to disappear a gay Venezuelan man seeking asylum to a torture prison in El Salvador indefinitely. A coalition of Americans didn’t let them.
www.advocate.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“He had crown tattoos on his wrists that said ‘mom’ and ‘dad,’” GLAAD's Monica Trasandes said. “That is not a gang member. It’s ridiculous. The cruelty, the shamelessness, the un-American-ness of it all, it outraged people. And people acted.”
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
www.advocate.com/news/freeing...
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“These young people deserve our compassion, our evidence-based care, and our unwavering commitment to their well-being.”
Attorneys general of 15 states and DC are suing to block federal actions that would punish gender-affirming care for people younger than 19. Combined reporting from @bensolis1.bsky.social of @MichiganAdvance.com & @wisconsinexaminer.com buff.ly/KR5sBgd
AGs from 15 states sue to block attacks on medically necessary care for transgender youth • Wisconsin Examiner
Attorneys general of 15 states and DC are suing to block federal actions that would punish gender-affirming care for people younger than 19.
wisconsinexaminer.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“These young people deserve our compassion, our evidence-based care, and our unwavering commitment to their well-being.”
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No one should lose their job for doing their job. www.advocate.com/news/librari...
Beloved Georgia librarian fired after child chooses book with transgender character for library display
“I wasn’t going to tell the kid no,” LaVonnia Moore said. “I was just happy the kid was reading, happy they were engaging in their library.”
www.advocate.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
No one should lose their job for doing their job. www.advocate.com/news/librari...
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Their lives, loves, and stories of overcoming exclusion and hardship are as beautiful as these portraits.
Lesbians, like everyone in the LGBTQ community, have always been here and inspire us to keep fighting for the freedom to live and love freely. @npr.org
www.npr.org/sections/the...
Lesbians, like everyone in the LGBTQ community, have always been here and inspire us to keep fighting for the freedom to live and love freely. @npr.org
www.npr.org/sections/the...
Photos: Decades in, these women's love was 'Hidden Once, Hidden Twice'
Morgan Lieberman's "Hidden Once, Hidden Twice" is a documentary photo and film project bringing visibility to the lives of senior lesbian couples across the U.S.
www.npr.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Their lives, loves, and stories of overcoming exclusion and hardship are as beautiful as these portraits.
Lesbians, like everyone in the LGBTQ community, have always been here and inspire us to keep fighting for the freedom to live and love freely. @npr.org
www.npr.org/sections/the...
Lesbians, like everyone in the LGBTQ community, have always been here and inspire us to keep fighting for the freedom to live and love freely. @npr.org
www.npr.org/sections/the...
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10 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ended state bans on same-sex marriage.
“It was a wonderful time to finally have a legal acknowledgement that our unions are true, deep, loving — and just like everyone else’s."
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/26/a...
“It was a wonderful time to finally have a legal acknowledgement that our unions are true, deep, loving — and just like everyone else’s."
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/26/a...
‘A happy life': Louisville couple on a decade of marriage equality • Kentucky Lantern
Before the nation’s highest court ruled in favor of marriage equality, couples like the Story-Jacksons didn’t know where their futures stood.
kentuckylantern.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
10 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ended state bans on same-sex marriage.
“It was a wonderful time to finally have a legal acknowledgement that our unions are true, deep, loving — and just like everyone else’s."
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/26/a...
“It was a wonderful time to finally have a legal acknowledgement that our unions are true, deep, loving — and just like everyone else’s."
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/26/a...
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LGBTQ Americans, like all Americans, deserve a government that protects and values all people and all families equally, with no exceptions. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (4/4)
June 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
LGBTQ Americans, like all Americans, deserve a government that protects and values all people and all families equally, with no exceptions. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (4/4)
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The court got it wrong.
Denying transgender youth the health care they need solely because they’re trans is discriminatory, and we will keep fighting.
Denying transgender youth the health care they need solely because they’re trans is discriminatory, and we will keep fighting.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth can remain in effect.
This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.
This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.
June 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The court got it wrong.
Denying transgender youth the health care they need solely because they’re trans is discriminatory, and we will keep fighting.
Denying transgender youth the health care they need solely because they’re trans is discriminatory, and we will keep fighting.
“This represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. Any discrimination by our government is so wrong that it requires the court to enjoin it and at an appropriate time, I’m going to do it.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Judge deems Trump's cuts to National Institutes of Health illegal
The federal judge said the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily canceling more than $1 billion in research grants because of their perceived connection to DEI initiatives.
www.nbcnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“This represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. Any discrimination by our government is so wrong that it requires the court to enjoin it and at an appropriate time, I’m going to do it.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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The @nytimes.com is set to launch a podcast about transgender healthcare today. The NYT has a long pattern of biased, inaccurate trans coverage, and ignoring critiques of these coverage failures. Learn more about the critiques here and below.
The New York Times Continues to Double Down on Biased, Inaccurate Transgender Coverage | GLAAD
The New York Times’ coverage of transgender people and issues has been critiqued for years by trans people, the broader LGBTQ community, and allies. Now instead of directly addressing the critiques, m...
glaad.org
June 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The @nytimes.com is set to launch a podcast about transgender healthcare today. The NYT has a long pattern of biased, inaccurate trans coverage, and ignoring critiques of these coverage failures. Learn more about the critiques here and below.
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Black history, LGBTQ history, and women's history are American history. Books about diverse experiences belong on the shelves of military academies and every other educational institution.
Book bans are unAmerican, unconstitutional, problematic, and ridiculous.
apnews.com/article/mili...
Book bans are unAmerican, unconstitutional, problematic, and ridiculous.
apnews.com/article/mili...
Most books pulled from Naval Academy library are back on the shelves in latest DEI turn
All but a few of the nearly 400 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from its library because they dealt with anti-racism and gender issues are back on the shelves.
apnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Black history, LGBTQ history, and women's history are American history. Books about diverse experiences belong on the shelves of military academies and every other educational institution.
Book bans are unAmerican, unconstitutional, problematic, and ridiculous.
apnews.com/article/mili...
Book bans are unAmerican, unconstitutional, problematic, and ridiculous.
apnews.com/article/mili...
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RESULT: Omaha's Republican Mayor Jean Stothert just lost to her Democratic challenger John Ewing.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
May 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
RESULT: Omaha's Republican Mayor Jean Stothert just lost to her Democratic challenger John Ewing.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
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“At a time when real-world violence and harassment against LGBTQ people is on the rise, social media companies are profiting from the flames of anti-LGBTQ hate instead of ensuring the basic safety of LGBTQ users,” said GLAAD President and CEO @sarahkateellis.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“At a time when real-world violence and harassment against LGBTQ people is on the rise, social media companies are profiting from the flames of anti-LGBTQ hate instead of ensuring the basic safety of LGBTQ users,” said GLAAD President and CEO @sarahkateellis.bsky.social
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HHS says its new report on gender-affirming care proves that science doesn't support the care & that its risks are too great.
But the report doesn't really support that blanket statement. It found “sparse” to no evidence of harm and evidence about the benefits of gender-affirming care.
But the report doesn't really support that blanket statement. It found “sparse” to no evidence of harm and evidence about the benefits of gender-affirming care.
Administration condemns gender-affirming care for youth in report that finds “sparse” evidence of harm
The report, from the Department of Health and Human Services, stems from an executive order condemning medical treatment for trans youth.
19thnews.org
May 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
HHS says its new report on gender-affirming care proves that science doesn't support the care & that its risks are too great.
But the report doesn't really support that blanket statement. It found “sparse” to no evidence of harm and evidence about the benefits of gender-affirming care.
But the report doesn't really support that blanket statement. It found “sparse” to no evidence of harm and evidence about the benefits of gender-affirming care.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral argument today about LGBTQ-inclusive picture books in public schools and a small group of parents objecting to their presence. Fact sheet on the case here. ⬇️
Fact Sheet: Mahmoud v. Taylor, the U.S. Supreme Court Case About Banning LGBTQ-inclusive Books | GLAAD
The Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Mahmoud v. Taylor is about a small number of LGBTQ-inclusive children’s book...
glaad.org
April 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral argument today about LGBTQ-inclusive picture books in public schools and a small group of parents objecting to their presence. Fact sheet on the case here. ⬇️
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This case is about telling queer kids they don’t belong. 414 book ban attempts in 2024 ALONE. Now they’re weaponizing SCOTUS to scrub classrooms of the existence of LGBTQ+ people.
Representation isn’t indoctrination.
Representation isn’t indoctrination.
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This case is about telling queer kids they don’t belong. 414 book ban attempts in 2024 ALONE. Now they’re weaponizing SCOTUS to scrub classrooms of the existence of LGBTQ+ people.
Representation isn’t indoctrination.
Representation isn’t indoctrination.
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Fox News is now on their second week of covering a female fencer who took a knee rather than compete against her trans opponent. But the story isn't what it appears. Here are three facts that you might have missed: 🧵
April 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Fox News is now on their second week of covering a female fencer who took a knee rather than compete against her trans opponent. But the story isn't what it appears. Here are three facts that you might have missed: 🧵
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3) Turner was paid $5,000 for her forfeit by anti-trans organization XX-XY, an organization endorsed by former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, who has been a longtime proponent of trans exclusion in women's sports and beyond.
April 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
3) Turner was paid $5,000 for her forfeit by anti-trans organization XX-XY, an organization endorsed by former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, who has been a longtime proponent of trans exclusion in women's sports and beyond.