Edwards also discussed parenting in today's political climate, saying she wants her children to "be themselves, make their own decisions, be happy in their own skin". She said children should know they can "love who you want to love". Her comments connect personal freedom with acceptance amid broader political pressures.
Paxton's victory sets up a general election matchup with Democratic nominee James Talarico, an Austin-area state representative and outspoken LGBTQ+ ally who advanced from a high-profile Democratic primary earlier this year. Talarico, a former public school teacher and Christian seminarian, has built a national profile by pairing economic populism with a faith-rooted defense of marginalized communities, including transgender people.
Malaysian police have arrested at least 51 men following a series of raids on Sunday (24 May) connected to what authorities described as a drug-fuelled "gay party" at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
The Democratic Women's Caucus on Thursday helped end a transphobic bill seeking to fund the building of the Smithsonian Institution's new Women's History Museum, after Republicans added language in a bill funding it to ban inclusion of "any biological male as a female." Lawmakers voted 216-204 to reject the bill. Six Republicans joined all Democrats in opposition, Politico reports.
The Stonewall National Monument was named one of the most endangered places in the United States in an annual list put out by the National Trust for Historic Preservation ahead of the 250th anniversary of the nation's independence. The Greenwich Village site's inclusion on the list comes amid President Trump's increasing efforts to control the narrative surrounding LGBTQ+ history.
He notified everybody that he was in hospice, so it was just a matter of time. He was certainly at peace with himself. He certainly left a mark, and he was a leader on on civil rights, on gay rights, on leading other marginalized communities, and then he helped the country get through the 2008 financial crisis, which was the most significant recession, depression, almost since 1930. So, I think he was a very, very important actor in the country during those times.
Kobach said the law should be interpreted to apply in places where people may find themselves in the same space as someone of the opposite sex assigned at birth. Restrictions on bathroom access in government-owned facilities, he said, generally don't apply to private spaces.
Hundreds of spectators gathered along Ocean Boulevard dressed in rainbow tutus, dresses and shirts, whooping and waving as the Long Beach Pride parade rolled past Sunday morning. Mayor Rex Richardson, wearing a rainbow lei and holding a Pride flag, marched down the street with gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra as Bad Bunny's "BAILE INoLVIDABLE" rang out. "Long Beach Pride in the house," Richardson boomed into a microphone. "Thank you so much for coming out, keeping up this tradition for 43 years."
Lawler said he arrived late at the Tune Inn, a bar popular with politicos in the capital, for a meal with a reporter, Reese Gorman of insider D.C. outlet NOTUS. According to Lawler and Gorman, Paul interjected himself in a conversation that the two were having at the bar. Paul introduced himself as the Republican senator's son, Gorman wrote, and confronted Lawler about Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-KY) GOP primary election in Kentucky next week.
“It is outrageous, it is petty, and it is a complete abuse of the appropriations process,” U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) said in a statement after the vote. Congressional Republicans denied Grijalva's request for $650,000 in maintenance and restoration for the Copper Queen Library in Bisbee at an Agriculture subcommittee meeting late last week, The Tucson Sentinel reported. Grijalva says the decision was rooted in anti-LGBTQ+ bias because the library featured performers in drag.
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that his government would quickly work to follow recent court rulings requiring Poland to legally recognize same-sex marriages conducted in other European Union (EU) member nations.
After ten years in the lead, Malta has been overtaken by Spain at the top of ILGA Europe's annual Rainbow Map. The ranking, compiled by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), compares laws and policies affecting LGBTQ+ people in 49 countries across Europe and Central Asia. Katrin Hugendubel, Deputy Director of ILGA Europe, told DW Spain's rise shows what is possible when governments make a deliberate choice to advance equality rather than retreat from it.
A PAC backing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has released a toxically homophobic and transphobic ad accusing his primary challenger - the Donald Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein - of being "bought and paid for by the LGBTQ Mafia," supporting "freak values" and standing "with the weirdos."
