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Arthur S. Leonard

The Ellen P. Tuttle Courthouse of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia.
Legal

Divided 11th Circuit rejects Title VII challenge to employer’s denial of coverage for gender-affirming surgery

By Arthur S. Leonard
There is a legal battle in federal courts regarding the Trump administration's effort to restrict transgender and non-binary individuals from obtaining passports that identify their sex consistent with their gender identity.
Legal

Federal appeals court refuses to stay injunction against Trump administration passport policy

By Arthur S. Leonard
US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.
Legal

Federal appeals court finds First Amendment protection for campus drag show

By Arthur S. Leonard
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (pictured) issued an an en banc (full bench) ruling on Aug. 12, reversing a decision after a full trial by US District Judge James M. Moody, Jr., who had issued a permanent injunction against the Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Legal

Two federal appeals courts rule against challenges to state laws banning youth gender-affirming care

By Arthur S. Leonard
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle.
Legal

Federal appeals court expands ‘ministerial exception’ to customer service representative

By Arthur S. Leonard
The US District Court for Idaho's Chief District Judge David Nye was one of President Trump’s 2017 appointees during his first term.
Legal

Trans student bathroom cases continue to occupy federal courts

By Arthur S. Leonard
FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court on Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024.
Legal

Supreme Court targets LGBTQ rights in follow-up to Skrmetti case and new cases for next term

By Arthur S. Leonard
The Phillip Burton Federal Building is one of the courthouses for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Legal

Federal court blocks portions of Trump’s anti-trans executive orders

By Arthur S. Leonard
Marlean Ames sits for a portrait at the law office of Edward Gilbert, her lawyer, in Akron, Ohio, U.S., February 13, 2025.
Legal

Supreme Court revives straight employee’s sexual orientation discrimination claim

By Arthur S. Leonard
Metropolitan Detention Center where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held in Brooklyn New York
Legal

Federal Bureau of Prisons blocked from enforcing Trump’s order on trans inmates

By Arthur S. Leonard
A view of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2024.
Legal

Supreme Court decision to abstain from the ‘T-shirt wars’ draws heated Alito dissent

By Arthur S. Leonard
Nancy Abudu was one of two judges who ruled to uphold a statewide preliminary injunction against enforcement of Florida’s anti-drag law.
Legal

Federal appeals court upholds injunction against Florida’s anti-drag law

By Arthur S. Leonard
The US Supreme Court.
Legal

SCOTUS likely to rule for parents in dispute over LGBTQ-themed books in Maryland

By Arthur S. Leonard
Members of the US military stand between the border walls separating Mexico and the United States, with Tijuana, Mexico in the background, in San Diego, California, U.S., March 21, 2025.
Military

Trump’s trans military ban blocked by three federal trial judges

By Arthur S. Leonard
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Legal

Ohio Court of Appeals rules ban on gender-affirming care for minors violates state Constitution

By Arthur S. Leonard
US Supreme Court justices attend President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Legal

Supreme Court will rule on Colorado conversion therapy case

By Arthur S. Leonard
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Arts

  • Marilyn Oliva, Roberta Degnore, and Anne Maguire stand together against book bans. Activists protest book bans in front of New York Public Library
  • HIV Unwrapped made its US debut at New York Fashion Week on Sept. 13. ‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week
  • Denis Shepherd, Brandon Grimes, and Rafael Silva in "The Compatriots." Q&A: Actors Rafael Silva and Brandon Grimes on their roles in gay immigration film ‘The Compatriots’
  • Ane Dahl Torp, Ella Overbye, and Anne Marit Jacobsen in “Dreams (Sex Love)." ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ concludes ‘Love Sex Dreams’ trilogy with a sapphic coming-of-age tale
  • Denis Lambert, Luke Newton, Emily Skinner, Fady Demian and Catherine LeFrere in “House of McQueen." ‘House of McQueen’: A dazzling mix of biodrama and fashion

Crime

  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

Perspectives

  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues

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