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Arthur S. Leonard

A demonstrator wearing a Statue of Liberty crown waves a Transgender Flag outside the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices heard oral arguments in two cases concerning efforts to enforce Republican-backed state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 13, 2026.
Legal

Supreme Court arguments show skepticism about letting trans girls and women play in women’s sports

By Arthur S. Leonard
The Cincinnati-based Potter Stewart U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is the headquarters of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Legal

Sixth Circuit Court rushes to beat Supreme Court in ruling on conversion therapy ban

By Arthur S. Leonard
US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2025.
Legal

Trump-appointed judges reverse preliminary injunction against military trans ban

By Arthur S. Leonard
A US Flag flutters outside of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington on Dec. 5, 2024.
Legal

Supreme Court ruling lets Trump misgender trans people on passports while challenge is pending

By Arthur S. Leonard
The Minnesota Supreme Court.
Legal

Minnesota Supreme Court rules on trans powerlifter’s discrimination claims

By Arthur S. Leonard
The Texas Supreme Court building.
Legal

Texas Supreme Court says judges with religious objections can refuse to perform weddings

By Arthur S. Leonard
The New York Appellate Division, 2nd Department, in Brooklyn.
Legal

Roller Rebels win preliminary injunction against Nassau County’s anti-trans sports law

By Arthur S. Leonard
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024.
Legal

Supreme Court appears likely to strike down Colorado conversion therapy ban as applied to talk therapy

By Arthur S. Leonard
The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island in Providence, Rhode Island.
Legal

Federal court vacates NEA implementation of Trump’s ‘gender ideology’ ban

By Arthur S. Leonard
The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in lower Manhattan is home to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Legal

Court reinstates Vermont Christian school following suspension over trans athlete

By 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
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Arts

  • Edward Nelson and Miles Mykkanen in "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." Belonging, art, and trauma collide in The Met’s WWII opera ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’
  • A 1990 KG vogueing ball at Cafe de Paris. London gallery revisits Black queer nightlife and a transatlantic culture pipeline
  • The Soft Pink Truth's “Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?” debuts Jan. 30th. January LGBTQ music: Sleaford Mods and The Soft Pink Truth
  • Hudson Williams poses on the red carpet at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 11, 2026. Queer representation and trans rights on stage at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards
  • Jodie Foster in “A Private Life” ‘A Private Life’: Jodie Foster plays detective in Paris

Crime

  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers
  • President Donald Trump said he commuted George Santos' prison sentence in a Truth Social post.Santos is back with a ‘large slice of humble pie’ following Trump’s commutation
  • The corner of New Lots Ave. and Vermont St. in Brooklyn is where an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack took place on Oct. 5. Woman hit with a chair in alleged anti-LGBTQ attack in Brooklyn

Perspectives

  • Mark Milano. Remembering Mark Milano, a committed activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • A gender equitable city is a stronger New York for everyone
  • AIDS Walk New York in 2025. Forty years later, the unequal impact of HIV persists — and we refuse to accept it
  • The Caribbean Equality Project team at their inaugural gala on Sept. 19. Caribbean Equality Project celebrates a decade of resistance and belonging
  • The right to use the bathroom is increasingly under threat in New York City. Stop the disgraceful attacks on bathrooms

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