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Arthur S. Leonard

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Federal judge slams Tennessee anti-drag law

By Arthur S. Leonard
Romania's Palace of the Parliament.
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European court rules Romania and Ukraine must recognize same-sex couples

By Arthur S. Leonard
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event on June 2, 2023, in Lexington, S.C.
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Federal court bars enforcement of Florida ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Arthur S. Leonard
In March, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the state's bill restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth.
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Biden administration joins lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s anti-trans health law

By Arthur S. Leonard
President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona at the White House.
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Biden administration’s proposed regulation on trans sports participation stirs controversy

By Arthur S. Leonard
Located in downtown Chicago, The Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse is home to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and several other courts and federal agencies.
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Federal court upholds discharge of teacher who misgendered students

By Arthur S. Leonard
Officials in Llano County, Texas, were ordered to restore to the county’s library collection several books that had been removed because they were about racial or LGBTQ issues.
Legal

Federal judge orders Texas county to restore censored ‘LGBTQ books’ to library

By Arthur S. Leonard
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, who signed the anti-drag bill into law, delivers his State of the State Address in the House Chamber, Feb. 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Legal

Federal judge temporary blocks Tennessee’s anti-drag law

By Arthur S. Leonard
The Alliance Defending Freedom wants to see the Supreme Court strike down laws restricting conversion therapy.
Legal

Alliance Defending Freedom asks SCOTUS to strike down conversion therapy bans

By Arthur S. Leonard
A transgender track and field athlete in West Virginia is at the center of a court case involving Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-LGBTQ litigation group.
Legal

Alliance Defending Freedom asks SCOTUS to intervene in West Virginia trans sports case

By Arthur S. Leonard
New York State Attorney General Letitia James.
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Federal court finds New York’s ‘Hateful Conduct Law’ probably violates First Amendment

By Arthur S. Leonard
Circuit Judge Toby Heytens next to an American Flag.
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Fourth Circuit panel rules trans girl can play sports during appeal

By Arthur S. Leonard
Jack Phillips
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Colorado appeals court rules against Masterpiece Cakeshop again

By Arthur S. Leonard
The courtroom of The European Court of Human Rights.
Legal

European courts issue key LGBTQ rights decisions

By Arthur S. Leonard
Veronica Bonifacio Penales stands in front of a concrete Baylor Bears sign.
Legal

Federal court dismisses challenge to religious exemptions under Title IX

By Arthur S. Leonard
Jesse Hammons standing outside.
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‘Catholic hospital’ owned by University of Maryland can’t deny gender-affirming care

By Arthur S. Leonard
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MoDRAG (The Museum of Drag) is launching
Today, 5 pm

Museum of Drag Grand Opening
Brick Aux Gallery

Enjoy a cross-section of the borough’s b
Tomorrow, 11 am

Brooklyn Pride Festival
5th Avenue Park Slope

To honor our LGBTQ+ community and allies
Tomorrow, 11 am

Pride at the Whitney: Whitney Pride Celebration
Whitney Museum of American Art

Join Us At Manhattan’s Best Indoor And O
Tomorrow, 2 pm

Melanin And Mimosas Brunch & Day Party
Taj II Lounge and Event Space

Downtown Nyack will be full of Pride for
June 11, 11 am

Rockland Pride Sunday 2023
Downtown Nyack

As part of its continued celebration of
June 18, 10 am

Marble Church Continues Celebrating Pride With Rev. Chad Tanaka Pack
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Arts

  • Imani Pearl Williams, Jonathan Burke, and Matt Walker in “Love + Science." Love amidst an epidemic
  • Storytelling show at Stonewall celebrates LGBTQ history
  • Enjoy a ‘Disco Daydream’ on the Lower East Side with fun and uproarious musical ‘The Village!’
  • Kerrie Hayes and Rosy McEwen in "Blue Jean." ‘Blue Jean’ probes the personal and professional crises of a closeted lesbian in 1980s Britain
  • “Brooklyn 45,” directed by Ted Geoghegan, streams on Shudder and AMC+ June 9. ‘Brooklyn 45’: a gay veteran stares into the abyss

Crime

  • In announcing the new program, NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell said "it is critical that we amplify the voices of our LGBTQIA+ community — especially the voices of victims." City invites New Yorkers to submit requests to re-evaluate LGBTQ cold cases
  • A new Rainbow Flag was installed at Little Prince hours after the previous flag was set ablaze. Woman who torched Rainbow Flag placed in custody of health department
  • In this family photo provided by sister Kilya Williams, Koko Da Doll, a subject of the documentary "Kokomo City," about the lives of transgender Black women, poses for a picture on vacation near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2022. Teen arrested in death of trans woman in Atlanta
  • Kawaski Trawick was fatally shot by police in his apartment in 2019. Trawick family blasts reports of dropped charge against officers before disciplinary trial
  • District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell. Latest drugging suspect arraigned for Ramirez and Umberger murders

Perspectives

  • mpox vaccine site Get fully vaccinated against mpox to protect yourself and our community
  • A Pride event at Yeshiva University in 2019. Time to recognize the YU Pride Alliance
  • A previous Brooklyn Liberation march and rally focused on trans youth. Celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility by protecting trans kids
  • Why I cover and march in St. Patrick’s Day Parades
  • Food Bank For New York City CEO Leslie Gordon. Fighting food insecurity in LGBTQ community requires multi-faceted approach

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