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Anti-Gay Photographer Wins Reprieve — For Now

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Appeals Court Applies Title VII Win to Trans Student’s Claim

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Second Circuit Throws Discriminatory Adoption Agency a Life Line

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Supreme Court Contraceptive Ruling’s Impact on LGBTQ Rights

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Supreme Court Broadens “Ministerial Exception” to Anti-Discrimination Laws

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Two First Amendment Red Flags as High Court Winds Up

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A Stunning Supreme Court Win — And the Work Left to Do

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Lesbians’ Challenge to South Carolina Foster Care Discrimination Advances

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Alaska Denying Coverage of Employee’s Gender Confirmation Surgery Nixed

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Catholic Agency Religious Opt-Out Claim Goes to Supreme Court

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Ninth Circuit Tosses Another Cisgender Bathroom Suit

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Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing in Trans Inmate Case

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Federal Judge Losing Patience on DOJ Trans Military Discovery

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Indiana’s Resistance on Birth Certificates Nixed on Appeal

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No Religious Out For New York Adoption Agency

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Arts

  • "Lesbian Space Princess," directed by Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs, opens Oct. 31. ‘Lesbian Space Princess’: A delightful animated sci-fi comedy
  • Posing for a picture at the 2024 Village Halloween Parade. Annual Village Halloween Parade returning for 52nd year
  • Joshua Henry, Cassie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, and the cast of "Ragtime." Sing a song of America: The revival of ‘Ragtime’ is not to be missed
  • Sasha Colby With Stripped II, Sasha Colby is turning vulnerability into performance art
  • Camryn Garrett is the author of “The Forgotten Summer of Seneca." Portal to the past: Author Camryn Garrett champions overlooked Black history for young readers

Crime

  • 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
  • Jacob Zieben-Hood, 34, was found dead hours after he allegedly told his father by phone that his husband was targeting him with knives. Manhattan DA charges man in series of alleged attacks against slain husband
  • Penn Station on Aug. 27, 2025. Lawmakers demand answers from Amtrak after hundreds of arrests at Penn Station men’s bathroom
  • 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

Perspectives

  • 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
  • Erik Bottcher at his 2021 election night party at The Chelsea Bell. Erik Bottcher is the voice we need in Congress
  • 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

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