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Arthur S. Leonard

Chief Judge Nancy Torresen of the US District Court for Maine.
Legal

Defense Department’s insurance program ordered to cover gender-affirming surgery

By Arthur S. Leonard
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver
Legal

Colorado conversion therapy ban upheld by federal appeals court

By Arthur S. Leonard
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Legal

Appeals court rejects challenge to provision exempting religious schools from Title IX

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

11th Circuit will likely let states ban gender-affirming care for minors

By Arthur S. Leonard
Sailors on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz at Naval Air Station in North Island, Calif., July 22, 2024.
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Federal court declares military ban on enlisting HIV-positive individuals unconstitutional

By Arthur S. Leonard
John W. Broomes, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Kansas.
Legal

Supreme Court’s ‘Chevron Deference’ repeal weaponized against Biden’s interpretation of sex discrimination

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

Texas Supreme Court allows ban on gender-affirming care for minors to go into effect

By Arthur S. Leonard
The US Supreme Court.
Legal

Supreme Court to consider whether states can ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

By Arthur S. Leonard
US District Judge Reed Charles O'Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Legal

Biden’s attempt to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination under Title IX runs into opposition from GOP judges

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

Health plan’s refusal to cover trans cop’s surgery violates Title VII, 11th Circuit panel rules

By Arthur S. Leonard
The Lewis F. Powell Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, home of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Health

Federal appeals court rules gov’t health plans must cover gender-affirming care for trans people

By Arthur S. Leonard
Legal

Understanding the SCOTUS order on Idaho’s ban on gender-affirming care for youth

By Arthur S. Leonard
Legal

US Appeals Court revives trans girl’s challenge to statutory exclusion from girls’ sports teams

By Arthur S. Leonard
Legal

Federal court rules Florida teacher pronoun law probably violates First Amendment

By Arthur S. Leonard
Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Legal

Texas court affirms injunctions blocking investigations of families with trans youth

By Arthur S. Leonard
US District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr of the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Legal

Federal court allows trans boy to try out for golf team in Tennessee despite restrictive law

By Arthur S. Leonard
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For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Tomorrow, noon

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
Heckscher Museum of Art

n recognition of Mental Health Awareness
Tomorrow, 2 pm

CRACKED OPEN
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Join the Walt Whitman Birthplace for a j
Tomorrow, 2 pm

Signs of Pride: Poster Crafting at the Birthplace
Walt Whitman Birthplace

It took one punch to start a gay revolut
Tomorrow, 8 pm

NYC Premier: STORMÉ ~ A Musical Play
American Theatre of Actors A.T.A.

Kick off Pride Month with a soul-stirrin
June 8, 2 pm

Kick Off Pride With All of Us Concert at Marble Church
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Arts

  • From right to left: Santino DeAngelo, Erik Bottcher, Francis Jue, Carlina Rivera, Caissie Levy, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tom Kirdahy, Brandon Uranowitz, Stephen Flaherty, Donna Murphy, Jonathan Groff, and Lynn Ahrens. Stars and neighbors come out for Terrence McNally Way
  • “I Don’t Understand You," directed by Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig, opens June 6 at the Regal Union Square, the AMC Kips Bay, the AMC Empire 25, and the AMC Lincoln Square. Q&A with ‘I Don’t Understand You’ directors Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig
  • June LGBTQ music: Cynthia Erivo and Lucy Liyou
  • Rob Madge ‘My Son’s a Queer’ finally making NYC debut
  • Crisco dancers in 1979, as depicted in the book "Queer Happened Here." A new wave of books celebrating queer spaces

Crime

  • Photographs and candles pay tribute to the late Cecilia Gentili during a memorial service at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan on Feb. 7, 2024. Man sentenced to 19 years in connection with death of activist Cecilia Gentili
  • Robert DeMaio, Jacob Barroso, and Jayqwan Hamilton at their sentencing on May 21. Three sentenced for robbing and killing gay men in nightlife scheme
  • Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald TrumpMan sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg
  • Sam Nordquist was 24 years old. Sam Nordquist’s alleged killers accused of forcing children to torture him
  • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes

Perspectives

  • 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
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities
  • A view of the front steps of New York City Hall. Four cheers and five jeers to the City Council’s vote on trans protections
  • The entrance of Mount Morris Baths. What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge
  • Cornelius Wiggins is the youth community engagement coordinator at the NYC LGBT Community Center. Finding my way: the struggles and strength of transgender youth in NYC

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