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Arthur S. Leonard

After Montana District Judge Jason Marks issued a preliminary injunction over a Montana law banning gender-affirming care for trans minors, a seven-member court affirmed his decision.
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Montana Supreme Court affirms ruling against ban on youth gender-affirming care

By Arthur S. Leonard
The US Supreme Court in Washington.
Legal

Will the Supreme Court decide whether bans on gender-affirming care for youth are constitutional?

By Arthur S. Leonard
Chief Judge Nancy Torresen of the US District Court for Maine.
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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
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Federal court rules Florida teacher pronoun law probably violates First Amendment

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

  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • 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

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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