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

By Arthur S. Leonard
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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European courts issue key LGBTQ rights decisions

By Arthur S. Leonard
Veronica Bonifacio Penales stands in front of a concrete Baylor Bears sign.
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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
Track and field.
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Federal court says West Virginia can bar trans girls from girls’ sports teams

By Arthur S. Leonard
Drew Adams stands in a room.
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Federal Court: trans boy not entitled to boys’ restroom at Florida high school

By Arthur S. Leonard
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Federal courts in Seattle and Denver issue pro-LGBTQ rulings

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
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For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
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All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
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Head to Long Island City for a unique co
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Combover Comedy
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ArtsWestchester has launched an unpreced
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Landmark costume exhibition on Ballroom culture
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As part of the 50th Anniversary Invasion
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“Panzi, Queen of the Pines”
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Arts

  • Miss Simone is the focus of the forthcoming documentary "Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall." Film screening spotlights forthcoming documentary ‘Miss Simone & The Queens of Stonewall’
  • man dressed like abraham lincoln with actor dressed in 1850s dress arms outstretchedGay theater in a time of restriction and resistance
  • “Kill the Jockey," directed by Luis Ortega, opens July 2 at Film Forum. Q&A with ‘Kill the Jockey’ actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
  • “Ponyboi," directed by Esteban Arango, opens June 27 at AMC Village 7. Intersex representation and neon color intersect in ‘Ponyboi’
  • BelvedereFOR SALE: Fire Island’s Belvedere Guest House for Men

Crime

  • Police officers in NYPD vests examine scene where person was shotTwo men shot near Harlem gay bar; shooter remains at large, cops say
  • Man in suit looks at crime scene with blood and napkins on sidewalkStonewall shooting: Two teen girls shot near historic Village inn during Pride celebrations
  • murder trans PhillyKiller convicted in murder of Philly trans woman Dominique Fells
  • 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

Perspectives

  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • 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

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