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Federal appeals court hears arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Andrew DeMillo and Jim Salter, AP
Trans and non-binary detainees at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility are accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement of mistreatment.
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Trans and non-binary detainees accuse ICE of discrimination and mistreatment

By Matt Tracy
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Federal court rules Florida teacher pronoun law probably violates First Amendment

By Arthur S. Leonard
Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
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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.
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Federal court allows trans boy to try out for golf team in Tennessee despite restrictive law

By Arthur S. Leonard
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Biden ties Obama’s record of 11 out federal judges

By Matt Tracy
US District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr.
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Church school loses bid for shield against Maine anti-discrimination law

By Arthur S. Leonard
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Judge blocks Texas from collecting info on transgender children receiving gender-affirming care

By Associated Press
The Robert Abrams Building for Law and Justice in Albany.
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New York court seals record of trans youth’s name, gender change

By Arthur S. Leonard
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Supreme Court declines to review exclusion of conservative Christian jurors in LGBTQ discrimination lawsuit

By Arthur S. Leonard
TC Wheelers in Tonawanda, New York.
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Western New York pizzeria ordered to pay $25k for discriminating against trans worker

By Matt Tracy
The John Minor Wisdom US Courthouse, home of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
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Appeals court blocks Texas library sexual censorship law

By Arthur S. Leonard
TLDEF executive director Andy Marra and NCTE executive director Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen will lead a new organization called Advocates for Trans Equality.
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TLDEF and NCTE to merge into one political and legal powerhouse for trans rights

By Matt Tracy
US District Judge Stephen H. Locher ruled against several parts of a recently-enacted anti-LGBTQ state law in Iowa.
Legal

Federal court blocks parts of Iowa’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

By Arthur S. Leonard
Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the US District Court for the District of Idaho put a hold on the state's legislation against trans youth.
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Federal court blocks enforcement of Idaho’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Arthur S. Leonard
Six members of the US Supreme Court opted against reviewing a lower court decision stipulating that a law banning conversion therapy does not violate the First Amendment.
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Supreme Court avoids ruling on conversion therapy bans

By Arthur S. Leonard

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LGBTQ+ events in NYC

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For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Today, noon

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

The New England Symphonic Ensemble and p
Today, 1 pm

New England Symphonic Ensemble plays Rossini, Mendelssohn, Fauré & Mozart
Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage

Join the Walt Whitman Birthplace for a j
Today, 2 pm

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

Enjoy carnival games, food, vendors, and
Today, 2 pm

New Rochelle Pride Festival
Anderson Plaza

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

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

Celebrate Pride Sunday, June 29, at Marb
June 29, 10 am

Celebrate Pride Sunday at Marble Church
Marble Collegiate 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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