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Mar 16 2023
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Tennessee newspaper coverage of drag ban fails the state’s LGBTQ community
Tennessee’s print news is dominated by one company, Gannett, which has largely failed to cover the discriminatory new law meant to restrict public drag performances in the state’s LGBTQ community. Over about four months, Gannett-owned papers covered the issue in only 43 articles, out of which only 13 articles quoted a trans person and 11 quoted a drag performer.
On March 2, Tennessee
Media Matters
Mar 01 2023
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The Republican War On LGBTQ People Reaches A Fever Pitch
Gwendolyn Herzig, a transgender pharmacist, went to the Arkansas statehouse last month to testify in support of providing transgender youth with gender-affirming health care.
Herzig hoped lawmakers would take her expert background into consideration as they debated a law that would allow anyone who received gender-affirming care from a doctor as a minor to sue for malpractice for up to
HuffPost
Mar 08 2023
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Michigan House passes amendment protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination
The Michigan House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill giving civil rights protections to LGBTQ people, a move celebrated by rights advocates as a “monumental piece of pro-equality legislation.” Senate Bill 4, which received bipartisan support, amended the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to explicitly include discrimination protections for sexual orientation, gender identity and
New York Daily News
Mar 11 2023
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Bill introduced in Alaska House would ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals
JUNEAU — Legislation was introduced in the Alaska House this week to ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals, making specific reference to prohibiting that discrimination in housing. The legislation — similar to measures that have gone before each state legislature since 2011 — was introduced several days after the Daily News and ProPublica reported that the state’s policy banning
Anchorage Daily News
Feb 17 2023
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LGBTQ restrictions not among Abbott’s emergency items
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The seven emergency legislative items laid out Thursday night by Gov. Greg Abbott notably did not include any specific LGBTQ restrictions, diverging from the list of priorities announced earlier by the state’s second most powerful leader. However, advocates said the governor’s vague language about placing more limits on education curriculum raises concerns. During his State of
KXAN News
Mar 10 2023
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Michigan man who threatened Dems, LGBTQ community charged with gun crime
A mentally ill Michigan man accused of making death threats on social media against Democratic politicians and those in the LGBTQ community was charged with illegally possessing guns. Randall Berka II is accused of posting various written threats on a YouTube channel, the FBI said in a criminal complaint unsealed Friday in federal court in Flint. According to the complaint, Berka — who lives
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 05 2023
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'We will not be silent.' Hundreds of Iowans gather at Capitol to protest LGBTQ bills
Iowans by the hundreds rallied Sunday at the center of Iowa government to protest legislation targeting the rights of LGBTQ citizens. Nearly a thousand parents, students, educators, faith leaders, community organizers and elected officials attended the Sunday Rally to Resist on the West steps of the Iowa State Capitol. "Iowans have had enough. We understand that our friends, neighbors, and
Des Moines Register
Mar 21 2023
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Maren Morris Says She Introduced Son to Drag Queens at Tennessee LGBTQ+ Benefit Show: 'Arrest Me'
Maren Morris is showing support for the LGBTQ+ community in the wake of Tennessee's recent anti-drag legislation. In an Instagram video from the Love Rising benefit concert on Saturday in Nashville, the 32-year-old Grammy winner proudly said she introduced her son Hayes Andrew, who turns 3 on Thursday, to drag queens backstage — appearing to also clap back at anti-LGBTQ+ groups' recent Drag
People
Mar 08 2023
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Michigan Lawmakers OK LGBTQ+ Rights Bill; Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to Sign
Michigan has finally said yes to banning anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, and it will be the 22nd state to do so through legislation. The Michigan House of Representatives Wednesday approved a bill expanding the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, Bridge Michigan reports. The act, first adopted in 1976,
The Advocate
Mar 12 2023
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Michigan man arrested for threats to kill LGBTQ people, Joe Biden and state governor
A Michigan man has been arrested and charged with illegal firearm possession after he made death threats against the LGBTQ+ community, his state governor and president Joe Biden. Randall Robert Berka II, 30, of Sebewaing, Michigan faces one charge of possessing a firearm as a prohibited person, United States attorney Dawn N. Ison announced on Friday (10 March). He was arrested at his home in
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