Days after a WNBA team co-ownwer was suspended for confronting anti-trans activists courtside, Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx wore a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt while facing down Sophie Cunningham's team, the Fever. The Lynx won 108-100. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Anyone who thinks an Amy Acton victory won’t convince Democrats to adopt anti-trans stances should read any related thread on /r/Ohio. The number of liberals and Democrats that have now fully adopted trans sports bans being good in Ohio is unreal.
Erin Reed1. In the aftermath of forcing the Ohio Progressive Caucus to delete criticism of Amy Acton for calling trans girls "boys," progressives were promised a meeting with Acton. Now, we have learned she didn't show up, and kicked trans people out of the meeting. Subscribe to support our journalism.
1. Amnesty International has withstood threats from death squads and dictators. But it could not stand up to JK Rowling and the anti-trans movement she finances. It has apologized for calling those groups "anti-rights" after legal threats. Subscribe to support our journalism.
The WNBA is known for being one of “the most LGBT-inclusive professional sports leagues." But when Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton confronted anti-trans activists who showed up to a game, they suspended her instead of the transphobes. Subscribe to support our journalism.
1. In the aftermath of forcing the Ohio Progressive Caucus to delete criticism of Amy Acton for calling trans girls "boys," progressives were promised a meeting with Acton. Now, we have learned she didn't show up, and kicked trans people out of the meeting. Subscribe to support our journalism.
The Missouri AG threatened Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia with total defunding and investigations if they read books with LGBTQ+ themes to kids in a Pride story hour. They did so anyway. Our latest story from s. Baum of one library's defiance against an oppressive Republican regime.
1. Anti-trans ballot initiatives are spreading across the United States. In 2026, it appears that five states: Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, and Missouri will send such referendums to voters. Allied organizations are trying to fight back. Subscribe to support our journalism.
It’s important to note in this moment that the attacks on the LGBTQ community are global in nature. My heart goes out to the victims at Berlin Pride.
Alejandra CaraballoThe car attack on the Berlin Pride event has been designated a mass casualty event.
Over the last few years, a handful of states have passed criminal bathroom bans that could jail transgender people. Now, Bossier City, Louisiana is on the verge of becoming the first to do so by local criminal ordinance, with 6 months in jail. The latest from our journalist, S. Baum.