• Revealed: US professor was behind extremist site that spread conspiracies

    Documents show Scott Yenor ran Action Idaho, which attacked LGBTQ+ people and Republicans deemed not rightwing enough

  • The Latest Salvo In The Anti-LGBTQ+ Range Wars: Criminalizing Teachers

    A bill introduced in the Missouri statehouse last week would make it illegal for schoolteachers or counselors to support or contribute to the social transitioning of a transgender minor.

  • What to know about Day of Visibility, designed to show the world 'trans joy'

    Sunday is International Transgender Day of Visibility, observed around the world to bring attention to a population that's often ignored, disparaged or victimized. The “day” is Sunday, but celebrations and educational events designed to bring attention to transgender people are occurring for several days around March 31. Last year, those lit included New York's One World Trade Center and Niagara Falls. HOW DID IT BEGIN?

  • USWNT’s Korbin Albert apologizes after reports of anti-LGBTQ+ reposts

    USWNT midfielder Korbin Albert apologized on Thursday night for liking and sharing social media posts that she described as “offensive, insensitive and hurtful”. The 20-year-old Albert, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, had reportedly reposted anti-LGBTQ+ content on her TikTok account. “I want to sincerely apologize for my actions on social media,” Albert wrote in a post shared on her Instagram story.

  • The Moscow concert massacre was a major security blunder. What's behind that failure?

    Hours before gunmen last week carried out the bloodiest attack in two decades in Russia, authorities made an addition to a government register of extremist and terrorist groups: They included the international LGBTQ+ “movement.” While the register also lists al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, an affiliate of which claimed responsibility for the concert hall attack, the inclusion of LGBTQ+ activists raised questions about how Russia's vast security services evaluate threats to the country. The March 22 attack that killed over 140 people marked a major security failure under President Vladimir Putin, who came to power 24 years ago by taking a tough line against those he labeled terrorists from the Russian region of Chechnya waging a bloody insurgency.

  • U.S. midfielder Korbin Albert apologizes for sharing 'insensitive and hurtful' social media posts

    Korbin Albert, a midfielder for the U.S. women's national team, apologized Thursday night for having liked and shared social media posts that she described as “offensive, insensitive and hurtful." The 20-year-old Albert, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, had reportedly reposted anti-LGBTQ+ content on her TikTok account. “I want to sincerely apologize for my actions on social media,” Albert wrote on her Instagram story.