Nico Lang
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Parents of Trans Kids Don’t Know Where Their Children Can Be Safe
This family already fled Texas due to anti-transgender policies. Now their new home of Arizona is enacting them too. → Read More
LGBTQ Students Are Being Terrorized. Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' Law Will Make It Worse.
Students fear Florida’s new law will make it even harder to be an LGBTQ kid at school. → Read More
More Anti-Trans Bills Have Been Introduced in 2021 Than Any Year in History
Observers believe the efforts are an attempt to create a wedge issue for the Republican base, and bring suburban women back to the polls. → Read More
LGBTQ Party Scene Confronts ‘Devastating’ Coronavirus Crisis
Most, if not all, “circuit” events are canceled after coronavirus infections at Miami’s Winter Party, while LGBTQ bars and clubs across America face tough fights to survive. → Read More
Allyship or queerbaiting? How thirsty pop stars are courting LGBTQ audience
From Taylor Swift to Nick Jonas to Kacey Musgraves, pop stars are increasingly declaring themselves allies of LGBTQ fans, with varying degrees of success. → Read More
Lyft Adopts New Policies After Drag Queens Refused Rides
The rideshare company has changed their ways. → Read More
SCOTUS Will Rule on LGBTQ Job Discrimination. Here’s Where the 2020 Candidates Stand.
Three cases before SCOTUS could enshrine LGBTQ discrimination protections. Democratic Party presidential hopefuls—with a few exceptions—tell us they are hopeful for change. → Read More
100 LGBTQ Groups, Leaders Urge White House to Condemn Brunei's New Law
Every major LGBTQ rights group was joined alongside prominent elected officials and religious leaders to denounce the Sultan's law allowing the stoning of queer people. → Read More
The LGBTQ and Black communities deserve real answers about the Jussie Smollett case
The resolution feels as unresolved and disheartening as the Mueller report. → Read More
Why is political blog the Hill publishing work by anti-LGBTQ hate groups?
The Hill published an op-ed by a member of Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-LGTBQ group, this weekend, and critics say it's a dangerous practice. → Read More
Lone Senate Democrat Will Not Support Equality Act Because It Protects Trans Students
West Virginia senator Joe Manchin says he cannot support the historic Equality Act because it protects transgender youth in schools. → Read More
Vermont Will Become 8th State to Green-Light Gender-Neutral IDs
Republican Gov. Phil Scott added that the new ID policy “is consistent with our Vermont values of inclusion and acceptance.” → Read More
LGBTQ Malaysians Fight Back After Gov't Official Says They Don't Exist
“Erasure of our existence will not only just trivialize our struggle, but also perpetuate the injustices towards us,” activist Numan Afifi says. → Read More
Colorado Finally Takes Action Against Conversion Therapy
Advocates — who say LGBTQ youth are "consistently" put into reparative therapy in the state — may finally ban the practice there. → Read More
Stop exploiting the Jussie Smollett case to discredit LGBTQ hate crime victims
The Jussie Smollett case will likely go before a grand jury, but whether or not it's a hoax doesn't discredit the rising number of LGBTQ hate crimes. → Read More
Trolls are flooding Rotten Tomatoes with rave reviews of Netflix’s ‘Insatiable’
It's somehow one of the highest-rated shows on the site. → Read More
Why isn’t the mainstream media covering anti-LGBTQ adoption bills?
Much of the mainstream media isn't covering anti-LGBTQ adoption bills, as state lawmakers in Oklahoma and Kansas passed legislation to make it OK to deny LGBTQ parents adoptions based on "religious freedom." → Read More
One of Europe’s most homophobic countries launches its first LGBTQ helpline
98% percent of Albania's queer population is in the closet—and they're looking for support. → Read More
The growing movement to ban conversion therapy
Politicians, advocacy groups, and survivors are banding together to take down ban conversion therapy, one state at a time. → Read More
Could Australia Be the Next Country to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage?
Germany struggled for years to enact marriage equality, and Australia is similarily dragging its feet. → Read More