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1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Trans Rights in America
This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet.Related read: 1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Lesbian, [...]Read more about 1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Trans Rights in America
1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights in America
This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet.Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series [...]Read more about 1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights in America
Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Speech on Facebook and Instagram: What You Need to Know About New Meta Policy
Washington Blade, Courtesy of the National LGBT Media AssociationNew content moderation policies governing hate speech on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads that [...]Read more about Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Speech on Facebook and Instagram: What You Need to Know About New Meta Policy
Conversion Therapy Is Banned in Michigan. A Group of Catholic Therapists Just Sued for the Right to Perform the Discredited Practice.
Equating conversion therapy with “torture,” 19 LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ-affirming organizations in Michigan have issued a statement in response to a federal complaint [...]Read more about Conversion Therapy Is Banned in Michigan. A Group of Catholic Therapists Just Sued for the Right to Perform the Discredited Practice.
Bills To End Conversion Therapy For Minors Introduced In Michigan House, Senate
Bills were introduced simultaneously today in both the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate that would essentially end conversion therapy [...]Read more about Bills To End Conversion Therapy For Minors Introduced In Michigan House, Senate
Sounding the Alarm: The Transgender Community Is Red Meat for Republicans In This Election
I often feel that I am too alarmist. I have spent decades now, deep in the issue of anti-transgender violence and murder, and I know that colors my views. It is [...]Read more about Sounding the Alarm: The Transgender Community Is Red Meat for Republicans In This Election
Still Blazing Trails for Queer People, Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit Turns 50
In April of 2000, I traveled to our nation’s capital as a cub reporter for this publication to cover the Millennium March on Washington. I had been on the job [...]Read more about Still Blazing Trails for Queer People, Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit Turns 50
Court Rules Transgender People Have Protections Under ADA
By Chris Johnson, Washington BladeTransgender people have additional protections from discrimination under federal law for having a disability if they [...]Read more about Court Rules Transgender People Have Protections Under ADA
Gentlest But Most Unshakeable Campaigner' Jim Toy, Michigan LGBTQ+ Trailblazer and Icon, Dies at 91
On April 15, 1970, at a large demonstration held in Kennedy Square in downtown Detroit to protest the war in Vietnam, Jim Toy became perhaps the first person in [...]Read more about Gentlest But Most Unshakeable Campaigner' Jim Toy, Michigan LGBTQ+ Trailblazer and Icon, Dies at 91
Doctor of Sexuality, Gender Identity to Speak at Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute
University of Michigan Medical School alumnus and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, Dr. Jack Drescher, will speak virtually at the [...]Read more about Doctor of Sexuality, Gender Identity to Speak at Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute
Optimism for Pro-LGBTQ Supporters During Oct. 8 Supreme Court Arguments
WASHINGTON — It was the second day of the court's 2019-20 session, and the two hours of arguments Tuesday, Oct. 8, were split between cases involving [...]Read more about Optimism for Pro-LGBTQ Supporters During Oct. 8 Supreme Court Arguments
Why We Need to Pass the Equality Act
If you looked up homosexuality in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 50 years ago, you would see it listed as a mental [...]Read more about Why We Need to Pass the Equality Act
Huntington Woods Commission Bans Conversion Therapy
The Huntington Woods City Commission voted unanimously at its June 4 meeting to enact an ordinance banning the practice of conversion therapy within the city [...]Read more about Huntington Woods Commission Bans Conversion Therapy
Willyce Kim Wrote Her Own Story
BY JASON VILLEMEZ, LGBTQ HISTORY PROJECT Willyce Kim is the first Asian-American lesbian writer to be published in the U.S. She spent her childhood years in [...]Read more about Willyce Kim Wrote Her Own Story
Who's to Blame for Trans Military Ban: Mattis or Pence?
When President Trump reaffirmed his ban on transgender military service last Friday, the memo was backed up by a report from Defense Secretary James Mattis in [...]Read more about Who's to Blame for Trans Military Ban: Mattis or Pence?
Michigan State Senate Candidate Jeremy Moss calls February 'Bad Month' for LGBTQ Michiganders
February hasn't even ended, but anti-LGBTQ actions this month have prompted State Rep. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) to dub it "bad" for LGBTQ Michiganders. Moss [...]Read more about Michigan State Senate Candidate Jeremy Moss calls February 'Bad Month' for LGBTQ Michiganders
Stonewall Strong
BY JOHN-MANUEL ANDRIOTE, LGBT HISTORY PROJECT Below is an excerpt from "Stonewall Strong: Gay Men's Heroic Fight for Resilience, Good Health and a Strong [...]Read more about Stonewall Strong
White House Silent After Revelation Nominee Called Trans Kids 'Satan's Plan'
BY CHRIS JOHNSON, WASHINGTON BLADE Jeff Mateer called trans kids "Satan's plan." (Screen capture courtesy YouTube) The White House is remaining silent in the [...]Read more about White House Silent After Revelation Nominee Called Trans Kids 'Satan's Plan'
Guide Helps Parents Recognize 'Conversion Therapy'
WASHINGTON – On Sept. 11, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, and the National [...]Read more about Guide Helps Parents Recognize 'Conversion Therapy'
McCain opposes gay households adopting
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service Adoption became an issue this week in the presidential campaign – at least for Republican nominee-apparent John McCain. The New [...]Read more about McCain opposes gay households adopting
Finding Commonality: Dr. Farha Abbasi
Dr. Farha Abbasi came to the U.S. in 2000 to escape the growing radicalism and political chaos in Pakistan. While she was a medical doctor in her homeland, [...]Read more about Finding Commonality: Dr. Farha Abbasi
Love and Science: How Science Has Helped LGBTQ Families
BY DANA RUDOLPH This coming weekend, the March for Science in Washington, D.C. and hundreds of other global locations will encourage science that "upholds the [...]Read more about Love and Science: How Science Has Helped LGBTQ Families
George Weinberg Dies at 87
by Lou Chibbaro Jr., Washington Blade Dr. George Weinberg (Image capture via YouTube) George Weinberg, a psychotherapist, author of the 1972 book "Society and [...]Read more about George Weinberg Dies at 87
Parting Glances: Now that the Election's Finally Over
For my first go-around at passing for 39, I spent a lot of time in Chicago fancying I was a new face. Especially if the bar lighting was Gloria Swanson dim, [...]Read more about Parting Glances: Now that the Election's Finally Over
Robert Spitzer Dead at 83: Played Key Role in Changing Psychiatry's View of Homosexuality
By Bob Roehr Homosexuals in America were "cured" in 1973 when the American Psychiatric Association (APA) voted to remove homosexuality from their list of [...]Read more about Robert Spitzer Dead at 83: Played Key Role in Changing Psychiatry's View of Homosexuality
Losing Heroes Often Win
By Jerome Pohlen In May 1961, Frank Kameny received notice from the United States Supreme Court. It was rejecting his legal petition challenging the federal [...]Read more about Losing Heroes Often Win
Aging: For Albert Cunningham, The Glass Is Half Full
Aging Series Albert Cunningham III lived a comfortable life growing up. "I was born in Chicago in 1952 to schoolteacher parents and grew up in the cookie [...]Read more about Aging: For Albert Cunningham, The Glass Is Half Full
Is This The Beginning Of The End For Conversion Therapy?
In early February, a state court judge in New Jersey struck a blow to the defense in a case involving so called conversion therapy — counseling designed, [...]Read more about Is This The Beginning Of The End For Conversion Therapy?
LGBT History In Focus: July 4, 1966
Barbara Gittings picketing Independence Hall July 4, 1966. Photo taken by Kay Lahusen. Gay rights pioneer Barbara Gittings died of breast cancer on Feb. 18, [...]Read more about LGBT History In Focus: July 4, 1966
LGBT Time Capsule: Dr. Tim Retzloff Chronicles Detroit's LGBT History
By Jim Larkin It wasn't a college degree or even a doctorate that led Tim Retzloff to compose his dissertation on gay life in metro Detroit from 1945-85, but [...]Read more about LGBT Time Capsule: Dr. Tim Retzloff Chronicles Detroit's LGBT History
Federal Appeals Court Upholds GID Surgery For Prisoner
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service A federal appeals court Jan. 17 affirmed a district judge's order that a state prison violated the constitutional rights of a [...]Read more about Federal Appeals Court Upholds GID Surgery For Prisoner
Exodus International To Shut Down
From press releases 06/20/2013 Irvine, Calif. – Exodus International, a Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality, announced June 19 that it is [...]Read more about Exodus International To Shut Down
Psychiatric bible' tackles grief, binge eating, drinking
By Ashley Hayes CNN (CNN) – After years of controversy, the latest version of the "psychiatric bible" — the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental [...]Read more about Psychiatric bible' tackles grief, binge eating, drinking
California's Ban On 'Reparative' Therapy Delayed
By Lisa Keen California's ground-breaking law banning the use of reparative therapy on people younger than 18 did not go into effect on Jan. 1. A federal [...]Read more about California's Ban On 'Reparative' Therapy Delayed
Speier Introduces Bill To Stop 'Reparative Therapy'
By Lisa Keen U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco) announced today (Wednesday, Nov. 28) the introduction of a resolution aimed at stopping "reparative [...]Read more about Speier Introduces Bill To Stop 'Reparative Therapy'
Troy mayor inflames another gay controversy
Troy residents Jeff Williams and Kristen Douglas protesting Mayor Daniels on Dec. 5. BTL photo: Andrew Potter TROY – Mayor of Troy Janice Daniels is under [...]Read more about Troy mayor inflames another gay controversy
Framk Kameny National Memorial Service Remarks
by William N. Eskridge Jr. {ITAL Editor's note: Bob Witeck reported the tribute was held in the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill which served as the venue [...]Read more about Framk Kameny National Memorial Service Remarks
Marcus Bachmann
Creep of the Week Marcus Bachmann and the Christian counseling clinics he owns are not anti-gay. And if you say they are then you're just an anti-hetero hate [...]Read more about Marcus Bachmann
Lunatics, politics and heroes
Compiled by Howard Israel S/he Said "We have homophobes on our party. That's disgusting to me. We're all human beings. We're all God's children. Now if [...]Read more about Lunatics, politics and heroes
Repaying a debt
by John Corvino You may not know Frank Kameny's name. You should. Frank Kameny has sometimes been called the "Rosa Parks" of the LGBT movement. Like most [...]Read more about Repaying a debt
Creep of the Week: Traditional Values Coalition
Did you hear the news? Nancy Pelosi wants you to have sex with your dog. And President Obama wants you to do it with your underage cousin for money. It's all [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Traditional Values Coalition
Marriage inequality hurts mentalhealth
by Dana Rudolph Same-sex marriage bans may be harmful to the mental health of gay people in those states. That is the conclusion of a new study published in [...]Read more about Marriage inequality hurts mentalhealth
Between Ourselves
by Jessica Carreras Dale Ross Dale Ross is a 61-year-old leather enthusiast, HIV/AIDS activist, teacher, writer and social worker. He lives with his partner in [...]Read more about Between Ourselves
A 'rainbow' of possibilities
by Jessica Carreras Symbols are as much a part of society as language. And like language, symbols and their meanings differ depending on the group, region or [...]Read more about A 'rainbow' of possibilities
40 years, 40 events
by Jessica Carreras June 28, 1969 Police raid the Stonewall Inn of New York City, causing the infamous uprising of LGBT protestors in the Stonewall Riots. 1969 [...]Read more about 40 years, 40 events
McCain doesn't 'believe' in gay adoption
by Rex Wockner National News Republican presidential candidate John McCain told The New York Times that he opposes gay adoption July 13. "I think that we've [...]Read more about McCain doesn't 'believe' in gay adoption
Anything But Straight: Where is the Gay Jesse Jackson?
by Wayne Besen As the nail biter of a presidential race becomes more uncertain, the only thing guaranteed is a good cry on Inauguration Day. Electing our first [...]Read more about Anything But Straight: Where is the Gay Jesse Jackson?
