Even Trump Judges Are Ruling in Favor of Trans Rights
Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Over the last two years, Republican state politicians have done their best to wipe out access to gender-affirming medical care for trans adolescents. In a flurry of lawmaking—coordinated by conservative Christian legal groups and think…
The Fake Request for a Wedding Website at the Heart of SCOTUS’ Anti-LGBTQ Ruling
Stephen Shaver/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3, along the usual lines, that a one-woman graphic design business in Colorado could not, theoretically, be forced to make a wedding website for a same-sex couple. The designer in question, Lorie…
The Supreme Court Allows Discrimination Against LGBTQ People
Mother Jones; Patsy Lynch/IPX/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Friday allowed certain businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people, creating a large loophole in federal and state civil rights laws that have protected Americans for decades. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the…
Here Is All the Evidence You Needed That Drag Bans Are About Erasing Trans Existence
Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto/Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Butte, Montana became the first documented place to legally cancel an event because the speaker is trans. As NBC Montana reported, a lawyer with Butte-Silver Bow County informed the local library that its LGBTQ history event…
“Put Up or Shut Up”: A Federal Judge Tore Into Florida’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
Artie Walker Jr./AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge in Florida told politicians and backers of a new law rolling back gender-affirming care in the state to “put up” facts or “shut up.” In a preliminary injunction filed from Tallahassee on Tuesday,…
Tennessee’s Ban on Drag Shows Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
A bus at the Nashville Pride parade on June 25, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. Mickey Bernal/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge ruled late Friday that Tennessee’s law restricting drag shows is unconstitutional. The decision is a ray of sunshine during…