Late last week, Edwards vetoed a version of Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law (HB 466), the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act” (HB 648), which would have banned gender-affirming care for transgender children, and the “Given Name Act” (HB 81), which would required school employees to use only the name and pronouns on a student’s birth certificate without written permission from a parent or guardian.
Category: LGBTQ
SCOTUS Guts Affirmative Action, Limits LGBT Protections, Throws Out Student Loan Forgiveness
June 30, 2023With the October session due to end this afternoon, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has delivered a slate of major decisions in recent days. Here we’ll cover the three most recent.
NOLA Pride Events to Check Out This Month
June 8, 2023June is Pride month, so to get you in the mood, here are a few events to add to your calendar! Pride at the Pool Party at W New Orleans […]
Tubby & Coo’s Book Shop Can Now Come to You With Mobile Store
May 15, 2023Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop, the local, queer-owned independent book shop focused on science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, queer, and diverse books, is on the move! The shop will […]
The Ugly Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills of the 2023 Legislative Session (Plus One Good Bill)
April 15, 2023The Louisiana legislature holds fiscal sessions every other year. For these sessions, legislators are only able to bring forth five non-fiscal bills. In the past, the LGBTQ+ community breathed a […]
Gay and Bi-Sexual Men Now Able To Become Blood Donor
January 31, 2023The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently proposed policy revisions which will more reasonably protect blood recipients while respecting would-be donors. Though still not fully grounded in data, the revised policies proposed are a step in the right direction and will help save lives.
LGBT Community Center Seeks New Home After Vandalism
January 19, 2023The LGBT Community Center of New Orleans is looking for a new home after the exterior of the Center’s administrative office and program space located at 2727 S. Broad Street was vandalized late last summer and the property management company is demanding payment for those and other repairs, according to Santos Rodriguez, the Center’s interim president. In an attempt to enter the site after hours, thieves smashed the building’s two large storm windows. Though the perpetrators were not able to break through the industrial-strength glass, repair costs for the windows and the HVAC system, which had also recently gone out, are estimated at $6,000. In addition the Center is several months in arrears on the building’s rent. Both the NOPD and the FBI were contacted after the vandalism. No arrests were made.
CANS Can’t Stand, Exposes Controversial Law and Trans Activists Fighting For It’s Repeal in Documentary
June 3, 2022For forty years, police and prosecutors have weaponized Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (CANS) law to terrorize queer/trans Louisianians. A documentary by filmmakers Matt Nadel and Megan Plotka entitled […]
Louisiana’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Fails in Committee, but So Does Conversion Therapy Ban
May 5, 2022The House Committee on Education rejected the bill 7-4. Three Republicans – Reps. Stephanie Hilferty of New Orleans, Barbara Freiburg of Baton Rouge, and Vincent St. Blanc of Franklin – joined the committee’s Democrats to oppose the legislation.
Transgender Sports Bans Are Rooted in Racism
April 6, 2022Anti-trans bills are based on rules historically and contemporarily used to exclude Black women from sports.
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