6+ hour, 8+ min ago   (868+ words) By John Riley on August 9, 2026 @JRileyMW A transgender couple faces criminal charges after being beaten by a mob over their use of a women’s restroom at Cypress Black Bayou Park in Benton, Louisiana. As Rush waited outside, she says a…...

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1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (856+ words) The University of Alabama System has removed sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression from the nondiscrimination policies of its three campuses. According to AL.com, archived web pages show that the words were deleted last year from the Equal…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (806+ words) By John Riley on July 29, 2026 @JRileyMW GxBar, an LGBTQ-friendly salon in Kyiv, was vandalized by unidentified individuals who poured blood and left severed pig heads and entrails around its main entrance. The vandalism targeted the GxBar Special salon, which has…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (764+ words) By John Riley on July 25, 2026 @JRileyMW An Iowa school district will pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by three high school teachers who were disciplined for their involvement in a student-led drag show. Under the July 1 settlement, teachers Jill Bjorklund,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (605+ words) By John Riley on July 24, 2026 @JRileyMW Republicans in Congress have added six anti-LGBTQ riders to the annual State Department funding bill for fiscal year 2027. Democrats have denounced the riders as “poison pills” that could jeopardize the bill’s passage and unfairly…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (889+ words) By John Riley on July 16, 2026 @JRileyMW The Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus recently snubbed U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel, two Democratic incumbents who have long been strong allies of the LGBTQ community. The decision also contrasts with the Human…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (687+ words) By John Riley on July 7, 2026 @JRileyMW Andrew Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee and the Democratic nominee for Florida governor in 2018, has been arrested in Alabama on drug possession charges. As first reported by TMZ, Baldwin County jail records show…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (611+ words) By John Riley on July 5, 2026 @JRileyMW A Clovis, New Mexico, man was arrested on federal charges after allegedly posting threatening comments targeting a Pride festival in nearby Lubbock, Texas. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Michael Kenneth Thompson, 44, allegedly made…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1073+ words) By John Riley on July 2, 2026 @JRileyMW The woman described as the “ringleader” in the killing of transgender man Sam Nordquist in upstate New York has pleaded guilty to state charges, agreeing to a maximum sentence of life in prison without…...