What a difference a week makes! On Tuesday morning April 22, Youngkin aide Matthew Moran wrote on X, the everything app, about the Virginia Republican Party fielding the most diverse ticket in their history. Moran was referring to Winsome Sears, Jason...
RPS and Side By Side worked together in order to make school a more inclusive place for Richmond's LGBTQ students. At last Monday's meeting of the School Board for Richmond Public Schools, the school district presented the first draft of a revision to the school system's Student Code of Responsible Ethics (SCORE). And one of the most important...
This callous move affects a population significantly more likely to experience homelessness than the general population. On Wednesday, Trump's Department of Housing And Urban Development (HUD) released a proposal for a revised rule that would pave the way for homeless shelters to refuse accomodation to homeless people on the basis of gender...
Virginia's National Guard not only said they'd enforce the trans military ban in the Commonwealth, but also backed the deceptive anti-LGBTQ reasoning for the ban given by the Trump administration. On Tuesday, Major General Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia's National Guard, told ThinkProgress that the Virginia National Guard...
This "religious freedom" bill is the latest in a long string of bills intended to protect companies who support anti-LGBTQ discrimination. A couple of weeks ago, word had it that the bill working its way through the Texas legislature, known as the "Save Chick-Fil-A" bill, was all but dead. However, this week has shown that there's still life in...
Utah Republican Mike Lee previously authored the First Amendment Defense Act, which attempted to legalize many forms of anti-LGBTQ discrimination. A U.S. Senator is speaking out in opposition after the House of Representatives passed the historic Equality Act Friday afternoon. The legislation expands existing civil rights laws to protect LGBTQ...
Richmond's favorite online purveyor of budget-conscious unmentionables is making an effort to connect with its trans and gender non-conforming customers. CheapUndies,com recently published an "Underwear Guide For Trans Women," a step motivated by "many requests," according to an email from CheapUndies owner Edward Upton. The guide, which can be...
Last week, we reported on a legally-married same-sex couple who are in court – again. After having won their case months ago, the federal government appealed. They are battling the U.S. State Dept., which is insisting one of their twin boys is not a U.S. citizen, even though both twins are their biological children. Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks...
President Donald Trump opposes adding the LGBTQ community to the list of groups protected by the Civil Rights Act. We wish we could say we were surprised. I'm making a rule: sarcasm is permissible in news headlines if I'm fed up enough. And like a lot of you out there, I am fed up. President Donald Trump, who took office back at the beginning of...
War Paint For Men is a makeup line that wants men to be able to wear makeup without feeling, you know, girly or gay or something. Toxic masculinity much? Are you a man who wants to wear makeup? Do you want to be able to buy it out in the open, rather than just ordering it discreetly to your PO Box like normal people who hate themselves -- but...
