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LOS ANGELES – With cyberbullying at an all-time high, all states now have laws requiring schools to respond to this type of online harassment. But are those laws working? The escalating mental health crisis amongst queer youth would suggest that no,…
March 12, 2023
Article at Los Angeles Blade
PASADENA – At a large apartment complex in Los Angeles’ Studio City neighborhood, Grey DeLisle – also known as Grey Griffin – and her 12-year-old son, Tex, followed a man down a long hallway and into his apartment. It was a cool night in late summer…
March 11, 2023
Article at Los Angeles Blade
By Robin Opsahl | DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds and Republican legislators speaking at a “parental rights” event Thursday pledged to pass legislation this session banning LGBTQ materials in schools and policies allowing students to socially…
February 04, 2023
Article at Los Angeles Blade
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Before the pandemic, Will Larkins said they spent an “excessive” amount of time on social media. But when COVID-19 hit the U.S. – bringing American life to a screeching halt – Larkins saw their screen time reach new heights.…
February 03, 2023
Article at Los Angeles Blade
PHILADELPHIA – When Scout Rose was transitioning in 2003, it was nearly impossible to find the tools they needed. They remember combing through message boards and digging to find transition-related products that yielded mixed results. The trans…
January 21, 2023
Article at Los Angeles Blade
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Zach Coltrain lives in two worlds. In one, he traverses the serene landscapes of Appalachian State University in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains – studying the use of music as a therapeutic intervention. In the other, he…
January 09, 2023
Article at Los Angeles Blade
SAN FRANCISCO — When Elon Musk – formerly the world’s richest person – bought Twitter, the LGBTQ community immediately voiced concerns over safety and content moderation. In fact, mere hours after the news broke, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the…
January 03, 2023
Article at Los Angeles Blade
WASHINGTON – It was shortly before 1 p.m. on Dec. 9 when Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Noman Çelebicihan Battalion, arrived at Le Bon Café, a coffee shop on Second Street, S.E., near the U.S. Capitol. The Las Vegas…
December 22, 2022
Article at Los Angeles Blade
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – When Paul Richmond, a queer artist, first started to see AI-generated portraits trending on social media, he thought they were “cool” and “interesting.” “I’ve been intrigued by AI [artificial intelligence] for a while, and I’m…
December 13, 2022
Article at Los Angeles Blade
NEW YORK – When Cristina Herrera was 15 years old, she traveled alone from Southern California to the Bronx in pursuit of new life experiences. A native of El Salvador, Cristina thought as a teenager that she was different, but she was unsure about…
December 02, 2022
Article at Los Angeles Blade
BIRMINGHAM, Al. – Gina Brown has been living with HIV for 27 years and introduces herself as a social worker by training, but an activist by birth. As the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement at the Southern AIDS Coalition,…
December 02, 2022
Article at Los Angeles Blade
NEW YORK – On the streets of New York City, Artem Bezrukavenko stood next to a bystander with a microphone. “What would be your ideal boyfriend?” he asked the man. But he didn’t answer. Instead, he posed the same question to Bezrukavenko. “My ideal…
November 21, 2022
Article at Los Angeles Blade
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Using the largest body of data on the gender identities of incoming college students ever available, a report released Thursday found over 26,000 transgender and nonbinary people filled out the Common App – the largest college…
November 18, 2022
Article at Los Angeles Blade
When the Biden administration first announced it would cancel $10,000 in federal student loans for many borrowers–a move now on hold after a federal judge last week declared it unconstitutional-Erin Woodiel, a photojournalist for the Sioux Falls…
November 17, 2022
Article at Gateway Journalism Review
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine Joint Rules/Legislative Committee Friday advanced a rule that will effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state. The policy, which would likely block a…
October 28, 2022
Article at Los Angeles Blade
By Mia Gingerich | WASHINGTON – Last Friday, the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh held a rally in Tennessee against gender-affirming care, a follow-up to his targeted misinformation campaign against Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Footage from the rally,…
October 27, 2022
Article at Los Angeles Blade