Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat running for the US Senate, expressed his opposition to trans athletes playing in girls' sports under certain conditions. He stated that his opposition is based on concerns about safety and fairness.
Talarico has previously voted against a bill targeting trans athletes in sports and has advocated for local officials to decide on trans sports policies. Talarico emphasized the importance of safety and fairness in every sport, citing his experience as a former public school teacher. He has also criticized politicians who he believes are using trans issues for political gain.
Further details on Talarico's stance on trans rights and sports policies are available from the source.
Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who is currently running for reelection, has been called out for photoshopping a trans Pride flag into an ad released by his opponent, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D). The original ad, posted by Hinojosa, involved a video of the candidate spea...
Seattle City Council’s Housing, Arts and Civil Rights Committee voted unanimously to further a bill that would extend civil rights protections to people in non-traditional relationship structures at a Wednesday afternoon meeting, council member Alexis Mercedes Rinck confirmed in ...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s campaign has apparently decided that James Talarico’s real words are insufficient for its purposes. So it has manufactured new ones.The Republican U.S. Senate nominee released an artificial intelli...
Transgender model and disavowed daughter of Elon Musk, Vivian Jenna Wilson, is starring in a well-timed campaign for Desigual, the "not the same" Barcelona-based fashion brand. The campaign's tagline: "Born to Disobey." Related "A fighting chance": Trans rights are in the balance...
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today released photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein estate confirming the close ties President Donald Trump had to the late child sex trafficker, and documenting his proximity to the young women who were victimized. Committee Democrats r...
Gillian Anderson being part of the LGBTQ+ community is not a revelation. As long ago as 2012, the X-Files star told Out magazine that she was once in relationships with other women, and has spoken intermittently about feeling sexually fluid since then. But in a new interview with...
A new report that Outright International released on Thursday notes 90 percent of LGBTQ and intersex rights groups around the world have lost funding since January 2025. The New York-based global advocacy group surveyed 229 LGBTQ and intersex rights groups in 94 countries. Forty-...
The annual CAMP Rehoboth fundraiser, SUNFESTIVAL, was held over Labor Day weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Del. The festival included a massive dance party at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Sunday. (Washington Blade photos by Daniel Truitt) The post PHOTOS: SUNFESTIVAL appeare...
Gloria Steinem was an icon, a feminist, a woman of substance and consequence. A rare person who made a difference her entire life; sometimes quietly, sometimes by making noise. She was an incredibly beautiful woman, inside and out. I heard of Gloria Steinem and admired her for al...
A federal judge ruled last Friday that the ex-wife of bisexual former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)'s former male bodyguard can sue Sinema for “willfully and intentionally” breaking up her marriage of 14 years under North Carolina's homewrecker law. Last week, the Associated Press r...
MAGA pastor and self-proclaimed “prophet” Hank Kunneman of One Voice Ministries recently said that uncircumcised people are trying to steal the nation. His comment was part of a bizarre transphobic and Islamophobic statement on the midterm elections. “I am not going to let uncirc...
Numerous Democratic midterm candidates have previously made anti-trans statements or voted for anti-trans legislation. Trans journalist Erin Reed published a list yesterday of these candidates and advised her followers not to vote for them, lest their victories convince the Democ...
