John Cole’s Tennessee: Over the rainbow?
John Cole’s Tennessee: Over the rainbow? Even as Nashville got its first rainbow crosswalk, new laws — including anti-LGBTQ ones — took effect.
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Nashville gets first rainbow crosswalk to support LGBTQ community
Hundreds of Middle Tennesseans gathered near in East Nashville Saturday to paint the city’s first rainbow crosswalks as a celebration of LGBTQ pride.
Ex-Late Night Host Uses Last Day of Pride Month to Come Out
Amber Ruffin said her decision to come out would “come as a shock to exactly zero people.” The ex-late night host came out on the last day of Pride.
In Texas, parents’ rights don’t extend to gender-affirming care, state Supreme Court says
The Texas Supreme Court found that parents in the state do not have the constitutional right to seek gender-affirming care for their children.
U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge to Tennessee’s ban on care for transgender minors
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday morning it will take up a challenge to Tennessee’s 2023 ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Blazing heat doesn’t deter Middle Tennesseans from Nashville’s Pride event
High temperatures didn’t deter Middle Tennesseans from turning out in droves for Nashville’s two-day Pride event, which kicked off with a Saturday morning parade.
A second Trump term would double down on erasing trans rights.
If Trump is re-elected, advocacy groups expect him to enact more extreme anti-LGBTQ+ policies than those he put in place during his first term.
26 Red States Sue Biden For Protecting LGBTQ+ Students
Twenty-six GOP-led states are suing the Biden administration over changes to Title IX aiming to protect LGBTQ+ students from discrimination in schools.
The Right is Killing LGBTQ+ Youth
The hated and fear of the LGBTQ+ community being drummed up by the Right is harming our young people.
The GOP’s descent into hell
The GOP has undergone a dramatic transformation that began when Donald Trump became president in 2016. Once the party of traditional conservatism, the GOP has become increasingly populist,…