June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities and honor the significant victories since the historic Stonewall Uprising in June 1969. Six days of protest after a police raid of a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York marked a major turning point in the visibility of the modern Read more …
The Senate Judiciary Committee recently convened for a “Protecting Pride” hearing relating to the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, one which I had the opportunity to witness firsthand. To an observer, though, it seemed as if there were two distinct hearings. While Democratic senators widely discussed discrimination against trans individuals, inviting multiple qualified witnesses to discuss Read more …
This year’s Pride comes at an urgent, pivotal time. In the face of such bigotry, we must focus on celebrating this important occasion because joy is a critical form of resistance.
Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON-Today’s vote in the U.S. House to forbid transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people from participating in school athletic programs has nothing to do with women’s sports or the girls’ rights —and everything to do with the politics of cruelty, exclusion, and discrimination. The extremists in control of Read more …
The Republican’s harmful campaign against transgender girls and women reaches a crescendo this week as the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote Thursday on the so-called Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 (H.R. 734). This misleadingly named bill would prohibit public school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological Read more …