Category: Huffington Post
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Drag Show Artists Fear Crackdown As Texas Passes Sexual Conduct Bill
Texas would expand what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, under a bill approved late Sunday by state lawmakers that drag artists fear will be used to criminalize their shows. Huffington Post, May 29, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Ron DeSantis Wants To Take His ‘War On Woke’ National. There’s One Big Problem: The Constitution.
Courts have repeatedly rejected the Florida governor’s narrow-minded agenda as a “positively dystopian” assault on free speech and due process. Huffington Post, May 27, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Whoopi Goldberg Delivers Reality Check For Right-Wing ‘Snowflakes’
Whoopi Goldberg is “sick” of right-wing meltdowns and conservative cancel culture, noting there’s a word for people like that ― one people on the right often like to use on everyone else: snowflakes. Huffington Post, May 25, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Target Slammed For Removing Pride Merch Following Conservative Outrage
Target is under fire for its decision to pull some of its Pride Month merchandise from shelves ― a move the company says was done to protect employees but that critics say merely bows to pressure from anti-LGBTQ conservatives. Huffington Post, May 24, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Target’s Pride Apparel Was Receiving Backlash — So They Removed It
Corporations love supporting the LGBTQ community when it’s all unicorns and rainbows — in other words, when it could potentially boost sales and the overall perception of the brand. But when push comes to shove (and when you’re championing the rights of queer people, it often does), they make disappointing decisions. Huffington Post, May 24,…
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Target Removes Some LGBTQ Merchandise From Stores
Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. Associated Press via Huffington Post, May 23, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Nebraska Governor Signs Combined Anti-Trans, Anti-Abortion Bill Into Law
As expected, Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday that both limits gender-affirming care for young people and outlaws abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy. Huffington Post, May 22, 2023 (PDF archive)
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L.A. Dodgers Apologize After Disinviting Drag Charity To Pride Night
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have accepted a new invitation to the baseball team’s Pride Night and will receive a community service award. Huffington Post, May 22, 2023 (PDF archive)
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NAACP Warns Against Travel To Florida Over Ron DeSantis’ ‘Openly Hostile’ Politics
The Republican governor and potential 2024 candidate is accused of attempting to erase Black history and restrict diversity, equity and inclusion. Huffington Post, May 21, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Judge Rejects Zooey Zephyr’s Effort To Return To Montana House
Lawyers working under Attorney General Austin Knudsen said any intervention by the courts on Zephyr’s behalf would be a blatant violation of the separation of powers. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, May 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)