 
													 
																									“I think it's mainly an attack on their existence- I don't know what's the problem with someone feeling they were born in the wrong body”
 
													 
																									Petocz received an outpouring of support after his suspension. A Change.org petition opposing Petocz’s suspension was signed by 7,559 people
 
													 
																									Disney's LGBTQ+ employees are annoyed by the lack of understanding over the magnitude of the threat to the greater "LGBTQ+ community's safety
 
													 
																									Major medical groups, like the American Medical Association, generally oppose legislation that bans or criminalizes gender-affirming care
 
													 
																									U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona noted it would contravene Title IX, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex in education
 
													 
																									There was no shortage of red meat Gov. DeSantis could feed his supporters in his culture wars as lawmakers ignored pleas from LGBTQ students
 
													 
																									Cozy.tv users descended on Twitch who reportedly spammed Twitch chatrooms, Discord servers, & flooded DMs with hateful, homophobic messages
 
													 
																									In Alabama and Idaho, local news outlets largely fail to check misinformation behind bills to ban health care for trans youth
 
													 
																									The controversial Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding from covering most abortions, also made its way into the omnibus deal
 
													 
																									New graphics update City’s ‘Rainbow Crosswalks’ & feature additional inclusivity elements to recognize the LGBTQ+ community