LGBTQ+ News
Coverage of LGBTQ+ activism, laws, and cultural debates in the U.S. The Daily Signal offers conservative news, opinion, and commentary on these topics.
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Father Whose Son Had Transgender Surgery Despite Court Order Issues Dire Warning About Parental Rights
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A California father has urged a court to find his ex-wife, her lawyer, his son's lawyer, and a hospital in contempt of court after they went around a court order stipulating that his son would not receive transgender-related surgery unless the father approved it. "This is not an accident," Ted Hudacko,…Tyler O’Neil -
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Transgender Lawyer Who Wanted to ‘Correct the Errors’ of Jack Phillips’ Thinking May Have His Own Case ‘Corrected’
The First Amendment prohibits the government from acting with hostility against sincere religious beliefs, yet Colorado twice prosecuted Christian baker Jack Phillips with such hostility. This week, Phillips got another chance to defend himself against another kind of hostility—the anger of a male lawyer named Autumn Scardina, who identifies as female and said he wanted…Tyler O’Neil -
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Lawsuit of Physician’s Assistant Fired for Refusing Transgender Directives Gets Judge’s Go-Ahead
Gender ideology often pits parents and children against common sense, but it also all too often pits medical professionals against their religious conscience. In a ruling Sept. 20 from a federal judge in the Western District of Michigan Southern Division, the latter is playing out in real time in an important religious liberty case. In…Nicole Russell -
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EXCLUSIVE: California AG Defies Court Order on Transgender Parental Notification, Lawyers Say
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—California Attorney General Rob Bonta has defied a court order by directing school districts to adopt policies that allow them to hide a student's claimed transgender identity from parents or guardians, despite a federal judge's ruling that such policies likely violate the U.S. Constitution, lawyers say. Bonta, a Democrat, sent a…Tyler O’Neil -
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Missouri Transgender Center Shuts Down Over SAFE Act Liability Provision
The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital has stopped providing gender-transition procedures for minors, it announced earlier this month, due to a provision in the Missouri SAFE Act that “creates unsustainable liability” for its operations. The law was passed earlier this year and became effective on Aug. 28. In June, an analysis by The College Fix found that…Joshua Arnold -
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DHS Awards Anti-Terror Grant for LGBTQ Group to Indoctrinate 6-Year-Olds
The Biden administration has awarded an anti-terrorism grant worth more than half-a-million dollars to an LGBTQ activist group, which distributes condoms and “sex education” material, to expand its “in-school support for LGBTQ+ youth” as young as age 6. The manifesto of its school-based group—which is based on the Black Panthers—calls for the “abolition” of the…Ben Johnson -
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BEWARE: California Bills Headed to Newsom’s Desk Will Launch a Transgender Inquisition Targeting Parents
“We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children” might as well become the new slogan of the Golden State. California’s Legislature has passed—or is about to pass—a slew of bills aimed at undermining the rights of parents (and potential foster parents) who disagree with the transgender worldview. What would the state need to launch…Tyler O’Neil -
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THOUSANDS of Minors Went Under the Knife to ‘Affirm’ a Transgender Identity, Study Shows
Transgender advocates repeatedly claim that minors only take "puberty-blocking" drugs or cross-sex hormones, but never undergo surgeries in an attempt to force their male or female bodies to resemble the opposite sex, yet a new study estimates that more than 3,000 minors underwent transgender surgeries in a five-year period, and more than 400 of them…Tyler O’Neil -
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Transgender Backlash: Parental Rights Advocates Launch New Strategy to Combat Gender Ideology in California
Under Gov. Gavin Newsom, California, has enacted policies endorsing "transgender" identity over the broad concerns of critics who claim the policies threaten parental rights, fairness in women's sports, and the long-term health of children. Those critics have launched a new strategy to counter the gender ideology policies by going directly to the voters of the…Tyler O’Neil -
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Virginia Parents Have Right to Sue After District Adopts Transgender ‘Rights’ Violating Youngkin Policy, AG Says
A Northern Virginia school district just outside of Washington, D.C., appears to be in flagrant violation of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's model policies on transgender issues, potentially opening the district up for parents to file lawsuits. Fairfax County Public Schools published a document and an online survey outlining “Student Rights & Responsibilities” earlier this month. The…Tyler O’Neil -
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Rock Stars Take on Transgender Agenda
A rock and roll legend is taking on woke culture and the transgender agenda, despite the backlash. In an interview last week with Stereogum, shock-rocker Alice Cooper shared his thoughts on how ridiculous woke culture is. “The whole woke thing … who’s making the rules?” he asked. “Is there a building somewhere in New York where people…S.A. McCarthy -
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EXCLUSIVE: Women Speak Out Against YMCA ‘Transgender’ Bathroom Policies
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Small-town YMCAs in suburban Ohio have launched themselves headfirst into the transgender debate by allowing men who "identify" as women to access women's locker rooms. And women who have belonged to these supposedly family-friendly YMCAs for years are discovering, to their shock, that management considers their safety and privacy inferior…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Court Lets State Protect Kids From Transgender ‘Care,’ Making Key Point About Evidence
A Missouri trial court declined Friday to block a law preventing transgender interventions for minors, citing "conflicting and unclear" medical evidence on the effectiveness of so-called puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. "The science and medical evidence is conflicting and unclear," Judge Stephen R. Ohmer ruled. "Accordingly, the evidence raises more questions than answers." Three Missouri…Tyler O’Neil -
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‘Not Indoctrination’: Judge Rejects Maryland Parents’ Plea to Restore Opt-Out for LGBTQ Books
A U.S. District Court judge denied Maryland parents' request Thursday for an order allowing them to opt their children out of instruction using LGBTQ "Pride Storybooks." Atheist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other parents demanded the right to opt out of an LGBTQ book curriculum for pre-K through fifth grades in Montgomery County Public Schools, a…Tyler O’Neil -
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Just How Many Imprisoned Men Who Identify as Transgender Are Guilty of Sexual Assault? More Than Half, New Data Shows
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A little more than half of the men housed in Wisconsin Department of Corrections facilities who identify as transgender women have been convicted of at least one count of sexual assault or sexual abuse. The revelation comes from Wisconsin Department of Corrections records obtained by The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Addressing Drinking, Hazing, and LGBTQ Culture in a Mission to Restore Women’s Sports
Drinking, partying, and pressure to explore homosexuality are common within women’s sports, but this does not need to be the norm, according to former college athlete Samantha Kelley. While the “transgender” issue is a new challenge in women’s sports, it has long been “statistically proven that college athletes party more [and] drink more than the…Virginia Allen -
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How Christians Should Respond to Transgenderism
How does a church community respond when someone comes through the doors who identifies as transgender, or who is struggling with his or her gender identity? What does a response of love look like? According to author-lawyer John Bursch, the “very first response is accompaniment.” “Just like anybody who is suffering in any situation, whether…Virginia Allen -
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Kansas Legal Battle Gets to the Heart of How Transgenderism Aims to Redefine Reality
In the lead-up to the Civil War, pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed to Kansas to determine whether the Sunflower State would enshrine the "peculiar institution," releasing a bloodletting that foreshadowed the larger war to come. This year, Kansas finds itself in the middle of a similarly ideological battle, a focal point in a debate about…Tyler O’Neil -
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Transgender ‘Women’ Aren’t
Jess Hilarious, a well-known comedian and personality, has recently created quite a stir in the world of social media. She dared to voice her opinion on a trending video where a transgender "woman" claimed that "womanhood" and menstruation were not exclusive to biological women. Hilarious responded with the simple truth that only biological women can…Armstrong Williams -
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SEE YOU IN COURT: Parents Challenge LGBTQ Book Policy That Requires Teachers ‘To Shame Children’ for Religious Faith
Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Latter-day Saint, Protestant, Ethiopian Orthodox, atheist, and agnostic parents are taking a Maryland school board to court Wednesday, Aug. 9, for denying them the right to opt out of the school’s LGBTQ book curriculum. “These books are in fact teaching explicit sexual orientation and gender identity issues as early as pre-k,” Will…Tyler O’Neil