LGBTQ Rights

What Does Cuba’s New Legal Gender Recognition Law Entail?

July 31, 2025 TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune. Create! Cuba, Democracy, Gender equality, LGBTQ Rights

On July 18, Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power approved a sweeping reform of the Civil Registry Law, which will allow transgender people to update their legal gender on official documents without requiring gender reassignment surgery. The reform was unanimously approved by the Cuban Parliament and aligns with the provisions of the 2019 Constitution and the Family Code, approved by referendum in 2022. In addition to legal gender recognition, the new law legally recognizes affective unions between unmarried couples and allows parents to choose the order of their children’s surnames, opening the door to more equitable and less normative practices in family structure.

NYC Speakout Against Brutal NYPD Attacks

June 23, 2025 Fight Back! News. Resist! LGBTQ Rights, New York City (NYC), Police abuse, Puerto Rican Diaspora

Brooklyn, NY — On the evening of June 11, over 100 New Yorkers gathered near the New York Police Department 83rd Precinct in Bushwick for a speakout hosted by Boricua – meaning a native of Puerto Rico or of Puerto Rican descent – and community organizations including Juventud Unida por la Independencia (JUPI) and Adolfina NYC. The speakout was a response to a brutal attack by the NYPD at The Bush and Mood Ring bars after the National Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 8. At around 8 p.m. on June 8, officers from the 83rd Precinct raided The Bush. Speakout organizers stated it was no accident that the NYPD targeted a lesbian bar during Pride Month.

Seven Supreme Court Cases That Black Americans Should Track This Summer

June 11, 2025 Jonathan Forney, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Birthright Citizenship, Black America, Deportations, Education, Health Care, Immigration, LGBTQ Rights, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Transgender Rights, US Supreme Court, Voting Rights, Worker Rights and Jobs

From voting rights to health care to workplace equality, the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on a number of issues this summer that could have major implications for Black Americans. “In America, for Black people, we’ve had a long season where our rights were generally respected,” said Andrea Young, executive director of the ACLU, who has been closely following the Trump administration’s legal moves. “We have Black elected officials … Black leaders in corporate America, we have extreme poverty, but we also have thriving middle class communities. We have many areas where we have lots of highly educated black people. All of those things rest on a legal framework that allows those rights to be protected.”

Once Again, NYT Coverage Of Anti-Trans Attacks Leaves Out Trans Voices

June 1, 2025 Olivia Riggio, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Educate! California, Donald Trump, LGBTQ Rights, Media, New York Times (NYT), Trans Rights

California public schools are the latest target of Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, which is ramping up an investigation into high school sports after a transgender girl qualified for three track and field events at the upcoming state championships. The DoJ is alleging that the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports could violate Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The New York Times (5/28/25) covered this latest right-wing attack on trans youth in a fashion all too common for the paper (FAIR.org, 5/11/23): devoid of any perspectives from trans individuals.

Seattle Protesters Oppose Hate, Clash With Police

May 26, 2025 Izzy Mccabe, Fight Back! News. Resist! LGBTQ Rights, Police abuse, Seattle, Trans Rights, Washington

Seattle, WA – On Saturday, May 24, Seattle’s LGBTQ community and their allies protested an anti-queer, Christian evangelist rally at the Capitol Hill neighborhood’s Cal Anderson Park. They protested the rally that was called by the group Mayday USA, which aims to classify transgender people as mentally ill and to legally define life as starting at conception. Although the Seattle community outnumbered the reactionaries, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) wasted no time in acting as the reactionaries’ personal armed guard. In total, 16 protesters were arrested by the time the police were walked out of the block by protesters.

The Coming Purge Of Trans Troops In Context Of Broader LGBTQ Struggle

May 10, 2025 Mike Prysner, Counter Punch. Educate! LGBTQ Rights, Trump Administration, US military

Trump and Hegseth have a two-pronged agenda for the US military: the first is its use as a domestic police and repression force, which I wrote about in January. The second is to Make the Military Warfighters Again–based on the ultra-online belief that the ranks have become a liberal bastion catering to unqualified slobs and woke indoctrination. The belief they must be transformed into a singular VetBro archetype, a military that will look really badass on Instagram–most importantly, no posts by soldiers that Libs of TikTok could share. (They think there’s too many women, too).

Cuban Days Against Homophobia And Transphobia Have Begun

May 8, 2025 Resumen English. Organize! Cuba, discrimination, Human Rights, LGBTQ Rights

The National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) launched the 18th edition of the Cuban Days Against Homophobia and Transphobia on Monday. Under the slogan “Love is the law,” the event will run until May 18 in the largest of the Antilles. During the inauguration of the initiative, CENESEX director Dr. Mariela Castro Espín commented that Cuban LGBTIQ+ activism cannot be disconnected or alienated from the current circumstances of the world, which is why these conferences are dedicated to anti-fascist and anti-imperialist struggles. She referred to the setbacks occurring in several countries with regard to the rights of women and the LGBTIQ+ community.

Queer Students Fight Back; LGBTQ+ Housing Restored!

February 20, 2025 Fight Back! News. Resist! Florida, Higher Education, LGBTQ Rights, Student Activism

At the start of the Spring 2025 semester, FSU Admin secretly axed LGBTQ+ Housing – which provides much needed accommodations to transgender and queer students living on campus without communicating their decision to any students, or even the Inter-Residence Hall Council (IHRC). This comes amid escalating attacks on the rights and autonomy of queer and trans people by the reactionary Trump administration and the ruling Florida Republican Party. As soon as the student body found out, Tallahassee SDS and other student organizations, including the IHRC and Pride Student Union, condemned FSU Admin for putting queer students in danger by removing this program which was meant to protect them from being forced into potentially unsafe gender-segregated living arrangements that don’t align with their gender.

New York City ‘Rises Up’ For Transgender Youth

February 11, 2025 Olivia Wood, Left Voice. Resist! Donald Trump, Health Care, LGBTQ Rights, New York City (NYC), Transgender Rights

On Saturday, February 8, roughly 1,000 people in New York City attended a “Rise Up For Trans Youth” rally organized by LGBTQ+ community organizations, including ACT-UP. While the Trump administration has issued many policies targeting trans people in the first three weeks of its term, this rally is specifically in response to the order to rescind federal funding from healthcare providers that offer gender-affirming care to trans people under the age of 19. “Rise Up For Trans Youth” followed an action earlier in the week organized by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and cosponsored by ACT-UP, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, and several New York University (NYU)-based student groups and labor unions in protest of NYU Langone in particular.

Milei’s Attacks On LGBTQ+ Community Spark Call For National Mobilization

February 5, 2025 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. Resist! Anti-fascism, Argentina, Environmentalism, Fascism, Feminism, Homophobia, Javier Milei, LGBTQ Rights, National Day of Action

Argentine movements, unions, LGBTQ+ organizations, and political groups have joined together to call nationwide anti-fascist and anti-racist protests on Saturday February 1 in response to Javier Milei’s repeated attacks on the Argentine people. In his speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in Davos last week, Milei launched sweeping attacks on progressive ideas like feminism, environmentalism, and what he calls “gender identity,” and praised far-right leaders Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Viktor Orbán, and Giorgia Meloni. He also defended his harsh economic austerity policies, despite their impact on Argentina’s poorest communities.

I Entered Law To Protect My LGBTQ Community

January 2, 2025 Zane McNeill, Truthout. Resist! Legal Profession, LGBTQ Rights, Solidarity, Transgender Rights

On December 4, 2024, Chase Strangio became the first openly transgender person to orally argue a case before the Supreme Court. Strangio, a co-director of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project, appeared on behalf of the parents of a 16-year-old daughter challenging a law in Tennessee that banned puberty blockers, hormone therapies and gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth. While the presence of Strangio in the country’s highest court is so important, many trans law students like myself worry we may not have the same opportunity in the future with the way things are headed.

Queer Louisianans Are Fighting Book Bans And Winning

January 3, 2024 Katie Jane Fernelius, In These Times. Resist! Book ban, LGBTQ Rights, Libraries, Louisiana

St. Tammany Parish, LA.— The governing board of St. Tammany Parish Library is meeting one August evening in the squint-inducing fluorescence of council chambers. The agenda includes the summer reading program, the latest financial reports, and whether a young adult novel about two teenagers seeking to break a world record for kissing should remain on shelves. There has been a public complaint. “We’ll move on now to the statement of concern regarding the title Two Boys Kissing,” says Rebecca Taylor, board president of the library, which is in southeastern Louisiana. “As a reminder, your public comment must directly relate to this agenda item.”

Win For LGBTQ+ Youth, Supreme Court Rejects ‘Conversion Therapy’ Case

December 12, 2023 Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams. Educate! Conversion Therapy, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Rights, Supreme Court, Transgender Rights, Victory, Youth

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a lawsuit challenging Washington state's ban on the harmful practice of so-called "conversion therapy" for minors, a move welcomed by LGBTQ+ rights advocates. The nation's highest court rejected an appeal from Washington, where the 2018 law prohibiting therapists from attempting to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity has been upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Although right-wing Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, and Clarence Thomas dissented, their votes fell one shy of the four needed to get the case on the court's shortlist for full review.

File Under ‘S’ For Solidarity: Union Members Defend Local Library

October 3, 2023 Stephanie Luce , Portside. Resist! LGBTQ Rights, Libraries, Right-Wing, Solidarity, Unions

When teens and librarians planned a Drag Make-Up Hour at the Peabody Institute Library in Danvers, MA (a small town about 25 miles north of Boston) they drew fury from a handful of right-wingers—and heartfelt support from the community, including dozens of union members from the North Shore Labor Council. Holding rainbow signs that read “North Shore Labor Council: Where No Worker and No Union Stands Alone,” they joined hundreds of others from LBGTQ+, faith, peace, and environmental communities. Altogether, more than 350 counter-protestors formed a “wall of love” outside the library at the May 2023 event, greatly outnumbering the 10 protestors who held signs reading “Make America Great Again: Vote Republican” and “Straight Pride.”

Don’t Fall For The Traps In The Humongous Military Budget

July 22, 2023 Richie Merino, Workers World. Strategize! Democrats, LGBTQ Rights, Pentagon Budget, US military

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a record-breaking military budget of $886 billion for the coming fiscal year. The National Defense Authorization Act was passed by lawmakers on July 14 by a slim margin of 219 to 210, with the majority of Democrats opposing it. However, the bill is unlikely to be approved in the Senate, as Republicans have introduced amendments that would restrict Pentagon funding to access abortions and prohibit gender-affirming medical care and hormone therapy for transgender personnel. In addition, the display of LGBTQIA2S+ Pride flags at military bases was banned. Rep. Greg Stanton from Arizona has pointed out that nearly 50% of women in the military do not have access to abortion care, largely due to state bans, making it difficult for them to obtain this necessary medical treatment.

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