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June 5, 2025 4:00 AM

‘Lovers and Comrades’: Bart Buch’s queer poetic puppet adventure at Open Eye Theatre in Minneapolis

Bart Buch’s “Ode to Walt Whitman,” now at Open Eye Theatre, is a multimedia puppet performance inspired by Whitman and Lorca’s poetry and queer identities, reimagining their dialogue through modern gay dating apps to explore love, connection and democracy in troubled times.

by Alex V. Cipolle

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June 4, 2025 6:39 AM

WorldPride is in D.C. this year — which may be why attendance and sponsorship are down

The ripple effects of the Trump administration’s anti-trans and DEI policies and rhetoric can be felt throughout this year’s WorldPride festival.

by Elizabeth Blair

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April 16, 2025 9:05 AM

Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sports

The Trump administration is suing Maine’s education department for not complying with its push to ban transgender athletes in girls and women's sports. The lawsuit announced Wednesday by Attorney General Pam Bondi escalates a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education based on sex.

by The Associated Press

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April 16, 2025 5:35 AM

U.K. high court says trans women don’t meet definition of women under equalities law

Justice Patrick Hodge said five judges at the court had ruled unanimously that “the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.”

by The Associated Press

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April 11, 2025 10:03 AM

White House orders NIH to research trans ‘regret’ and ‘detransition’

The new research will study the physical and mental health effects of gender transition. It comes on the heels of the administration cutting hundreds of research grants for LGBTQ+ health.

by Rob Stein

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April 7, 2025 1:35 PM

State embarks on ‘most comprehensive’ survey of LGBTQ+ Minnesotans in 30 years

Minnesota’s Council on LGBTQIA2S+ is creating a guide for its future work by gathering stories from Minnesotans across the state.

by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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March 25, 2025 9:04 AM

Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questions

A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ideologically driven science.

by The Associated Press

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March 20, 2025 6:52 AM

Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites

Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.

by Huo Jingnan and Quil Lawrence

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March 18, 2025 7:12 PM

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service

A federal judge blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for his sweeping agenda.

by The Associated Press

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March 13, 2025 6:01 PM

Minnesota National Guard members receive email instructing those with gender dysphoria to voluntarily separate

The email to National Guard members lays out a timeline for service members who experience gender dysphoria to voluntarily separate from the military.

by Erica Zurek and The Associated Press

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LGBTQ+

‘Lovers and Comrades’: Bart Buch’s queer poetic puppet adventure at Open Eye Theatre in Minneapolis

WorldPride is in D.C. this year — which may be why attendance and sponsorship are down

Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sports

U.K. high court says trans women don’t meet definition of women under equalities law

White House orders NIH to research trans ‘regret’ and ‘detransition’

State embarks on ‘most comprehensive’ survey of LGBTQ+ Minnesotans in 30 years

Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questions

Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service

Minnesota National Guard members receive email instructing those with gender dysphoria to voluntarily separate

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