Columbus, OH

Tennessee State

Salon

For the first time, the Supreme Court will issue a ruling in the divisive debate over transgender rights for teens. On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the Biden administration that seeks to block state bans on gender-affirming health care. The case challenges a law in...

Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to state laws that ban gender-affirming care for trans youth

The New Republic

The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, setting up a major fall-term showdown over transgender rights and the Constitution. That battle will be extraordinarily difficult for transgender-rights advocates to win—and the justices appear to have designed it that way.At issue in United States v. Skrmetti is Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which was enacted in March 2023. It generally bans physicians, hospitals, and other medical professionals in the state from prescribing drugs or performing surgeries that would “[enable] a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported...

The Supreme Court Is Taking Aim at Transgender Rights

Texas State

The Independent

 The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to seek medical care for their transgender children.The ruling from the all-Republican court leaves in place a law that has been in effect since Sept. 1, 2023. Texas is the largest of at least 25 states that have adopted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. Most of those states face lawsuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear an appeal from the Biden administration attempting to block state bans on...

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

USA TODAY

As Republicans sharpen attacks on gay and trans rights, New York topped the list of most welcoming states and Arkansas came in dead last in new index.

For gay and transgender people, these are the most (and least) welcoming states

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Anika Jindal

A subtle sign of low intelligence is an inability to understand or appreciate complexity. People with low intelligence may have difficulty understanding abstract concepts or thinking outside the box. They may also be more likely to believe simplistic explanations or conspiracy theories.

12 Subtle Signs Of Low Intelligence

New York City, NY

The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

Indiana State

Kentucky State

The Hill

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule expanding federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ students.  The decision by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves halts enforcement of changes to Title IX — the federal civil rights law preventing sex discrimination in schools and education programs that receive government funding — that were finalized in…

Judge blocks Biden’s transgender student protections in 6 more states

I was a registered Republican for decades, and I know there is nothing conservative about the state coming between a child and their parents.

I'm the parent of a trans daughter. There's nothing conservative about blocking her care.

While moral debates persist, a majority stand against legislative bans on gender-affirming treatments for minors. The United States of America has long been known as a country divided. Hot Button Topic. The topic of transgender rights and gender-affirming care is no exception for a hot debate among American citizens. A...

Poll Shows Surprise Shift in America’s Views on Transgender Treatment Bans

Minnetonka, MN

At a high school in Minnesota, a transgender girl was taken to the hospital with a broken jaw after being reportedly attacked by a classmate. Cobalt Sovereign, 17, told KARE 11 this week that she was raped by a male student on May 30 as she was leaving the men’s bathroom at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, which is about 15 miles west of Minneapolis. Sovereign said she had to be in the hospital for two days and have surgery on her jaw.

A Transgender Teen Was Taken to the Hospital After a Claimed Attack in the High School Bathroom

Houston, TX

Lauren Ashley Simmons was heartbroken.Simmons, a queer Black woman and labor organizer from Houston, watched her Democratic state representative break with her party and vote in favor of three Republican-led bills limiting rights for transgender teens and children. All of them became law.Those laws supported by State Rep. Shawn Thierry “put a target on some families that are already extremely vulnerable and dealing with so much, living in a state like Texas,” Simmons tells The Independent.“To know that this Democrat representative for a big blue district in a pretty blue city turned her back – that betrayed and hurt me,”...

A Texas Democrat voted against rights for trans kids. This queer Black mom challenged her – and won

Florida State

The Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a 2023 Florida law that blocked gender-affirming care for transgender minors and severely restricted such treatment for adults, calling the statute unconstitutional. Senior Judge Robert Hinkle said the state went too far when it barred transgender minors...

A Florida law blocking treatment for transgender children is thrown out by a federal judge

North Carolina State

A parent from North Carolina is furious after their kid’s school leaked information that revealed the 6-year-old twins are being raised in a gender-nonconforming home, leading to an online campaign of hate against the “satanic” family. Gender-Nonconforming. Mortellus, a trans nonbinary parent, is raising twins in a...

Trans Parent Raising Gender-Nonconforming Twins Faces Hate Campaign in North Carolina

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

Have you ever met someone who is wise beyond their age? Such people are often referred to as old souls. They understand life and the world better than many zodiac signs. A soul’s age doesn’t necessarily match a person’s actual age. Instead, it advances based on the life experiences someone has.

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Old Souls

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Bucks County Beacon

Donald Trump is now a convicted felon. This is an objectively good thing but you wouldn’t know it from a lot of the discourse in the media and online. Trump and his allies are attempting to claim that being a convicted felon only makes Trump stronger , and political pundits keep saying that a conviction wouldn’t impact the upcoming election . Even on the Left, there’s debate as to how Biden and Democrats should talk about Trump’s conviction.

5 Things You Need to Know about MAGA Republicans

Everett, WA

Snohomish County, WA

Timothy A Gruver

Snohomish County dentist Shuichi Yamaguchi has been suspended for allegedly neglecting an elderly patient's health, the Washington State Department of Health reported on Friday.

Dentist suspended for neglecting patient

Georgia State

Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

Georgia woman charged for allegedly filing life insurance policy application on ex-husband

Missouri State

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CJ Coombs

The first time my family walked into a Ponderosa Steakhouse was in the late 1960s. It was new and the experience was great. Like other new restaurants, if the management doesn't stay on top, the quality of service can decline. The location we went to did change through the years, but in the beginning, it was great.

The 1960s: the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses are still around in some states

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Japan top court declares transgender woman as father of daughter conceived after legal gender change

The Supreme Court of Japan declared a transgender woman as the father of her daughter, who was conceived after the woman’s legal gender change, for the...

Japan top court declares transgender woman as father of daughter conceived after legal gender change

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