• Schools under siege from 277 anti-LGBTQ bills (NBC News, ACLU)
• Rep. Robert Garcia presses Trump Cabinet on Epstein ties (The Hill)
• Pete Buttigieg urges cis LGBQ solidarity with trans people (YouTube/Andrew Callaghan)
• VA restricts referrals for gender-affirming care (The 19th News)
• Appeals court rules against anti-LGBTQ Catholic preschools (Courthouse News, Denver Post)
• Elon Musk attacks Netflix show Dead End: Paranormal Park (PinkNews, Variety)
• Emmanuel & Brigitte Macron expand lawsuit against Candace Owens (AP, Le Monde)
• Florida renames highway after Charlie Kirk (LGBTQ Nation)
• Arizona lawmaker calls for execution of Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Arizona Mirror)
• NYC cruising site arrests spark outrage and ICE fears (Out Magazine)
• Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj feud reignites (Billboard, Rolling Stone)

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• Adult performer Austin Wolf sentenced to 19 years
• Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters resigns to lead anti-trans group
• “Protect the Dolls” shirts raise $600,000 for Trans Lifeline
• QAnon believer kills three in North Carolina shooting
• Canada marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• LGBTQ preservation groups still waiting on funds
• Trump threatens shutdown over trans healthcare ban
• Elvira launches cookbook and Halloween attraction
• Former lawmaker RJ May pleads guilty to child exploitation
• First-ever National PrEP Day launches October 10
• John Waters announces screenplay audio project
• Dolly Parton Postpones Vegas Residency Citing Health Challenges 

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• MAGA backlash over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show
• Trump shares racist, transphobic AI video of Democratic leaders
• Margaret Cho rips Rep. Nancy Mace for transphobia
• FBI may classify trans people as extremists
• Buttigieg calls on progressives to reclaim patriotism
• Rep. Ashley Hinson attacks Bisexual+ Awareness Week video
• Gavin Newsom trolls JD Vance with drag photo
• U.S. government shutdown begins over healthcare subsidies
• Ariana Grande slams Trump’s anti-trans policies
• Indya Moore calls out Ryan Murphy for abandoning trans voices

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• J.K. Rowling lashes out at Emma Watson over podcast remarks
• Grindr faces backlash for training AI with user data
• Wisconsin GOP candidate drops out after porn-related scandal
• Kaleidoscope Youth Center’s housing program closes in Ohio
• Durham County withdraws Pride sponsorship amid federal funding fears
• Nearly half of LGBTQ youth live under legal restrictions
• Mark Duplass launches $25,000 grant for trans filmmakers
• Lawsuit challenges Census Bureau over LGBTQ data transparency
• Michigan entrepreneur Dakarai Larriett turns police harassment into activism

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• GOP amendment banning pronouns collapses after Jacobs calls it embarrassing (The Advocate)
• Conservatives turn Charlie Kirk into martyr “straight out of Nazi playbook” (Politico / Truth Social)
• Gladys Books & Wine opens as a queer bookstore-bar in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Magazine)
• Five men on trial in Paris for online hate against DJ Barbara Butch (France 24)
• Angelo State University accused of anti-trans campus rules (Concho Observer)
• Egale Canada files complaint against Fox News for hate speech (CBC)
• Texas man arrested for Abilene Pride Parade shooting threats (The Independent)
• Utah’s Mosaics LGBTQ+ bookstore closes after harassment, funding loss (ABC4 Utah)
• NPR seeks coming out stories for LGBTQ+ History Month (NPR)

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• Crumbl Cookies Co-Founder Sawyer Hemsley Shares Love Story
• Director Michael Patrick King Honored by GLAAD
• Pete Buttigieg Fires Back at Tucker Carlson’s “Fake Gay” Claim
• Trans Designer Veejay Floresca Wins Project Runway
• Trump Admin Cuts $65 Million from Schools Over Trans Protections
• Court Allows Riley Gaines’ Title IX Lawsuit Against NCAA
• Pup Play Sparks Culture Clash and Queer Representation Debate
• Nguyen Huong Giang to Represent Vietnam at Miss Universe 2025
• Slovakia Approves Constitutional Amendment Limiting LGBTQ Rights
• Ohio Braces for New Wave of Anti-LGBTQ Legislation

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• Tampa & Fort Myers Cancel Pride Events Due to Funding Shortfalls
• Epstein Files Link Elon Musk, Peter Thiel & Steve Bannon to Sex Offender
• Trump Admin Strips “Transgender” from DHS Security Bulletins
• Texas Hires Anti-LGBTQ Christian Nationalist to Revise School Curriculum
• National Park Service’s “Fat Bear Week” Sends Gay Twitter Into Hysterics
• Fact Check: Trans People Rarely Involved in Mass Shootings
• Jennifer Lopez’s First Husband Ojani Noa Back in Spotlight
• Dylan Mulvaney Takes One-Woman Show Off-Broadway
• Eugene Levy Reflects on Parenting Dan Levy in Apple TV+ Series

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• President Donald Trump is already blaming trans people’s civil rights 
• Texas Governor Signs Sweeping Anti-Trans Law
• Trump Effort to Silence Kimmel Boosts Ratings
• Supreme Court to Consider Overturning Gay Marriage Ruling
• Scott Bessent Slams Harris Over Buttigieg Snub
• Texas Board of Education Appoints Controversial Advisor
• Utah Students Urge Ethical Media Coverage After Kirk Murder
• Moms for Liberty Leader Strips at School Board Meeting
• Amtrak Sting Targets Gay Men at Penn Station
• Emma Watson Reflects on Rowling With Kindness
• Heartstopper Series to End With Volume 6 in 2026
• San Francisco Sees Rise in HIV Cases
• Robyn Album Reportedly Completed
• YouTube Reinstates Banned Misinformation Creators

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• Global Homophobic Punishments Still Deadly in 2025
• Marjorie Taylor Greene Defends George Santos’ “Sink Water”
• George Takei to Chair Banned Books Week
• Anti-Trans Candidate’s Porn Connection Revealed
• Grindr Outage Sparks Humor at Charlie Kirk Memorial
• Anti-LGBTQ Threats at Springfield’s GLO Center
• Harvard Students Hold Funeral for “QuOffice”
• Bills Targeting LGBTQ Youth Triple as Population Doubles
• Rainbow Roots Festival Coming to Florida in October
• LGBTQ People Push Back Against Far-Right Surge in UK
• Lawsuit Over Withheld LGBTQ+ Census Data

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• Harris Memoir Notes Concerns Over Trans Athletes in Sports (Politico)
• Missouri GOP Candidate Combines Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric with Gun Display (Missouri Independent)
• Two Men Sentenced in Massachusetts Transgender Hate Crime Case (Associated Press)
• LGBTQ Help Searches Often Lead to Hate Groups, Study Finds (Uncloseted Media)
• Long Beach Pride Targeted in Hate-Fueled Vandalism (LBPD / Long Beach Pride)
• Pope Leo Affirms LGBTQ Dignity While Opposing Same-Sex Blessings (Crux)
• Gay Couple Attacked with Baseball Bat in Boston Hate Crime Probe (Boston Globe)
• Report: FBI Weighs Labeling Trans People as “Violent Extremists” (The Intercept)
• Rep. Jacobs Rebukes GOP Amendment Restricting Pronoun Use (Congressional Record)
• Elon Musk’s Daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson Opens Up at Teen Vogue Summit (Teen Vogue)

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