Youth drag event cancelled after bigots send chilling threats to organisers
A drag event for young people was cancelled after it was targeted with troubling threats. Youth drag shows have become the latest obsession for anti-LGBTQ+ bigots, with Republicans including...
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Bakery refuses to back down after receiving threats over family-friendly drag...
An Illinois bakery will host a family-friendly drag show despite being threatened, vandalised and sent a bag of faeces over the planned event. UpRising Bakery and Cafe owner Corrina Sac told the...
View ArticleHit and run outside gay bar that killed three was ‘intentional’, police believe
An “evil” hit-and-run that killed three Black men outside a Chicago gay bar appears to have been an intentional attack, police have said. In the early hours of Sunday morning (14 August), a vehicle...
View ArticleBakery hit with threats over kid-friendly drag shows says it has ‘zero...
A US bakery will continue to host family-friendly drag shows because it has “zero tolerance for f**kery” and “uneducated”, “hateful” bigots. UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills, Illinois,...
View ArticleBrave trans teen stands up to school district over cruel bathroom ban
A trans girl and her family have filed a lawsuit against a US school over a bathroom access ban. The 14-year-old girl and her family filed the lawsuit against Dakota School District after alleging...
View ArticleIllinois passes bill to end book bans: ‘A triumph for our democracy’
Illinois is set to become the first state in the US to to prevent book bans after a wave of LGBTQ+ media has been censored by libraries in the country. Lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday (3 May)...
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Parents call police after teacher reads LGBTQ+ book to pupils
The parent of an Illinois middle school child issues a police report after a teacher read from an LGBTQ+ book during a scheduled lesson. A police report was reportedly filed in March after teacher...
View ArticleRepublican senator says gender-neutral bathrooms will lead to violence from...
An Illinois Republican state senator has threatened to beat up “any guy” who enters all-gender public toilets after an inclusive bill was passed . Illinois House Bill 1286 passed the senate by a 35-20...
View ArticleIllinois signs law preventing book bans: ‘Regimes ban books, not democracies’
Illinois has become the first state in the US to introduce a law to prevent book bans. The state’s Democratic governor, J. B. Pritzker, enacted the bill on Monday (12 June) that will see public...
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Queer youth in LGBTQ+ foster home ‘grateful every day’ for ‘game-changing’...
Queer youngsters in care say they are “grateful every day” for the service they receive from Illinois’ first foster home for LGBTQ+ youth. Avers TLP home on Chicago’s North Side, a five-bedroom...
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