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The USTA quietly adopted a new eligibility policy banning trans athletes from women’s tennis, using Trump’s definition o...
12/09/2025

The USTA quietly adopted a new eligibility policy banning trans athletes from women’s tennis, using Trump’s definition of “female” and aligning with U.S. Olympic bodies.

The change was never publicly announced, and internal documents show the organization preparing staff for questions.

As Marisa Kabas writes in The Handbasket: “It’s unclear why the USTA chose not to publicly announce the change.”

A Jacksonville man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting his neighbor, leaving him partially p...
12/09/2025

A Jacksonville man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting his neighbor, leaving him partially paralyzed. Friends say the Florida shooting followed months of escalating harassment, including f***s smeared on the victim’s home and anti-LGBTQ slur signs posted across the property line.

“This is quite a blatant hate crime,” said Echo Nova, an LGBTQ advocate urging prosecutors to investigate the motive.

What do Grindr’s 15 million users really want?S*x expert Zachary Zane helps make sense of the app’s most popular "tags,"...
12/08/2025

What do Grindr’s 15 million users really want?

S*x expert Zachary Zane helps make sense of the app’s most popular "tags," identities, and trends.

“There’s a beautiful diversity in human sexuality that ranges from the vanilla to the kinky and everywhere in between.”

From the rise of “trans only” searches to the U.S. claiming “Daddy Capital of the World,” the latest Grindr data says a lot about LGBTQ life today.

Trade has welcomed everyone from Schitt’s Creek to Kim Petras — and tonight, the D.C. q***r bar, which recently doubled ...
12/07/2025

Trade has welcomed everyone from Schitt’s Creek to Kim Petras — and tonight, the D.C. q***r bar, which recently doubled its space, celebrates 10 years at 1410 14th Street NW.
11 performers. 8 DJs. Special videos. A Shark Tank “museum display.”
Doors at 5, show at 7. Don’t miss it.

“I always knew, in my gut that they were the loves of one another's lives, and that people had tried to hide it," says M...
12/07/2025

“I always knew, in my gut that they were the loves of one another's lives, and that people had tried to hide it," says Martha Nell Smith, whose work brings Emily Dickinson’s q***r romance into sharp focus.

The Folger celebrates the poet’s birthday on Tuesday with its annual tribute, exploring Dickinson’s intimate letters and lasting legacy.

A new DOJ memo rolls back r**e protections for LGBTQ inmates by telling prison inspectors to ignore key PREA safety stan...
12/07/2025

A new DOJ memo rolls back r**e protections for LGBTQ inmates by telling prison inspectors to ignore key PREA safety standards. These protections were created to prevent sexual violence against transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming prisoners — and they technically still exist under federal law, even as inspectors are told not to enforce them.
Full story: https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/12/doj-rolls-back-lgbtq-prison-r**e-protections/

In "A Few Feet Away," a soft-spoken architecture student drifts through one long night in Buenos Aires, tethered to Grin...
12/07/2025

In "A Few Feet Away," a soft-spoken architecture student drifts through one long night in Buenos Aires, tethered to Grindr and the endless stream of strangers it promises. "Grindr could be the tool for his sexual liberation, or a foul instrument of his self-degradation," writes André Hereford in his review of the film.

Raw and wryly funny, the movie captures the adrenaline of online cruising -- the pings, the profiles, the lure of anonymity -- while showing how quickly curiosity can warp into something harder to let go of. Max Suen plays it all with a calmness that makes the spiral even more unsettling.

Read the full review: https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/12/a-few-feet-away-review-grindr-addiction/

A federal judge has stopped Georgia from enforcing a law that would have denied transgender prisoners access to hormone ...
12/06/2025

A federal judge has stopped Georgia from enforcing a law that would have denied transgender prisoners access to hormone therapy, even when doctors say the care is medically necessary.

For the nearly 300 transgender people in Georgia’s prisons, this wasn’t an abstract policy debate. It was about survival. The ban cut them off from treatment that prevents depression, self-harm, and dangerous physical health complications.

Judge Victoria Calvert made it clear: gender dysphoria is a serious medical need, and refusing treatment isn’t just bad policy, it’s unconstitutional. Her ruling recognizes what advocacy groups and medical experts have said for years: denying essential healthcare to transgender people doesn’t make prisons safer, it puts lives at risk.

Full story:
https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/12/georgia-trans-prisoner-care-ban-blocked/

Mayor Randy Taylor has paved over Salisbury’s Pride crosswalks, and the backlash has been fast and furious.For years, th...
12/04/2025

Mayor Randy Taylor has paved over Salisbury’s Pride crosswalks, and the backlash has been fast and furious.

For years, the rainbow and Trans Pride designs were repainted by volunteers and embraced as a visible sign that LGBTQ residents belonged in the heart of the city. Taylor calls the removal “neutrality.”

Many locals see Taylor’s move as erasure. “It reflects something that they're trying to do on a larger scale, trying to remove LGBTQ visibility,” said 22-year-old resident Jonathan Franklin.

Full story: https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/12/salisbury-mayor-removes-pride-crosswalks-backlash/

The annual Grindr Unwrapped report is out, and the U.S. has officially been crowned “Daddy Capital of the World.”The dat...
12/04/2025

The annual Grindr Unwrapped report is out, and the U.S. has officially been crowned “Daddy Capital of the World.”

The data goes deep into global LGBTQ trends: South Africa leads in bottoms, Switzerland in twinks, Ireland in bears, and the UK in fem tops.

This year's most searched profile tags were "hung," "trans," "bb," "Dom," and "feet."

This year’s Unwrapped also highlights major pop-culture moments — including a dominant showing from Lady Gaga across multiple categories.

Full Story: https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/12/grindr-unwrapped-2025-daddy-capitol-bears-twinks-bottoms/

Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee (pictured) disappeared in 2022, launching a long investigation, a mistrial, and years ...
12/04/2025

Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee (pictured) disappeared in 2022, launching a long investigation, a mistrial, and years of uncertainty for his family. Earlier this year, hunters discovered Lee’s remains in rural Carroll County, allowing the case to finally move forward.

Just as he was set to face a second capital murder trial, Sheldon Herrington Jr. changed his plea to guilty. Judge Kelly Luther sentenced him to 40 years in prison, with an additional 10 years of post-release supervision.

Before sentencing, Jay Lee’s father, Jimmie Lee Sr., addressed the court. “I had to witness my son's skeletal remains. I touched his skull. No father should have to go through that. No parent should have to go through that,” he said, later adding to Herrington, “Jay trusted you.”

Judge Luther acknowledged the national attention on the case and said some doubted Jay would ever see justice. “Mississippi got it right this time,” she said.

Full story: https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/12/ou-transgender-ta-on-leave-grading-dispute/A grading dispute at the Univ...
12/03/2025

Full story: https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/12/ou-transgender-ta-on-leave-grading-dispute/

A grading dispute at the University of Oklahoma has erupted into a broader controversy.

A student says she was discriminated against for citing the Bible in a class essay that condemned gender-nonconformity. After receiving a zero, she filed a formal complaint. The trans teaching assistant who graded the assignment has since been placed on administrative leave while the university reviews the case.

What began as a classroom disagreement has quickly moved into the political spotlight. Conservative lawmakers and advocacy groups have rallied behind the student, calling it a matter of religious freedom. Others argue the backlash is part of a larger effort to target transgender educators and challenge academic standards.

The incident has ignited debates over free speech, academic expectations, and the rights of both students and instructors — with implications reaching well beyond the OU campus.A

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