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After the Supreme Court’s rulings upholding state bans on transgender athletes and related decisions on transition care and parental notification, LGBTQ+ advocates are debating whether every case should go to the Court, warning that pressing high-profile cases on a conservative bench could yield sweeping precedents that undermine the movement even as transgender rights face a year of setbacks.
Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who led post‑Great Recession financial reform and championed LGBTQ rights as one of the first openly gay members of Congress, died May 19 at his home in Ogunquit, Maine, at age 86.
Jason Collins, the NBA’s first active, openly gay player, died at 47 after a diagnosed brain cancer, ending a 13-season career that helped redefine sports’ conversation on LGBTQ athletes.
A Canadian drama about a clandestine queer romance between two hockey players has found surprising popularity in Russia despite censorship and restricted streaming access, illustrating a complex, constrained appetite for LGBTQ+ storytelling.