federal protection vs. state rights

June is Gay Pride Month, but to Trump, It’s Title IX Month
As of June 2, 2025, The U.S. Department of Education is commemorating women and their struggle for achievement of educational opportunity by prohibiting sex-based discrimination in a federally funded program. Title IX…

Mental Health Awareness Week May 12-18th Has Gone
So has the Trump Administration’s support of LGBTQ population. May is Mental Health Awareness Month which advocates supporting those affected and advocating for change, according to the Mental Health Foundation. …

Start Preparing Now For Trans Day of Visibility, March 31, 2025
As I wrote in my blog post, The Williams Institute, U.S.C’s think tank that studies LGBTQ policy, reported 655 bills were introduced last year aimed at discrediting the LGBTQ population.…

You Can’t Erase the T in LGBT
In his inaugural address, President Trump promised that the U.S. government’s policy will honor only two genders male and female. This proclamation has serious consequences: passports will only have the…

Aggressive Push for Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills
Record Number of Anti-LGBTQ Bills Were Introduced in 2023 A 2004 survey of over 6,000 LGBTQ+ adults over the last three years found that one in three LGBTQ adults say…

November is Transgender Awareness Month
Answers to Questions You Were Too Afraid To Ask! The purpose of this campaign in the United States and other countries is to increase the understanding of the T in…

Why is Syphilis Surging?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that syphilis cases in the United States increased by nearly 80% to more than 207,000 between 2018 and 2022. With gonorrhea and chlamydia,…