Greg Owen

1 week ago | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen

A gay Texas school administrator has been confirmed as superintendent of a Houston area school district, despite a weeks-long smear campaign led by a local conservative pastor. Tiffany Regan, 52, was offered the post overseeing 1,865 teachers and staff and 12,800 students by the Deer Park Independent School District board of trustees at a meeting Monday night. The appointment was applauded by supporters and trustees.

1 week ago | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen

Faced with threats by the current administration to defund schools promoting “woke” ideology, school districts across the country are shedding protections for trans students. The policy changes come as school boards are already under pressure from state legislatures and parents’ rights groups to turn the clock back on transgender protections. In February, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law in Iowa that removes gender identity as a protected class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

1 week ago | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen

Tens of thousands of Hungarians filled the country’s capital Saturday to protest a constitutional amendment that would allow the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, including Pride celebrations. But the “Gray Pride” march — which saw demonstrators uniformly clad in drab colors for what one participant called a “perfect display of what sameness looks like” — wasn’t enough to sway Victor Orban’s populist Fidesz party.

1 week ago | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen

Organizers have issued new guidance to tens of thousands of international visitors planning to attend WorldPride DC next month. The updated guidance comes due to fear that the Trump administration’s continuing purge of trans identity from the federal government will thwart entry of trans and nonbinary visitors to the United States at airports and border crossings. The event is expected to bring two to three million visitors to the capital city over three weeks starting May 17.

1 week ago | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen

Queer darling Pedro Pascal just turned 50, and a party celebrating the Mandalorian actor’s birthday milestone turned into an online shout-out championing the transgender community. Pascal shared his outfit for the festivities on Instagram: a tee shirt reading “Protect the Dolls,” topped by a baseball cap with “House of Dijon” over the brim. The viral pic showed trans DJ and icon Honey Dijon nuzzling with The Last of Us actor.