Greg Owen

1 week ago | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen

Five years to the week after their daughter’s grisly death, a trans woman’s family in Philadelphia has finally received justice with the conviction of Akhenaton Jones for her murder. Dominique Rem’mie Fells’ dismembered body parts were found floating in the Schuylkill River in southwest Philadelphia by a passerby in June 2020. She had stab wounds, facial and cranial trauma, and both legs were severed at the thigh.

1 week ago | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (ME) on Wednesday joined her Democratic colleague Jeanne Shaheen (NH) as a co-sponsor of now-bipartisan legislation to prevent discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans during the federal jury selection process. The bill would prohibit discrimination against jurors in federal courts on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.   Shaheen has introduced the legislation multiple times in the Senate without success.

1 week ago | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen

Vice President JD Vance joined Bluesky this week and hatefully trolled trans people — he immediately became the most-blocked account on the site. Bluesky has been a refuge for trans and other marginalized groups escaping the right-wing echo chamber X has become since Elon Musk bought the former Twitter site four years ago. Not content to bask in that platform’s self-reenforcing snark, Vance brought it to Bluesky.

1 week ago | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen

It was a “very hot!” day in New York City for WorldPride NYC in 2019, and Christine Demarais and her daughter Claire split their time at the celebration, beating the heat in air conditioning wherever they could find it, then dashing out to soak in the global Pride vibe along the parade route. With her daughter by her side, the celebration, marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riot in 1969, gave Demarias occasion to think about family, and the burdens and joys that come with it.

1 week ago | gaysonoma.com | Greg Owen

News/ State On Tuesday afternoon, police apprehended a man caught in the act of vandalizing the Pink Triangle, San Francisco’s annual and iconic Pride Month commemoration atop Twin Peaks. The nearly acre-wide art installation overlooking the Castro District was defaced with black spray paint. 19-year-old Lester Bamacajeronimo of San Francisco was apprehended at around 12:30 p.m. shortly after police arrived on the scene and gave chase. “Officers pursued the male suspect on foot and detained...