Sam Riedel

1 week ago | them.us | Sam Riedel

Sign up for The Agenda — Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. If you or a loved one is in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. The Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti is here, and it’s exactly as terrible for transgender people as we feared — but that doesn’t mean the fight for our lives is over.

1 week ago | them.us | Sam Riedel

Sign up for The Agenda — Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. A federal judge has expanded an injunction against the Trump administration’s anti-transgender passport policies, temporarily blocking their enforcement for trans, nonbinary, and intersex people who have or need a U.S. passport. In an order issued Tuesday evening in the ongoing lawsuit Orr v.

1 week ago | them.us | Sam Riedel

Sign up for The Agenda — Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. Right-wingers are once again in an absolute froth this week, all because the New York Mets saluted the flag — the Progress Pride flag, that is. Non-sporty queers may be surprised to learn that not only is June Pride Month, it’s also the heart of baseball season, and we’ve been credibly informed that baseball is America’s pastime.

1 week ago | them.us | Sam Riedel

Sign up for The Agenda — Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. A federal appeals court has ruled that a Christian-owned Washington spa’s practice of denying service to transgender women violated the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD).

2 weeks ago | them.us | Sam Riedel

Sign up for The Agenda — Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. For at least the second time this year, the Russian government has reportedly fined Apple for violating its law against “LGBT propaganda,” as authorities consider banning the popular self-publishing platform Wattpad over LGBTQ+ content as well.