(WB) A salon and beauty supply business owner in Traverse City, a Lake Michigan port city of 15,559 people in Northern Michigan, declared that she will not serve anyone who identifies other than a man or a woman. Instead she caustically noted that those persons should seek the services of a local pet groomer.
Results of a new poll conducted by the D.C.-based Data for Progress released last week showed that 65 percent of voters believe businesses should not be allowed to turn away customers who are of a particular race, religion, disability, or sexual orientation because of the business owner’s personal beliefs.
A business in Texas does not have to follow a law that prohibits discrimination, a hospital in Tennessee hands over a trans patient's medical records to an attorney, and a judge in Arkansas strikes down a ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
In a 6 to 3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 ruled that a state law cannot require a business owner to comply with the law against discrimination in public accommodations if the owner claims their services or product expresses their “beliefs.”
An Arizona Governor vetoed a bill restricting bathroom access for trans students, the longest running LGBT radio show hit a milestone, and a veteran who subdued the Club Q shooter to lead Pride parade.
In a press conference June 26 after the final court hearing, El Paso County (Colo.) District Attorney Michael J. Allen announced that a plea deal had been reached with the shooter in last November’s mass shooting at the LGBTQ entertainment venue Club Q.
A judge in Tennessee ruled the drag show ban was unconstitutional, military leaders cancel a drag show at air force base in Nevada, and Texas' governor banned gender-affirming care for minors.
Mayor John Carli rejects Pride month, Louisiana's Senate denied a bill that sought to ban gender-affirming care, and Iowa bans LGBTQ topics in schools as well as removing books depicting sex from libraries.
Seven names will be added to the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor at the historic Stonewall Inn.
Elon Musk started Pride month with a series of transphobic tweets that constitute his most extreme attacks against the community to date, and included a pledge on Thursday that he will be “actively lobbying to criminalize” healthcare interventions for transgender youth.
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