Casey Harper A researcher and a professor from Harvard University called for a national “pee-in” movement by LGBT activists to protest the recent LGBT bills in North Carolina and Mississippi. The article, published in a pro-LGBT magazine Wednesday, is written by Harvard Professor of law Bruce Hay and Mischa Haider, a researcher who describes herself as a “trans…
A woman writing for The Washington Post has confessed she made the decision to raise gender neutral cats as a means of practicing correct use of pronouns in real life scenarios. Lauren R. Taylor explains that she sometimes has to police her own language around the cats, sometimes slipping up by accidentally misgendering them, and that…
By Casey Harper The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a grandma florist being sued for refusing to service a gay wedding. The court decided Wednesday it would hear the case of Barronelle Stutzman, who is being sued by a same-sex couple. Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers, had done floral arrangements for gay…
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all” By Casey Bennett [dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap]t was the year 1776 when American colonists declared independence from Britain and set the stage for war with one…
by Micah J. Fleck Now comes the time to truly examine the merits and precedents set by making it once again legal to subcategorize minority groups in the eyes of the law. A new bill has just cleared the Kentucky senate that not only would force gay couples to file a completely different type of…
by Micah J. Fleck Caitlyn Jenner (as well as the entire trans movement) has been subject of much debate here at the TLR offices. While the conservative writers here don’t seem to fully appreciate or sympathize with this crowd, social leftists like myself have defended and even encouraged her and others like her in the…
FDA Failed Gay Americans With Changes to Blood Donation Regulations BY SARAH GOMPPER The queer community has made incredible strides in the past few years. As the New Year approaches, LGBT Americans, single and legally married, are looking back on 2015 with #Pride. This week, exactly five years since Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was overturned,…
To the girl who wrote in our school paper that freedom of speech ends where touchy subjects begin and the hall councilor who told me my politics make me a bad lesbian, Let me explain. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I know how it feels to be unable to express yourself freely; to…
By Lauren Southern Bloggers Brianna Wu and Ellen McGrody from the website The Mary Sue announced that Samus Aran is a transgender woman. They proclaimed this using “proof” from a statement made by Metroid background designer Hirofumi Matsuoka. When asked for secrets about the Super Metroid game in a 1994 interview, Matsuoka said – possibly in jest…
by Sarah Gompper The case Charlie Craig and David Mullins v. Masterpiece Cakeshop was decided by the Colorado Court of Appeals on August 13th in favor of Craig and Mullins. As previously reported, the couple was denied service for their same-sex wedding in 2012 by Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop. Colorado state law says…