Gay Sonoma

National/ News/ Top Stories A U.S. Appeals Court with three Donald Trump appointees decided on Wednesday to overturn a decision by a lower court throwing out a suit by two Alaska Airlines employees who sued the company over charges of religious discrimination, Reuters reports. The plaintiffs claim that they were fired for expressing anti-LGBTQ+ views, which they say was an act of religious discrimination.

International/ News/ Top Stories Reports have suggested that Steam’s digital storefront is blocking LGBTQ+ content in accordance with Chinda’s “local laws and regulations.” Given the country’s policies around LGBTQ+ people and content, that might not be surprising, especially as Steam has agreed to censorship before. But what’s actually happening might be a lesser compromise.

Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories Is a new dating app marketed as an alternative to Grindr tricking gay men with fake potential dates? According to Wired, the answer is yes. An investigation by WIRED found that many of the faces used to promote Goose were linked to low-usage accounts with abnormal follower-to-following ratios. Moreover, some appeared to be connected to Instagram accounts likely generated by artificial intelligence.

Features/ Top Stories/ Transgender / Transsexual The Daughters of the American Revolution officially rejected a proposed ban on transgender women from joining the organization on June 26.

National/ News/ Top Stories A US Postal Service employee was arrested Sunday (28 June) after allegedly posting threats online targeting a Pride parade in Texas, according to the FBI. Michael Thompson, from Clovis, New Mexico, is accused of threatening a mass shooting at a Lubbock Pride event and was taken into custody after authorities received a tip on Saturday (27 June) about the posts.

National/ News/ Top Stories In the small town of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, a city council member accused staff at the public library of grooming kids with a Pride Month display in the children’s section, which librarians titled “Love is Love.” The councilman may have broken the law in his crusade to have it removed.

Features/ Top Stories/ Transgender / Transsexual The Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding from a Kansasschool district over its trans-inclusive policies. Claiming support for “parental rights,” the U.S. Department of Education said it will partner with the Justice Department to pressure Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools over privacy protections for trans youth. That includes lawsuits demanding a change in policy and the withholding of federal funding from the district.

National/ News/ Top Stories Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate reports: A suspect in three shootings — two of which were deadly — in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park community targeted his victims because they were gay, law enforcement sources told NBC10. On Thursday morning, police said that investigators are hoping to track down 21-year-old Jahylin Melchur, in connection with a pair of deadly shootings — as well as a third shooting in which a victim survived — that happened over the span of a few weeks.

Features/ Top Stories/ Transgender / Transsexual On Sunday, just hours before he marched in the Chicago Pride Parade, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) signed three trans rights bills into law. HB 5095 solidifies the process for trans people to correct the gender marker on their IDs to male, female, or X.

International/ News/ Top Stories YouGov UK’s bimonthly tracker surveying UK adults’ support for same-sex marriage has released data for 29 June showing that 76% of those surveyed support same-sex couples’ right to marry. The responses, collected from between 1,627 and 3,416 adults living in the UK, reveal that 51% of responders “strongly support” same-sex marriage, while 25% marked “tend to support”.