In the final episode of Hate State: The tactics behind 1992’s Amendment 2 never went away, and next week’s votes on a trans sports ban and a ban on gender-affirming care for minors could make Colorado the first blue state to pass such measures.
Historian Bryant Simon writes on a century of bathroom panic, from gay entrapment campaigns to Jim Crow to today’s anti-trans bills, and why he thinks single-user stalls are the fix.
After a raid, a seven-hour standoff and the felling of four cottonwoods, activists say they’re staying put. Overnight, agents moved on the last tree-sitter in Mexico.
Connor Schuyler fled anti-LGBTQ+ abuse as a child and survived homelessness, addiction and prison. After rebuilding his life, he was jailed following a fatal crash that one defense expert says police failed to fully investigate.
A federal appeals court says Club Q shooting victims can’t sue the bar’s owner over its security. Across Colorado, queer bar owners are left to figure out how much protection is enough.
Pietro Graza was granted protection from deportation to Brazil because he feared torture due to his sexuality. He says he was shackled for 36 hours and taken to a hotel where he and other deportees remain in legal limbo.
A CBP letter obtained by LOOKOUT reveals plans for an 87-acre Border Patrol station in Southern Arizona that the agency says will help increase apprehensions.
From police departments to private retailers and college campuses, Flock cameras are feeding a national law enforcement network. Cities can cancel their contracts, but residents may still be captured by cameras they never knew were there.
More than 1,000 people filled Catalina Park Wednesday to remember Cameron Capara and Vincent Siqueiros and call attention to anti-LGBTQ+ violence and gun violence.
Tucson police say the attack was motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ hate, but state law provides no standalone hate crime charge. Because the suspected shooter died, there will be no prosecution or sentencing enhancement in this case.
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