Inside Ron DeSantis' Crackdown on Drag Shows
"Is there any way to stop this from happening tomorrow?" Ron DeSantis' former chief of staff asked about a Christmas-themed drag show on tour in Florida.
"Is there any way to stop this from happening tomorrow?" Ron DeSantis' former chief of staff asked about a Christmas-themed drag show on tour in Florida.
"Being a true free speech champion does require that you defend speech that even you disagree with," says libertarian Rikki Schlott.
Gay and transgender people—both in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank—face an extraordinary level of persecution.
President Biden commemorated the 25th anniversary of his tragic death by celebrating legislation passed in Shepard's name. But it was based on a major falsehood.
The judge ruled that the law was unconstitutionally overbroad, vague, and viewpoint discrimination.
The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
"The opportunity to think for ourselves and to express those thoughts freely is among our most cherished liberties," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.
A Texas judge ordered that the airline submit to training on the rights of religious believers after losing a religious discrimination lawsuit.
Is sending kids into the wilderness really the best way to keep them off Pornhub?
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DeSantis talks a lot about freedom but increasingly only applies it to those who agree with him.
The Center has gotten rich in part thanks to its "hate map," which smears many good people.
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Contra Joe Biden, they argue that these recent rulings show respect for individual rights and concern for racial and sexual minorities.
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The speech compulsion it forbids is not limited to wedding-website designers who object to same-sex marriage, but its principles should apply only to a narrow range of commercial products
The decision reverses a terrible previous decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The ruling is the latest in a series of legal defeats for anti-drag laws.
It should be obvious that drag performances are protected by the First Amendment, but that hasn't kept government officials from trying to ban them.
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The new law dictates a life sentence for anyone caught having gay sex and the death penalty for anyone convicted of "aggravated homosexuality."
Sometimes he calls for freedom, and sometimes he preaches something darker.
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"If you don't trust central authority, then you should see this immediately as something that is very problematic," says the Florida governor.
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What happened to the claim that this was just about protecting young children?
Schools are allowed to preserve sex-based restrictions for athletes provided they are "substantially related to the achievement of an important educational objective."
The college swimmer was reportedly forced to barricade herself in a room for three hours.
New bill makes a mockery of parents’ rights, school choice, and educational freedom.
"I will not appear to condone the diminishment of any group at the expense of impertinent gestures toward another group for any reason, even when the law of the land appears to require it," he wrote.
This was never about shielding just the youngest kids from sexual topics.
While inflammatory comments about "gender ideology" abounded at CPAC, the issue is hardly a top priority for Americans in general.
It’s already illegal to expose minors to obscenity, so what is this bill really for?
Reason talks with the transgender historian who used the term to describe a revolutionary gender-affirming treatment for teens.
In an open letter, they condemned the paper's coverage of trans issues. But their note is more about what questions journalists are not allowed to ask.
Why isn’t affirmative action in college admissions prohibited under the Civil Rights Act?
Apparently, parents’ rights don’t extend to letting their kids listen to naughty Christmas lyrics.
While same-sex marriage was already protected under federal law, that protection was afforded by the Supreme Court, not Congress.
The social changes that paved the way for gay and trans acceptance have made pedophile acceptance less likely, not more.
Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.
Some conservatives toss “parents’ rights” out the window in a holiday culture war against kids at live shows.
Federal recognition of same-sex marriage is now officially on the books and no longer dependent on the Supreme Court.
Men in monogamous relationships may get clearance to give.