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☆ Opinion | The Legal Battle Against Trump Was a Miserable Failure
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Samuel Moyn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The yearslong effort to vanquish Donald Trump in court was a dismal failure. To oppose Mr. Trump in his second term, liberals must learn the lesson of this defeat, which is that there is no alternative to persuading our fellow citizens of our beliefs. Fifty years ago, Richard Nixon’s four Supreme Court appointments — Mr. Trump got only three — shoved the court right and consigned liberals to damage control. In this election, legalistic tactics contributed to Mr. Trump’s victory, helping to produce the popular majority he had never boasted before. For all of Mr. Trump’s misdeeds, prosecuting them was not worth the cost of restoring him to power.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Richard Nixon’s, Mr, Judith Shklar, Trump’s

☆ Opinion | What Is Trump to Putin? A Harbinger of America’s Collapse.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Mikhail Zygar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

By then, Mr. Putin himself had laid out a similar view of territorial disintegration. The United States is confidently, firmly marching down the same path as the Soviet Union.” This still seems to represent Mr. Putin’s fundamental assessment of the country. This year, high-ranking Russian officials eagerly watched the American film “Civil War,” starring Kirsten Dunst. “Hollywood,” he remarked on his Telegram channel, “doesn’t make films about it for no reason.”How would such conflict come about? “Ordinary citizens won’t lift a finger to preserve America’s unity, knowing they mean nothing to their own government.

Persons: Putin, ”, Kirsten Dunst, Maria Zakharova, ” Dmitri Medvedev, doesn’t, Patrushev Organizations: Soviet Union, Hollywood, Kremlin, “ Locations: United States, Soviet Union, America, Russia, California, Texas, Florida, Alabama, U.S

Pennsylvania Voters Worry About the Toxicity of PoliticsIn a tight presidential race, Pennsylvania, with its 19 electoral votes, will very likely decide the winner. That’s clear in Berks County, which lies about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia where flourishing Democratic suburbs melt into conservative, rural Pennsylvania. But nearly all of them worried that the growing toxicity of national politics had endangered that sense of community. She said many people she knew remembered Mr. Trump’s name on the stimulus checks that were sent out in 2020. “They’re pushing division.” Scroll to play video Muted Winston Reyes Winston Reyes Adam Nissley Adam Nissley Sara Torres Sara Torres Winston Reyes Winston Reyes Adam Nissley Adam Nissley Ivan Shibley Ivan Shibley Ruth Martelli Ruth Martelli Winston Reyes Winston Reyes Sara Torres Sara Torres Ruth Martelli Ruth Martelli “I was a Democrat before, I voted Democrat.” “I was a Democrat before, I voted Democrat.” “I voted for Obama to start with.

The Many Links Between Project 2025 and Trump’s WorldFormer president Donald J. Trump has repeatedly claimed that he had nothing to do with Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s conservative policy initiative to reshape the federal government. But Project 2025 has numerous ties to Mr. Trump and his campaign, a New York Times analysis has found. L. ZorcJump to the full list of authors, editors and contributorsSpokespeople for Project 2025 have denied that they are advocates for any particular candidate, and Project 2025 has no official ties to the Trump campaign. To limit the appearance of connection, Mr. Trump’s transition team has been excluding prominent people linked to Project 2025 from its preparations. Project 2025 additionally calls for the dismantling of the federal Education Department, which Mr. Trump has also pledged to do.

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Dodson, Dave Dorey, Eden T, Edgar Troy Edgar, Edlow Joseph Edlow, Ehlinger Jen Ehlinger, Ehrett, Eichamer Kristen Eichamer, Eitel Robert S, Estrada, Farkish Thompson, Feere Jon Feere, Fisher Travis Fisher, Fishman George Fishman, Ford Leslie Ford, Friedman Aharon Friedman, Frohnen J, Frushone Joel Frushone, Fulton Finch Fulton, Gabel Caleigh Gabel, Gaiser Alexandra Gaiser, Garza P, Geller, Gillen J, Gilmore James S, Gilmore, Ginn Vance Ginn, Alma Golden, Gore, D, Greenberg Dan Greenberg, Greenway, Greszler, DJ Gribbin, Grisedale Garrison Grisedale, Grogan Joseph Grogan, Guernsey J, Gunter Jeffrey Gunter, Guy Joe Guy, Guzman Joseph Guzman, Hanania, Harlow David Harlow, Harvey Derek Harvey, Hayes, Edie Heipel, Hemenway Troup, Hoekstra Pete Hoekstra, Hoffman T, Homan Tom Homan, Horner Chris Horner, Howell Mike Howell, Huber Valerie Huber, Hughes Andrew Hughes, Humire, Iacovella, Israel K, Ivory R, Jankowski Roman Jankowski, Jay Carafano James Jay Carafano, Jones, Kao J, Kelson Jared M, Kelson, Kilmartin Ali Kilmartin, Kirchner Julie Kirchner, Kish, Klukowski Kenneth A, Adam Korzeniewski, Bethany Kozma, Kozma Matthew Kozma, Krein, Kurtz, LaCerte David LaCerte, Larkin P, Lawrence Paul Lawrence, Lawrence III James R, Lawrence III, Legates David Legates, Lewis B, Lieberman J, Ligon John Ligon, Lim Evelyn Lim, Lorraine Viña Morgan Lorraine Viña, Loyola Mario Loyola, G, Malcolm J, Masterman, Matthews Earl Matthews, Mauler, McCall, McCotter Trent McCotter, Meadowcroft Micah Meadowcroft, Meese, Melugin, Mermoud, Miller, Mitchell K, Kevin E, C, Morell Clare Morell, Morgan Mark Morgan, Morgen Hunter Morgen, Morrison J, Moy, Murray R, Nabil M, Nasi L, Niemeyer Lucian Niemeyer, Nazak, Milan Nikolich, Nuebel, Kathy Nuebel Kovarik, Orr, Owcharenko Schaefer Nina Owcharenko Schaefer, O’Brien, Michael, Pedersen Leah Pedersen, Pillsbury Michael Pillsbury, Pizzella Patrick Pizzella, Porter K, Kevin Preskenis, Pryor Pam Pryor, Pyle J, Ratcliffe John Ratcliffe, Ray Paul Ray, Reddan J, 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Wolfson Jonathan Wolfson, Alexei Woltornist, Wuco Frank Wuco, Ybarra J, Zadrozny John Zadrozny, ”, John McEntee, James Bacon, Reagan, Howard Lutnick, Joseph R, Biden Jr, Dennis Dean Kirk, Kirk, Mr, “, JD Vance, Roberts’s, Kevin Roberts, Rick Dearborn, Russell T, Evan Vucci, Paul Dans, Dans, Ken Cuccinelli, Christopher Miller, Chip Somodevilla, Samuel Corum, The New York Times Christopher Miller, Biden, Miller’s, Skinner, Gene Hamilton, Hamilton, ” President Biden, Ben Carson, Todd Heisler, Jonathan Berry, Carson, Stephen Moore, Peter Navarro, Navarro, Karen Kerrigan, Ken Cedeno, Edwin Feulner, Robert Bowes Organizations: Heritage, New York Times, Mr, Leadership, Trump, Ivory, Loyola, Poole, Royce, Tufts, Heritage Foundation, The New, The New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, White, White House, Republican, Management, Defense , Homeland Security, State, Homeland Security Department, Defense Department, Twitter, State Department, Justice Department, ”, federal Education 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☆ When Harlem Was ‘as Gay as It Was Black’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | Scott Reinhard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +30 min

Two Black men, in tuxedos, clasp hands and dance in a smoky foreground in a scene from "Looking for Langston," the 1989 film that reevaluated gay and lesbian contributions to the Harlem Renaissance. When Harlem Was ‘as Gay as It Was Black’ Mapping the people, homes and hot spots that transformed the neighborhood during its Renaissance. A map of Harlem with a location labeled “Ma Rainey at the Lincoln Theater” near 135th Street and Lenox Avenue. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesMap with location labeled “Bessie Smith at Hotel Olga” in the northernmost part of Harlem. was often called the living room of the Harlem Renaissance, and over the years provided a safe and affordable space for Black artists, writers and thinkers.

Persons: Langston, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Nicholas Park, Clare Corbould, ”, Ma Rainey’s, Ma Rainey, ” Ma Rainey, “, ” Donaldson, Gladys Bentley, Gladys Bentley West, Gladys Bentley West 133rd Street Gladys Bentley, Bentley, Michael Ochs, Bessie Smith, Hotel Olga ”, Bessie Smith Lenox, Lillian Simpson, Emma Chen, ” Smith, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Ain’t, Jimmie Daniels ”, Jimmie Daniels, Daniels, Ethel Waters, Nicholas Avenue, Nicholas, Ethel Williams, Waters, ” Everett, Edna Thomas ”, Edna Thomas, Lloyd Thomas, Olivia Wyndham, Thomas, Wyndham, Georgette Harvey ”, Georgette Harvey, Maria, Porgy ”, Porgy, Bess, Musa Williams, Billy Rose, Hunter ”, Alberta Hunter, Lottie Tyler, Bert Williams, ’, ” Michael Ochs, Lindy Hop, Shane Vogel, Vogel, Jerome Robbins, James F, Wilson, Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, Heather Nickels, Harry, Nickels, “ SAVOY, George Karger, Alain Locke, Countee Cullen, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Olga ”, Olga Lenox, Edward H, Olga, Victor Hugo Green’s “, Bill “ BoJangles ” Robinson, Robert W Kelley, Alain Locke Washington, ” Alain Locke, Locke —, —, Nella Larsen ”, Nella Larsen, Street Nella Larsen, Larsen, Octavio González, Audre Lorde, Hughes, ” Arnold Rampersad, Countee Cullen ”, Harold Jackman, Cullen, Richard Bruce Nugent ”, Richard Bruce Nugent, Thurman, Jade ”, González, Nugent, ” Carl Van Vechten, Carl Van Vechten, Street Carl Van Vechten, Harold Jackman ”, ” Harold Jackman, Jackman, Maurice Hunter ”, Maurice Hunter, Corbould, Claude McKay ”, Claude McKay, West 142nd Street Claude McKay, Alexander Gumby, A’Leila Walker, A’Lelia Walker, Madame C.J, Walker, “ Wallace Thurman ”, Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Bennett, Sydney ”, Sydney, Iolanthe Sydney, Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Robert “ Bobby ” Winchester, Horace Hicks, Isaac Julien, Mr, Julien Organizations: Harlem Renaissance, Harlem, The New, Black, Greenwich, Harvard, Central, Deakin University, Ma Rainey’s Georgia Jazz, Jazz, Lincoln, Lenox, Lincoln Theater, Street, Gladys Bentley West 133rd Street, New York Times, Michael Ochs Archives, Hotel Olga, Blues, Hotel, Lesbian, Blues Women, Communities, West, of Congress, Music Division, Federal, St, Library of Congress, Guild Theatre, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public, 138th Street, Alberta Hunter, West 138th, ” Michael Ochs Archives, Getty, Savoy, African American Studies, Yale University, Cabaret, 155th Street, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, 131st, CUNY, Hulton, West 133rd, 133rd, Avenues, Cotton, 142nd, Cotton Club 142nd Street, U.S, Swing, 141st, Ballroom, Blacks, 125th, 135th, Harlem Y.M.C.A, Harlem Branch, Columbia University, Lafayette Theater, Lafayette Players, Washington D.C, Wellesley College, 127th, Mount Morris Park, East 127th, 136th, The New York Public Library, Bettmann, Everett, 134th Street, Eighth, West 142nd, West 142nd Street, Cabaret School, Yale, American, Library, 136th Street, “ Infants, Columbia, Harlem’s Locations: tuxedos, Manhattan, Harlem, Central, Rockland, New York, St, Australia, Ma Rainey’s Georgia, Philadelphia, Colonial, British, Alberta, ”, —, Hamilton Lodge, Lenox, Seventh, Morris, Lafayette, Washington, Eighth, Mount Morris, Lenox Avenue, United States, Midtown, Black, Sugar

☆ Opinion | To Win in North Carolina, Democrats Need to Get Out of Town
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Mara Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Of all the battleground states, few have proved as elusive to Democrats running for president over the past decade as North Carolina. Mr. Trump notched his narrowest margin of victory in North Carolina in 2020, and this year, local Democrats believe they can win. Republicans in the state are steeping in extremism and last year overrode Mr. Cooper’s veto to enact a 12-week abortion ban. But the extremism doesn’t stop with Mr. Robinson. Though she is running for a job that would supervise public schools in the state, her platform promotes her experience home-schooling her children.

Persons: Barack Obama, Trump, Roy Cooper, Cooper’s, Mark Robinson, ”, Robinson, “, Michele Morrow, Biden Organizations: Democratic, Gov, Republicans, Republican, CNN, Nazi Locations: North Carolina, L.G.B.T.Q

☆ 2 Plead Guilty in Drug-Related Death of Prominent Transgender Activist
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Shayla Colon | More About Shayla Colon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two men accused of providing the fentanyl-laced heroin that killed the transgender activist and actress Cecilia Gentili have admitted distributing the drugs that caused her death, officials said on Monday. The second man, Antonio Venti, pleaded guilty to the same offense in July, the release said. Ms. Gentili, 52, was found dead in her Brooklyn apartment in February after taking a combination of drugs, court documents show. Her death prompted an outpouring of grief among members of New York’s L.G.B.T.Q. community, with more than 1,000 people packing the pews at a spirited celebration of her life at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Persons: Cecilia Gentili, Michael Kuilan, Antonio Venti, Gentili, Ms Organizations: Eastern, of Locations: Brooklyn, of New York, St, Patrick’s

A New York City suburb's ban against public mask wearing was challenged in federal court on Thursday, alleging the law violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and needlessly opens health compromised individuals for ridicule. Nassau County, the bedroom community just east of New York City with nearly 1.4 million residents, last week officially banned wearing face coverings in public in what's believed to be the nation's first such prohibition. "The mask ban law in Nassau County causes G.B. S.S. is a frequent shopper at T.J. Maxx and the Roosevelt Field Shopping Center and has regular medical appointments around Nassau County. The lawsuit names Nassau County and County Executive Bruce Blakeman as defendants.

Persons: what's, G.B, Roosevelt, Bruce Blakeman, Blakeman Organizations: United, Constitution, New York, Rehabilitation, Maxx, Shopping, County, NBC, Local Locations: York City, Nassau County, New York City, Nassau

☆ Convicted Assassin Is a Russian Security Agent, Kremlin Acknowledges
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Ivan Nechepurenko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The convicted assassin who was the linchpin of the biggest prisoner swap in decades is a member of the most powerful security agency in Russia, the Kremlin acknowledged on Friday, and had served in a special unit with some agents who now guard President Vladimir V. Putin. The ties help explain Mr. Putin’s determination to free the assassin, Vadim Krasikov, from the German prison where he was serving time for murder. The effort culminated on Thursday when Mr. Krasikov and seven other former prisoners returned to Moscow after an exchange with Western nations that involved 24 adults and seven countries. Mr. Putin has not hid his admiration for Mr. Krasikov, who had been jailed in Germany since 2019 for the murder of a Chechen former separatist fighter in Berlin. In an interview in February, Mr. Putin referred to Mr. Krasikov as “a patriot” who was doing his duty by eliminating an enemy of the Russian state.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Vadim Krasikov, Krasikov, Dmitri S, Mr, ” Organizations: Kremlin, Federal Security Service, Mr Locations: Russia, Moscow, Russian, Soviet, Germany, Chechen, Berlin

☆ Opinion | Reflections About the Prisoner Swap
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Journalists and Dissidents Freed From Russia in Swap of 24 Inmates” (front page, Aug. 2):As a former U.S. journalist in Moscow, I am naturally delighted that Evan Gershkovich is back at home after 16 months of wrongful detention in Russia. But it is galling to see him and other innocent Americans being exchanged in a Cold War-style spy swap for a trained assassin and long-term sleeper agents. Engaging in hostage diplomacy only encourages hostile governments to seize more Americans as hostages whenever they want to recover one of their own killers or spies. Even at the height of the Cold War, American journalists in Moscow never feared arbitrary detention in a K.G.B. It seems that the only language that authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin understand is reciprocity.

Persons: Freed, Evan Gershkovich, Vladimir Putin, ” Organizations: “ Journalists Locations: Russia, U.S, Moscow, American, Russian

☆ A Pattern of Lavish Spending at a Leading L.G.B.T.Q. Nonprofit
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Emily Steel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A light rain fell at the Zurich airport one Sunday morning in January 2023 as Sarah Kate Ellis made her way from a seat in Delta’s most exclusive cabin to a waiting Mercedes. It was there to chauffeur her to the Swiss Alps, where she and her colleagues would stay at the Tivoli Lodge, a seven-bedroom chalet that cost nearly half a million dollars to rent for the week. Ms. Ellis, who was en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, doesn’t run a Wall Street bank or a high-flying tech start-up. She is the chief executive of the nonprofit organization GLAAD, one of the country’s leading L.G.B.T.Q. The trip was part of a pattern of lavish spending at GLAAD, much of it by Ms. Ellis, that may have violated the organization’s own policies as well as Internal Revenue Service rules.

Persons: Sarah Kate Ellis, Mercedes, Ellis, doesn’t Organizations: Economic, GLAAD, The New York Times, Revenue Service Locations: Zurich, Delta’s, Swiss, Davos

☆ 4 Key Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Spending at GLAAD
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Emily Steel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The New York Times reviewed dozens of expense reports and receipts from January 2022 through June 2023, as well as employment agreements, tax filings, audit reports and other financial documents to detail a pattern of lavish spending at the nonprofit organization GLAAD, one of the country’s leading L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy groups. Such perks, luxurious business travel and large pay packages might be commonplace at a for-profit company. But legal experts said they were inappropriate for a nonprofit organization with about 60 employees that, in exchange for being exempt from federal and state taxes, must ensure that executive pay is reasonable and aligned with the charity’s mission and the intent of donors. The spending, much of it by GLAADs chief executive Sarah Kate Ellis, may have violated the organization’s own policies as well as Internal Revenue Service rules, the Times reporting shows.

Persons: Sarah Kate Ellis Organizations: New York Times, GLAAD, Revenue Service

☆ Are Queer People Born This Way? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Charles M. Blow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Don’t Tell My Friends, But… is a seriesin which we asked Times columnistswhateveryone else is wrong about. When Lady Gaga released “Born This Way,” the 2011 song on an album of the same name, it was an instant hit and an instant L.G.B.T.Q. “Born this way” may, unfortunately, have been an oversimplification. Just last year, Rolling Stone crowned “Born This Way” the most inspirational L.G.B.T.Q. “Born this way,” as both a scientific concept and a political ideology, was easy to understand, accept and digest.

Persons: Lady Gaga, Elton John, Queerness, Barack Obama, ” Obama, Gaga, Jamey Rodemeyer, Obama, Don’t, ”, “, It’s, Rolling, Lisa Diamond, Joanna Wuest Organizations: Human, University of Utah, TED, Stony Brook University Locations: California

☆ How the Kids Online Safety Act Was Dragged Into a Political War
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Cecilia Kang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union sent 300 high school students to Capitol Hill to lobby against the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill meant to protect children online. The teenagers told the staffs of 85 lawmakers that the legislation could censor important conversations, particularly among marginalized groups like L.G.B.T.Q. “Regardless of your political perspective, this looks like a censorship bill.”The effort was one of many escalations in recent months by those who oppose the bill. In June, a progressive nonprofit, Fight for the Future, organized students to write hundreds of letters to urge lawmakers to scrap it. Conservative groups like Patriot Voices, founded by the former Republican senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, are also protesting with an online petition.

Persons: ”, Anjali Verma, Rick Santorum Organizations: American Civil Liberties Union, Capitol, Kids, Bucks, Conservative, Republican, Pennsylvania Locations: Bucks County, Pa

☆ Opinion | The Joyful Release of Evan Gershkovich Came at a High Price
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Serge Schmemann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That more than a dozen people unjustly incarcerated in Russia have been released is obviously great news. As a journalist who spent a decade reporting from Moscow, I am particularly elated to know that Evan Gershkovich, a fine reporter for The Wall Street Journal, does not have to spend another day in Russian detention. Any independent information, especially critical information, is considered an attack on their authoritarian rule. Putin came to power after the domestic and foreign press had thrown off the muzzles of the Soviet era, and he proceeded, especially since the invasion of Ukraine, to deliberately crush it. Many foreign journalists now try to report from outside Russia; Gershkovich tried valiantly to report from within and paid a heavy price.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Vladimir Putin’s, Gershkovich, Putin Organizations: Wall Street, Kremlin Locations: Russia, Moscow, American, Ukraine

☆ Kremlin Uses Olympic Ban as Another Arrow to Shoot at the West
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Valerie Hopkins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

More than 10,500 athletes from some 200 countries will participate in the Olympic Games in Paris, but only 15 of them will be from Russia. Back in Russia, the competition will not be shown on television for the first time since 1984. And media commentators expressed disgust that a drag queen carried the Olympic torch — which is antithetical to Russia’s increasing emphasis on what it calls “traditional values” and its crackdown on L.G.B.T.Q. It’s quite a comedown for Russia, a traditional Olympic powerhouse that for years used the competition as a way to project power and foster national pride, and often finished first in the final medal count. And it represents the price the country is paying for its invasion of Ukraine two years ago and the daily mayhem it inflicts there.

Organizations: Olympic Games Locations: Paris, Russia, Ukraine

☆ New Hampshire Bans Gender-Transition Surgery for Minors
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Adeel Hassan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The NewsNew Hampshire will ban gender-transition surgeries for minors after Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill on Friday that bars health professionals from performing the procedures. The new law also threatens disciplinary action for doctors who refer minors to other providers for such services. About two dozen other states have passed laws that bar transgender minors from receiving gender-transition care. Before Friday, Mr. Sununu had taken a relatively mixed stance on gender-identity issues and L.G.B.T.Q.

Persons: Chris Sununu, Mr, Sununu, ” Mr, “, Courtney Tanner Organizations: New, Gov, Republican, Republican Party, Dartmouth Health Locations: New Hampshire

☆ A Pioneering New York Rabbi Says Goodbye to Her L.G.B.T.Q. Congregation
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( James Estrin | Photographs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A New York rabbi had asked permission for her congregation to march in the city’s annual Salute to Israel Parade up Fifth Avenue. But the rabbi was Sharon Kleinbaum, the new leader of a predominantly gay synagogue. Officials from various Orthodox Jewish organizations were threatening to boycott the event, and the rabbi was getting hate mail. It was not until 2012 that the congregation was allowed to march. “I never let it upset me,” Rabbi Kleinbaum said.

Persons: Sharon Kleinbaum, “, Rabbi Kleinbaum, ” Organizations: New, Israel Parade Locations: New York, Israel

☆ For L.G.B.T.Q. People, Moving to Friendlier States Comes With a Cost
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Lydia Depillis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Stefanie Newell decided to move to Denver last year, the choice was about acceptance. Feeling comfortable as a transgender woman didn’t seem possible in San Antonio, her hometown, in the midst of a flood of Texas legislation targeting the L.G.B.T.Q. In San Antonio, she lived with her mother, and the cost of living was generally low. Just driving her stuff two states north wiped out her savings. “I thought I was well prepared, and when I arrived I was flat broke,” said Ms. Newell, 25.

Persons: Stefanie Newell, ”, Newell, “ It’s Organizations: Denver Locations: San Antonio, Texas, Denver, United States

☆ How Biden Can Win the Latino Vote in the 2024 Election - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Jean Guerrero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The possibility that Donald Trump could attract a significant share of Latino voters and shave down his margins against President Biden is one of the open questions of this election. But conservative Latino voters have taken up outsize space in the national imagination. The Biden campaign should worry less about a mass defection of Latinos to the MAGA camp than about motivating young Latinos to go to the polls. It is these youths who will determine the fate of the Latino vote. As of the 2020 Census, the median Hispanic in the United States was 30 years old.

Persons: Donald Trump, Biden, MAGA, They’re Locations: United, Arizona, Nevada, United States

☆ How Tom Hanks’s Son Spawned a Hateful Meme Online
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Steven Lee Myers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the spring of 2021, Chet Hanks, the singer, actor and son of Tom, posted a series of statements and a music video with a refrain that caused confusion, not to mention a fair bit of cringing. Thousands of posts using the slogan “white boy summer” have appeared on the Telegram app this year. It’s been used by far-right groups to recruit new followers, organize protests and encourage violence, especially against immigrants and L.G.B.T.Q. people, the report said. For many of those who use it now, the phrase represents an unapologetic embrace of white heterosexual masculinity, often at the expense of women and people of color.

Persons: Chet Hanks, Tom, It’s Organizations: Global

☆ A Wave of Pride Lights Up New York City
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Lola Fadulu | Gaya Gupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tens of thousands of people wrapped themselves in L.G.B.T.Q. Pride flags and wore their brightest rainbow gear to celebrate the New York City Pride March on Sunday. The march commemorates the 1969 Stonewall uprising, the catalyst for the modern L.G.B.T.Q. The New York march is the largest of its kind in the United States, with organizers this year expecting around 25,000 marchers and around two and a half million spectators. Luccy Griman, 52, of Waterbury, Conn., was among the paraders on Sunday, marching for the 20th time.

Persons: Luccy Griman, ”, “ Organizations: New York Locations: L.G.B.T.Q, New York City, York, United States, Waterbury, Conn

☆ Why I Won’t Be Marching in the N.Y.C. Pride Parade - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Amichai Lau-Lavie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’ve been marching in Pride parades since 1995, but I won’t be marching this year in New York, where I live. Pride Month has always been about a political and progressive embrace of our rainbow of choices. Long before Oct. 7, 2023, Jewish progressives like me protested the Israeli occupation and preached a just two-state solution. I have helped to pioneer faith-led Pride programs that are grounded in Jewish values, fighting for freedom and liberation for all. So it’s painful to admit that I don’t feel welcome as my full self in many queer public places that once felt like home.

Persons: I’ve, I’m, Long Locations: New York, Israel, Gaza, American

☆ Can Japan’s First Same-Sex Dating Reality Show Change Hearts and Minds?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Motoko Rich | Kiuko Notoya | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Japan is the only country among the world’s wealthiest democracies that has not legalized same-sex unions. Few celebrities are openly gay. But now, Netflix is introducing the country’s first same-sex dating reality series. In Japan, the handful of openly gay and transgender performers who regularly appear on television are typically flamboyant, effeminate comic foils who are shoehorned into exaggerated stereotypes. With “The Boyfriend,” Dai Ota, the executive producer, said he wanted to “portray same-sex relationships as they really are.”

Persons: Dai Ota, ” Organizations: Netflix Locations: Japan, Tokyo, Terrace

☆ At the Pride March, Finding Belonging on the Sidelines - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Jackson Davidow | Bruce Cratsley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The annual conversations around Pride marches, both in New York City and across the country, often focus on who should — or shouldn’t — be included. While these are crucial debates, they often mean that, paradoxically, what gets lost is a discussion of belonging in a broader sense. Pride retains its importance precisely because it gives the L.G.B.T.Q. A trove of photographs that elegantly capture Pride in all its inclusive intimacy, focusing not only on the marchers but on the crowds reveling from the sidelines, illuminates how powerful that element can be. “From the beginning,” Mr. Cratsley wrote, “I was excited by the parade’s exotic, somewhat chaotic sexiness and joy.

Persons: Bruce Cratsley, ” Mr, Cratsley, “ Organizations: Pride, Chevron, West 29th Street Locations: New York City, San Francisco, Israel, Houston, Manhattan

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