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Despite some positive electoral victories as 2023 ended, last year was largely a rough one for members of the LGBTQ community, who found themselves targeted by various pieces of legislation, executive orders, and a resurgent right-wing political movement opposed to what it sees as “woke” ideas or values.It was also the year that the nation’s top LGBTQ advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign, declared a national state of emergency, citing efforts to roll back LGBTQ rights or restrict LGBTQ visibility and various freedoms, with Republican-led state legislatures serving as the primary aggressors.The segment of the LGBTQ spectrum most under fire in 2023 was the transgender community, whose members saw legislation targeting them pushed into law, despite the intense lobbying of lawmakers and often over the advice of medical professionals and parents of transgender children. Even past battles once thought to have been won were reignited, as conservatives on Capitol Hill pledged to revive the now-defunct Trump-era ban prohibiting trans individuals from serving in the Armed Forces.

A federal judge in Louisiana has issued a ruling that restricts parts of the Biden administration from communicating with social media companies on “protected speech.”

Marcia Gay Harden is taking a stand for LGBT rights and human decency. And in the process sharing some surprising news!

The cast of Saturday Night Live took a strong stand backing transgender kids and ripping Republican lawmakers a new one during this weekend’s episode!

Angelique Jackson When actor and singer Michaela Jaé Rodriguez landed her big break in 2017, starring as Blanca Evangelista in FX’s “Pose,” it was a rare opportunity for a trans performer to take on a leading role and the type of authentic representation the LGBTQ community continues to fight for in mainstream media. As the show ended its groundbreaking three-season run in 2021, Rodriguez made history as the first transgender performer to win a Golden Globe award and the first to be nominated for an Emmy in a lead category. And the Variety Power of Women honoree hasn’t stopped smashing glass ceilings since. Previously billed as MJ, the entertainer now goes by her full name, Michaela Jaé. She currently stars opposite Maya Rudolph in the Apple TV+ comedy “Loot,” plus she’s stepping behind the scenes to produce movies and hard at work on her long-awaited debut album. With celebrity came the responsibility to advocate for her fellow trans people, and with each new endeavor, Rodriguez’s platform to speak out has grown larger.

  on Tuesday, that the t pause will be extended to June 30, 2023, from its previous deadline of December 30, 2022. According to the president, the extra six months of temporary relief are intended to give “the Supreme Court time to hear the case [for student debt forgiveness] in its current term.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.President Biden’s student debt relief plan  after it was first announced in August, many of them short-lived and ultimately dismissed.

A federal judge in Missouri will determine whether to temporarily block President Biden's student loan handout after attorneys representing the administration and several Republican-led states gave their arguments at a Wednesday hearing. Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Carolina challenged the program, claiming that the Department of Education lacks the authority to cancel debt to this degree. "What they’re trying to do is go around Congress, and this they can’t do," Nebraska Solicitor General James Campbell told U.S.

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom's reelection campaign put up a billboard in Austin, Texas, promoting his state's abortion access for women. The billboard, placed just south of Stassney Lane in South Austin, features a woman sitting with her arms crossed over her knees looking toward a pro-abortion message that reads, "Need an abortion? California is ready to help."  The advertisement also includes California's abortion resources website and a Bible verse.  "Love your neighbor as yourself.There is no greater commitment than these," the billboard reads, quoting Mark 12:31.

The Sun.The star went on to brand the potential ruling "shocking and dangerous" as she argued that it's "detrimental" for women to have no say over their bodies.Ulrika has been married three times, the first to John Turnbull who she shares son Cameron with.The star then married Lance Gerrard-Wright who she welcomed daughter Martha with.Most recently, the star was married to American advertising executive Brian Monet, who she shared son Malcom with, before splitting in 2019.Brian also adopted her daughter Bo from the presenter's relationship with German hotel boss, Markus Kempen.The star's brave words come days after anti-abortion activist and pro-abortion rights supporters took to the streets of Washington on Tuesday after news that the U.S.Supreme Court may overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which legalised abortion nationwide.If Roe is overturned, abortion is likely to remain legal in liberal states as more than a dozen states currently have laws protecting abortion rights.Numerous Republican-led states have also passed various abortion restrictions in defiance of the Roe precedent in recent years.Ulrika's comments come after she hit back at the stigma around her arthritis following a "really tough few years".In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, Ulrika said: “I’ve had this back problem, that’s never going to go away either, and I had a few really tough years.“We talk about ageing, but pain and pain management is something people maybe don’t like to admit to.“We still slightly associate it with moaning, but we all have some sort of pain at some stage," she added.

Joe Biden will announce his support for changing Senate rules as a way to move voting rights legislation forward, although he’s not backing an elimination of the filibuster, according to multiple press reports.