Here’s a few ways you can shine more light on Transgender Day of Visibility on social media

President Joe Bidenmarked 2021’s TDOV with a proclamation affirming that “transgender Americans make our Nation more prosperous, vibrant, and strong” and urging fellow Americans to “[uplift] the worth, and dignity of every transgender person.” 

Queerty

Was Jesus a man of color? Why this question matters more than ever

“When I see the Easter story, I see Jesus being a victim of state-sanctioned violence. I see Jesus surrounded by Black and brown people who wish they could do something, but had no power in the moment,” says Cleveland, author of “God Is a Black Woman.”

CNN

New review database takes aim at some of the most protected bosses in America: state and federal judges

This month, LAP launched a new database for law clerks to leave reviews of their experiences working for their powerful bosses: state and federal judges.

Business Insider

Voting rights are under attack nationwide – The Excerpt

At the State of the Union, President Biden called on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This bill would update the Voting Rights Act of 1965, strengthening legal protections against discriminatory voting policies and practices. The act has since been hampered by Supreme Court cases that removed pre-clearance provisions and made it harder to sue to stop discriminatory practices. Marc Elias, an attorney with Elias Law Group and an outspoken advocate of voter protection and fair elections, joins The Excerpt to talk about the challenges voters across the country are facing and describe his efforts to guarantee equal access to the ballot.

USA Today

A lot of people are leaving their religions. Anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is a driving force.

Sexual misconduct and a lack of belief are other major reasons for leaving religion behind.

LGBTQ Nation

Ohio Democrat: Biden ‘very independent’ on border, not pressured by progressives

“I don’t think so,” Landsman said of progressive influence in a NewsNation “The Hill Sunday” interview with Chris Stirewalt. “The President is very independent on this issue. It’s a very complicated, but truly important issue, and he’s leaned into pretty dramatic changes to the asylum process. Changes that I and the majority — a bipartisan majority — of us support.”

The Hill

The “martyrdom” of Donald J. Trump

“It’s all slapstick comedy: Posing as a Christ-like figure is so outlandish and absurd”

Salon

Nancy Mace Says Crime Has ‘Skyrocketed’ Under Biden. It Hasn’t.

X, formerly Twitter, issued a community note correcting Mace’s claim but the platform later removed it

Rolling Stone

‘The Bible does not need Donald Trump’s endorsement’

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock slammed Trump’s move to market scripture during a Christian holy week.

Politico

US election workers face thousands of threats – so why so few prosecutions?

The justice department has a dedicated taskforce to tackle a phenomenon that barely existed before Trump unleashed his 2020 stolen election lie

The Guardian

Texas appeals court blocks state from investigating families seeking gender-affirming care for trans youth

A Texas appeals court upheld two injunctions in a pair of legal cases Friday, in an order blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating families of transgender youth who are seeking gender-affirming medical care for their children.

CNN

The fierce team of trans women working to fight every anti-LGBTQ+ bill in the nation

“In the fight for trans rights and LGBTQ+ rights, there’s a place for everyone.”

LGBTQ Nation

Democrats hope Biden could get a boost from down-ballot races under Wisconsin’s new legislative map

New legislative districts adopted last month erase Republican advantages that gave the GOP dominance of the Wisconsin Assembly even as Democrats won 14 of the past 17 statewide elections. Democrats think they can now compete for a majority, but also that invigorated legislative campaigns can help turn out votes for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in November.

AP News

Advocates sound alarm after shuttering of House office promoting diversity

Advocates of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs are sounding the alarm after a key department on Capitol Hill was dissolved amid backlash to the movement.

The Hill

Trump Criticized After Posting Video Depicting Biden Hog-Tied

In the 20-second video he posted on his Truth Social page, two trucks are driving down a freeway with flags supporting Trump; one of the trucks features a large image depicting Biden lying horizontally with his legs and hands bound, appearing to be kidnapped in the truck bed.

Rolling Stone

Michigan Republican congressman suggests nuking Gaza, ending humanitarian aid

“It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Get it over quick,” Walberg says in a video circulating on social media, referencing the Japanese cities that the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on at the end of World War II.

The Detroit News

Netanyahu ‘continues to essentially give the finger’ to Biden over Gaza, Sen. Van Hollen says

“We have a situation where Netanyahu continues to essentially give the finger to the president of the United States, and we’re sending more bombs,” Van Hollen told “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz. “And that doesn’t make sense.”

ABC News

Israel Gaza: Journalists injured in al-Aqsa hospital air strike

Seven journalists, including a freelancer working for the BBC, have been injured in an Israeli air strike in the courtyard of a hospital in Gaza.

BBC

‘Countdown to death’: Haiti’s health crisis grows as gangs destroy hospitals, pharmacies

More than 362,000 Haitians have been internally displaced over the last three years by deadly gang violence, the United Nations International Organization for Migration reports after fresh gang violence erupted on February 29, 2024. Special for the Miami Herald

Miami Herald

Grim Easter for Gaza’s Christians, Jerusalem churches empty

Christians in Gaza celebrated Easter as Israel’s brutal military assault continued, while pilgrims avoided Jerusalem due to the war, leaving its churches empty.

The New Arab

LGBT club owner arrested in Russia extremism

The owner of an LGBT club in the Russian city of Orenburg was arrested for “extremism,” the OVD-Info rights group said Sunday.

Deutsche Welle

Pope Francis overcomes health concerns to preside over windy Easter Sunday Mass

Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

PBS

Turkey’s opposition party sweeps to local elections victory in snub to Erdoğan

Turkey’s main opposition party dealt an unexpected blow to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rule on Sunday with a sweeping victory in Turkey’s local elections, maintaining control of major cities including the capital, Ankara, and Istanbul, where Ekrem Imamoğlu secured a second term as mayor.

The Guardian