On June 24, 2025, a district court judge signed my name change order. By noon, I bore the last name Cook. This change signaled more than a nominal tie to my chosen family. It marked my official departure from the generational cycles of domestic violence and addiction that lingered with my previous name. There are […]
A Missoula District Court judge on Thursday heard oral arguments in a case challenging a 2025 state law that could change how some Montanans use public bathrooms and other spaces.
Both U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall and Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson present themselves to the public as square-jawed manly men, red-blooded conservative Republicans who love the Second Amendment, juicy steaks and gargantuan American flags in equal measure. They command the landscape. Nothing scares them. Well, nothing except drag queens. Then the candidates for U.S. Senate […]
Maine will continue providing gender-affirming care despite an announcement from the Trump administration banning Medicaid from covering hormone therapy and procedures for children under 18. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the rule on Tuesday, which also prohibits Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, funds from being used for this care, typically sought […]
A national religious-liberty legal organization has sent a formal letter to Colorado’s Roaring Fork School District demanding it discontinue its human sexuality curriculum or, at minimum, overhaul how parents are notified and allowed to exclude their children from it.
(The Center Square) – A Southern state that banned medical gender transition for children is meanwhile financially boosting a network of doctors and therapists who promote some of those same controversial treatments.
Arizona law already forbids trans girls from joining school sports teams that align with their gender identity, but Republican lawmakers want voters to ban them from school locker rooms and private sports leagues, too. In November, voters will decide the fate of the “Protect Girls Sports in Arizona Act”, also known as Proposition 318. The […]
A leading civil rights defense firm has lodged a lawsuit against King George County School Board for allegedly blocking middle school students from creating a student organization supporting LGBTQ+ students. According to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court by the ACLU of Virginia and the Potomac Law Group, two students proposed the Gay-Straight Alliance […]
Montana prides itself on independence.
