'Republicans following Putin's playbook of targeting LGBTQ rights first' & other Wed midday news briefs

Vladimir Putin

Republicans follow Putin's playbook: Target LGBTQ rights first​ - Why am I not surprised?

New York City insurance bans gay couples from having kids, so a gay couple is fighting back - Another fight we are going to get into. Let's do this. 

Florida Republicans Threaten Disney With Legal Retribution For Condemning 'Don't Say Gay' Law - Yeah. Okay. Whatever. 

'Groomer,' 'pro-pedophile': Old tropes find new life in anti-LGBTQ movement - Technically, it never really went away.

Fox News is lying that New Jersey schools are “grooming” and torturing kids based on an LGBTQ-inclusive resource - People were warned about Fox years ago. Now we just have to fight what's there.