Jun 23, 2025
This week on Queer News, we begin with the sounds of the Gender Liberation movement, protesting the United States v. Skrmetti decision, which upholds Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. We remember Taylor Casey, who disappeared one year ago in the Bahamas, and report on the Trump administration’s cruel move to defund the LGBTQ youth lifeline. But there’s a spark of justice—Reagan-appointed judges are ruling for the people, declaring NIH grant cuts unconstitutional. And in Culture & Entertainment, joy wins with the long-awaited premiere of Noah’s Arc: The Movie, reviewed by our dynamic duo Benjamin Coy & Corey Antonio Rose. Plus, The Ultimatum: Queer Love returns with more lesbian drama and messy television we can’t stop watching.
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03:11 Queer News Headlines
05:36 Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
11:02 Judge Reinstates $1B in NIH Grants Slashed by Trump
14:02 Trump Admin to Shut Down LGBTQ+ Youth Crisis Lifeline
18:24 Noah’s Arc: The Movie Returns After 20 Years
25:24 The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 Drops This Week
27:03 Anna’s Word: Make Time for Joy
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Top Story
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We Remember Taylor Casey, One Year Later
Chicago yoga teacher Taylor Casey vanished in the Bahamas one year
ago this week. With no answers and no justice, her mother now
believes she was targeted for being trans. We hold space and demand
accountability.
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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans
Youth
In a 6–3 decision, SCOTUS locks in Tennessee’s trans youth
healthcare ban potentially impacting 27 states. Justice Sotomayor
calls it “discrimination, plain and simple,” while Raquel Willis
and the Gender Liberation movement lead powerful protest actions on
the steps of the Court.
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Judge Reinstates $1B in NIH Grants Slashed by
Trump
A Reagan-appointed judge rules Trump’s DEI-related NIH cuts
unconstitutional, calling the discrimination “palpable” and
restoring funds for LGBTQ+ and racial health equity
research.
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Trump Admin to Shut Down LGBTQ+ Youth Crisis
Lifeline
The LGBTQ+ youth crisis line will lose federal support on July 17.
The Trevor Project calls the move “devastating” and urges us all to
act before it’s too late. Visit
TheTrevorProject.org/ActNow
to join the fight.
Culture & Entertainment
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Noah’s Arc: The Movie Returns After 20 Years
Benjamin Coy and Corey Antonio Rose join forces for an exclusive
review of
Noah’s Arc: The Movie.
Spoilers ahead as they break down this iconic return of Black gay &
queer storytelling.
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The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 Drops This
Week
Messy lesbian television is back! We preview what to expect from
the new couples. Get ready for trial marriages, tears, and TV
gold.
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Anna’s Word: Make Time for Joy
Between missile strikes and rulings that hurt, joy is resistance.
Anna shares Pride updates, including emceeing the Chicago Sky Pride
Night and leading Sidetrack’s float in the Chicago Pride
Parade.
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