June, 2025 News (12 Articles with 2,093 total views)
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Local and Regional News
Deadline for June 2025 print edition (issue #354) of Erie Gay News is Monday, May 12, comes out Tuesday, May 20! This will include our Pride Guide!
For the next Erie Gay News (issue # 354, cover-dated for June 2025), please send in-person and online events, news items, and other info for late May, 2025 and beyond by Monday, May 12. We expect the next edition to come out on Tuesday, May 20. Please note that this issue will include our Pride Guide with listing of regional events.
City of Erie Immigration Statement
Erie, PA - April 25, 2025 - Recent changes in immigration policy at the federal level have caused a great deal of fear and uncertainty among our immigrant and refugee population. These fears have, in turn, generated many rumors about the role of local law enforcement with respect to the apprehension, incarceration, and cooperation with federal agencies in the deportation of immigrants. These rumors have wrongly created a divide between our police officers and the very people that they are sworn to protect and serve.
Entertainment and Travel
Erie Art Museum Exhibition Drawing from Within: Sketchbooks by Frank Novel Features Local Artist
Erie, PA - The Erie Art Museum is thrilled to announce their next exhibition, Drawing from Within: Sketchbooks by FrankNovel, which opens on May 21st, 2025.
Waterfalls and More in the Biggest City in the Inland Northwest
Spokane is an amazing historic city in far eastern Washington. The Riverfront Park features stunning huge waterfalls. The downtown is very walkable. Towering ponderosa pines give it a feel more of the Rocky Mountains than the Cascades. The basalt lined Spokane River features a lengthy bike and hike trail. It combines an urban feel with the best of the outdoors. The new 40 mile Centennial Trail starts in Riverside State Park and runs all the way to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Political, Activism and Legal
Federal Court Denies the Trump Administration's Request to Stay the Injunction Blocking Its Ban on Transgender Military Servicemembers
(Tacoma, WA, April 21, 2025) The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Department of Defense's motion to stay the preliminary injunction that blocks enforcement of the Trump administration's executive order banning transgender people from enlisting or continuing to serve in the United States Armed Forces. This order means that the nationwide preliminary injunction issued in Shilling v. Trump remains in place, keeping transgender servicemembers in the military while the government appeals the injunction.
GLAAD and LGBTQ Community Advocacy Organizations Respond to U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments Heard in Kennedy V. Braidwood Case
New York, New York - Monday, April 21, 2025 GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) media advocacy organization, together with a community advocacy coalition led by Lambda Legal, PrEP4All, Harvard Law's Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI), and The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), today released statements following oral arguments in the Braidwood case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court this morning.
VICTORY! Premera Blue Cross Discriminated Against Transgender Teens Denied Needed Gender-Affirming Chest Surgery
(Seattle, WA, April 21, 2025) The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington late Friday ruled that Premera Blue Cross's arbitrary and categorical policy to deny coverage for gender-affirming chest surgery for patients under 18, regardless of the patient's medical needs, unlawfully discriminated based on sex in violation of Affordable Care Act. Lambda Legal and Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger PLLC filed a federal lawsuit in June 2023 on behalf then-15-year-old transgender adolescent A.B. and his parents challenging Premera Blue Cross's policy. The lawsuit was later amended in June 2024 to add then-17-year-old transgender adolescent J.M. and his parents as plaintiffs.
Health
Pope Francis
from Michael Dale Kimmel of Life Beyond Therapy: I'm not Catholic, but I have been a fan of Pope Francis from the get-go. He seemed to be a harbinger of change for the Catholic Church: he said, "Who am I to judge?" when asked a question about gay people in 2013.
Letters, Columnists and Opinion
LGBT Boycott of the USA?
from Mark Segal, Philadelphia Gay News: Recently, Jason and I were on vacation and met a delightful gay couple from Australia. In their professional roles, they frequently travel to the U.S. for government and corporate business. Naturally, we said that if they found themselves in the States, we'd love to meet up for dinner.
Contests
Enter to win A Language of Limbs!
Enter to win A Language of Limbs! To enter the contest, fill out the form here between Tuesday, June 3, and Tuesday, June 24. USA residents only.
Enter to win Queer Moderns: Max Ewings Jazz Age New York
Enter to win Queer Moderns: Max Ewings Jazz Age New York! To enter the contest, fill out the form here between Tuesday, May 27, and Tuesday, June 17.
Enter to win Ultimate Chick Flick Cookbook!
Get ready to fall in love with your favorite films all over again - and experience them in a whole new way with a signed copy of The Ultimate Chick Flick Cookbook. To enter the contest, fill out the form here between Tuesday, April 29, and Tuesday, May 20.
