with Alan and Stephanie.

This positive stories week, Scottish pub cancels comedy night after backlash over Pride post, Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status, adolescents report low regret and high satisfaction following gender-affirming chest surgery, man duct taped to plane seat after racist, homophobic tirade, and trans advocates celebrate Bulgarian court’s ruling in favour of legal gender changes.

In other positive news, Swiss government backs federal ban on conversion therapy, how “queercrip” artists have rewritten the language of desire & disability, she was fired for refusing to censor LGBT+ books. She just got a big payback and even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it.

In the good news, Dolly Parton paid for the gender-affirming care of her “good friend” & chauffeur of 30 years.

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