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Timberwolves, Lynx honor biologically male legislator with ‘inspiring women’ award

The NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx have honored DFL state Rep. Leigh Finke for his “commitment in expanding protection for trans...

New ‘LGBT education specialist’ thinks teachers should ‘explain nonbinary identities’ to preschoolers

(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- Jason Bucklin, a recently-hired LGBTQ education specialist for the Minnesota Department of Education, called for teachers to discuss nonbinary...

Children’s hospital pediatrician equates transgender care access for kids to diabetes, cancer care

A Minnesota Children’s hospital pediatrician equated transgender care access for kids to diabetes, cancer, and asthma care and is receiving backlash for her comments. Dr....
Pride

DFL politicians fume after Target pulls some Pride merch

Several DFL politicians in Minnesota criticized Target for "giving in" to an "anti-LGBTQ hate movement" after the retail giant removed some Pride items from...
Children's

Children’s Minnesota awards legislator for trans refuge bill 

Children’s Minnesota awarded the author of the state’s new “trans refuge” law with its annual “Children’s Health Hero award.” The organization announced Tuesday that Rep....
light rail

Plea deals for LRT assault suspects, bias crime charge quietly dropped

Two suspects in a brutal assault and robbery at a Metro Transit LRT station that politicians and media widely implied was a bias crime...
Children's

‘Proud of Minnesota’: Children’s hospital endorses ‘trans refuge’ legislation

Children’s Minnesota celebrated Gov. Tim Walz signing a bill into law last week that makes Minnesota a “safe haven” for children seeking puberty blockers...

GOP legislator says she was ‘yelled at and intimidated’ on House floor by DFL...

A Republican lawmaker was verbally accosted by a Democratic colleague on the House floor Wednesday because she shared a tweet from the organization Gays...
language

DFL wants to strike anti-pedophile language from state statutes 

Minnesota Democrats want to remove language from the state’s Human Rights Act which clarifies that pedophilia is not included in the protected “sexual orientation"...
Senate

Senate passes three controversial bills, including ‘trans refuge’ legislation

A few hundred people filled the halls outside of the Minnesota Senate chambers Friday morning both in support of and opposition to three polarizing...