just to live. and yet, here we are. seeing the right of our community members diminish. their voices are silenced, they re very identities denied. our nation has made great strides with filling the fundamental promises of freedom and equality for lgbtq plus americans, but lately something has changed. the arc of progress is bending in ways we did not think possible just five years ago. unjust ways. so far this year, more than 520 anti lgbtq bills have been introduced in state legislatures. that is a record. more than 220 of those bills, specifically, targeted transgender and non-binary people. also a record. and an unprecedented 70 anti lgbtq laws have been enacted just this year. in the past, we have put together pride specials celebrating lgbtq+ individuals and their achievements, first in the white house and then on the stage and screen. achievements that deserve to be celebrated. but tonight, as that progress is threatened like never before, we are going to do something d
time they arrived. todd: brooke singman joins us live with more. brooke? ashley: they were already dead by the time the authorities arrived on the same here at two victims eric james williams survived the horrifying kidnapping and are back in the united states. all four traveled south carolina to mexico so maggie could get a procedure. this update, she is doing okay but she was crying, watched two of them die in front of her peer of the held hostage in this small shack located in a rule part of mexico and got lost and mistaken members of drug cartel. the mexican police arrested a 24-year-old mexican national in connection with the violent kidnapping. the suspect identified as jose guadalupe jose guadalupe a accused of guarding for shack world victims were found. authorities didn t say whether involved with the cartel. the kidnapping was caught on surveillance video that some find disturbing and all four victims dragged into the back of a pickup truck. you can see the susp
legislation to criminalize many drag performances. the freedom to express ourselves and our gender identity in creative ways of feels artistry across our country and culture and marty gold cummings is on the front lines, defending their first amendment right to that expression. marty gould cummings, thank you for your time. let s start with drag dance which is sweeping conservative states. talk about the harm being done to performers and the message that this sends to the broader lgbtq plus community. these drug bands are unconstitutional, as we have seen from the federal judges who are striking them down. i think the repercussions for drug artists is that, if they re in a state where they are not able to perform, that directly impacts their income, the local economy, and the venues that are hosting drag and then for these pride celebrations that have been canceled in different areas because of this, it signals
gould cummings is on the front lines, defending their first amendment right to that expression. marty gould cummings, thank you for your time. let s start with drag dance, which is sweeping conservative states. talk about the harm being done to performers and the message that this sends to the broader lgbtq plus community. these drug bands are unconstitutional, as we have seen from the federal judges who are striking them down. i think the repercussions for drug artists is that, if they re in a state where they are not able to perform, that directly impacts their income, the local economy, and the venues that are hosting drag and then for these pride celebrations that have been canceled in different areas because of this, it signals that queer people are not welcome, which is a dangerous precedent to set. and drag bands seem to fit into the larger attack on transgender rights, no? yeah, these drag bands are rooted in transphobia because a lot of the language that is put
claims it is racist. zip-a-dee-doo-dah, my, oh, my, what a wonderful day ashley: disneyland getting rid of zip-a-dee-doo-dah over the film song of the south in the reconstruction era follows a friendship between black plantation worker and a white male. ceo bob said that depiction makes the song and appropriate for today s. todd: really, really, zip-a-dee-doo-dah. got it. ashley: the seattle bus driver who is just trying to make a living said he is sick from secondhand fentanyl smoke because the city s public transportation city basic would become drug bands. he is here to share his story, and you won t believe what he was told when he asked for help. todd: the washington post calling on major league baseball to boycott florida because of