WILMINGTON — City officials, community leaders, and residents came together Tuesday morning to celebrate Pride Month with a ceremonial proclamation and the unveiling of a rainbow crosswalk at 6th and Union Streets. The event began with remarks from Mayor John Carney at Crimson Moon, a local LGBTQIA+-affirming business. Speaking to attendees, Carney reflected on the city’s commitment to inclusion and …
A bill that would ban the use of the LGBTQ panic defense in Delaware courts passed the state House Thursday, but not before one representative brought up Jews and Nazi Germany. House Substitute 2 for House Bill 142, sponsored by Rep. Eric Morrison, D-Glasgow, would not permit a defendant to claim they reacted violently when they realized that someone else …
A bill to require Delaware student-athletes to compete on athletic teams or in sports associated with their biological sex was the subject of a raucous Senate committee hearing Wednesday. Senate Bill 227 specifically aims to prohibit transgender girls — or girls who were born as boys — from playing on girls’ sports teams. Under the bill, cisgender female athletes, …
