This year alone, legislators have considered more than 900 bills in 49 states which target the rights of transgender people. These bills try to tell trans kids and adults which bathrooms to use, take away their healthcare, keep them from playing sports, and keep...
LGBTQ+ Rights
Watch This: Supporting the Transgender Community
Extremist politicians have been stepping up their efforts to demonize transgender people and take away their rights. Through new laws, lawsuits, and executive orders, they are denying the existence of trans people and trying to keep them from living full and happy...
Read This: Supporting the Transgender Community
June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and advocate for their rights.* This year, supporting the transgender community and advocating for their rights is especially urgent. That’s because the Trump administration has launched a series of...
Do This: Let’s Celebrate Pride!
We’ve spent some time learning about why we celebrate Pride, so now let’s kick off that celebration! Here at Red Wine & Blue, our work is centered around relational organizing – talking to friends and family about the issues we care about – so that’s our Easy A...
Watch This: Let’s Celebrate Pride!
It’s Pride Month, and now that we’ve read about the history and purpose of celebrating Pride, let’s watch this video to learn a little more. This short video about Pride Month has some really cool historical footage and pictures from Pride marches and the LGBTQ+...
Read This: Let’s Celebrate Pride!
Happy Pride! It’s June, which means it’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month, so we’re going to spend the next few weeks learning about Pride and celebrating together. Pride Month originated in 1969 with the Stonewall riots, when the New York City police raided a gay bar called the...
Do This: Ask Your Friends to Join Us in Standing Up for LGBTQ+ Kids
Have you had enough with extremists trying to pass anti-trans legislation? Are you tired of the fear mongering that surrounds trans kids and their participation in sports? Do you wish people would just focus on real issues in education instead of these made up issues?...
Watch This: Anti-Trans Bills Are Harming LGBTQ+ Kids
Last week, we started talking about right-wing extremist attacks on LGBTQ+ kids, so this week, we’re taking it one step further to dig into gender affirming care–what exactly is it and why it is so important. It’s actually very simple. Gender affirming care helps kids...
Read This: Anti-Trans Bills Are Harming LGBTQ+ Kids
Reproductive freedom has been making headlines a lot this year, but did you know that the same groups that fought to get Roe overturned are also the ones behind all the anti-trans legislation exploding across the country? This year alone, 586 anti-trans bills have...
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Read This: Get Ready For National News Literacy Week
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says: “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Having independent journalists reporting facts and holding people and institutions accountable is a hallmark of our democracy. That’s...
Do This: Name your 2026 Priority
The Heritage Foundation is the extremist architect of Project 2025, and they’ve made their priorities known for 2026. They’ve given us a glimpse at what harmful policies they want the Trump administration to enact this year, so now it’s time to set your priorities,...
Watch This: What You Can Do About Project 2026
About half of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has been implemented. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed when you see all the ways it’s harming Americans, especially when you see it all in one place (which you can do in our Project 2025 Tracker). And now that...
Read This: What Happens to Project 2025 in 2026?
By now, you’re probably familiar with Project 2025, the extreme-right plan created for Donald Trump by the Heritage Foundation to enact their white Christian Nationalist agenda in all areas of the federal government. We’ve written about it in Easy A before, and we’ve...
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Happy New Year! We’re heading into 2026 with restored energy and big plans, and we want to make sure we’re making Red Wine & Blue even better for YOU! Take our 2025 Community SurveyWhile we’re all ready to move on from last year, please take five minutes (or...